The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-28


of peace with the same spirit which had
led you to triumph on the tented fields.
During the lifetime of our republic
each generation has had its allotted tasks.
We have moved forward swiftly or have
stumbled and halted according as the
work as a whole was we'll or ill done. We
have encountered many crises Of impor-
lance and from time to time have been
brought face to face with great problems,
upon the rightfu lsoution of which much
OF the nations welfare depended. To you
Valor the one crisis in which not merely
Valor the one crises in which not merely
the nations well being but the nations
life was at stake. To you it was given
to solve the one problem which If not
solved Alright meant death for our people.
All of the work of the men who founded
this republic would have gone for moth
ing had you not done your part well.
1T was the craftsmanship of Lincoln,
the soldiership of Grant and the loyal
valor of those who upheld the arms of the
one and followed the sword of the other
which made permanent the work Of
washington, of Marshall and their COM
peers. 1t would have prOfited little to us
OF to mankind at large if the experiment
OF free government by the people and for
the people had been founded upon this
continent only to go down in bloody wreck
on the question of slavery. You saved the
union and you freed the slave and thereby
freed the slaves master from the worst OF
all thralldoms. There was no money re-
ward for what you did. There was hardly
one of you who did not during those four
years receive far less than he could have
earned in safety at home. But you were
driven to your work by the lash Of your
own hearts You were spurred onward
by the lift which only comes to a people
of great and generous soul. You felt in
st1nct1vely that there were causes far
greater than anything that had to do
merely with wealth or bodily well-being
You were willing to wager all for the prize
or death In righteous war;
I'VE are now in time Of abundance
and peace. But woe to us if in peace we
do not have ideals as lofty as yours and if
we do not live up to them as you live up
to yours in the dark days of defeat and in
the golden glory of the hour of triumph.
Among the greatest benefits Of what
you did was the fact that you have also
left us the right Of hearty and loyal COM
radeship with your gallant opponents who
in fighting for what they conscientiouSly
deemed to be their right fought against
the stars intir courses.
1--WE are all loyal Americans-north,
south, east and West-all alike jealous Of
the nationals honor and welfare proud of
the nations past and resolute that her fu-
past.
The Lesson Of Doing.
Besides what you actually did, be-
sides the reunited country, the undivided
nation which we have received at your
hands we have received also the lesson OF
the doing of the deed. There is great
need now that should show if not in
degree, at least in kind the spirit that you
| showed. We need in order successfully
| to face the difficult and complex problems
| of our industrial civilization all the cour-
! age and loyalty and all the faith and clear
sighted sanity and purpose which there
are at our command.
above all we need to learn Alright and
| to apply the great lesson of brotherhood
| which you taught and practiced in the
| four grim years that began with Sumptel
and ended with Appomatox. In the ole
simple America of our forefathers-the
America which still for our good fortune
exists in country districts-there was
comparative freedom fro mcertain dangers
| to which the country as a whole is nov
necessa rily~ exposed. The. growth Of grea
| cities divide men into groups and classes
i Naturally diminishes the realization o.
that essential underlying brotherhood
which ought to be deep in the heart o.
| every American. Well, it was exactly this
| sense of brotherhood which all of yo,
'oio"Cu. IL pCllOOfSS uS ~ lSdllIS Wl1d
Is essential and what is none essential tt
the worth Of any man. In the lifelong
| struggle for clean and honest government
| and for social betterment we American!
| must strive onward in the same spirit un
less we are false to the ideals which have
| made our country what it is.
| Philippine Soldiers Mallaned.
| 1--WE have just brought to conclusion
| a war In the far east-a war which sprans
| up as a sequel to our short struggle will
| SPAIN The army which has done it.
work so we'll in the Philippine islands ha:
had task which was small indeed com
| pared with yours, but which nevertheless!
was fraught with hardship and difficulty
peculiarly it's own. The men who aftel
three years of painful, harras assing, in
credibly laborious warfare in the tropica
| jungles, with a treacherous and savag,
foe, nave finally brought peace and orde
and civil government in the Philippines
are our sons, your successors. They CLAIM
their share In your glory by inheritanc,
and by their valor and thei rsteadfas
endurance have added luster to thei
glory. They have been cruelty malignet
even by some who should have know
better. In an army in the best army
an despecially in an army doing it's worl
under such wel-night intolerable condi
tlons as those which confronted ou
troops in the Philippines, there are boun,
to be instances of occasional WrOng-dO
ing. The temptation to retaliate for tn
fearful cruelties of a savage foe is YER
great and now and then it has been yield
ed to. There have bee ma few and onl
a few such instances in the Philippine
and punishment has been meted out wit
unf1inching justice to the offenders. Blu
the real marvel is that under such con
ditions there should have been so littl
wrong doing. AS time goes by and w
get our sense Of the proper proportion, Q
things, these instances will be forgotten
but there will remain for all time ne,
pages on the roll Of our history becaus
of what has been done for the nation i
the Philippines
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