The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-25

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 In all thelr intercourse thev both show ed themseives adherents of the principle ambition when 1t becomes so narrow that two cannot walk 1t abreast. $ Rochambeau in landing upon our shores dsfnsd his policy towards the Afasricans ,n tn,. sne oomprshsnelve words T an the thsse tfasnd , q .heir friends and the foe of
 His nodesty was proverbiai. He says m ns nemotrs, in speaking of the sur renoer ofs Yorktown: Lord Cornwallis at therhsad of rthe- 9arrisons On arriving. ne pr9eqateds his sword to me. pointed cppcsate te General Washington at the nsaa ol the American army and l said on that continent, 1t was to the American general that he must look for his or
 There Is a mute eioquence in the very attituoel or wonder statue which speaks of his Accustomed n1odesty. The out stretched arm which in life had SO often pointed out the path to victory. is now extended towards Mount Vernon as if o0eying the generous impulses of the liv- Ing subjects heart in diverting attention ron hAmseif to his iliustrious brother in
 Rochambeau left this country crowned of every token of recognition which a grateful country could bestow. If he, were permttted to return to earth, he would see In the matchless prosperity of principlss sf sessrsisent isss for Wfaieh h the the battlea In AmeFlca were fought He would Ind that the thirteen feebie colo ne, s,s had sroEn tc L Ltcrty-aye vigorous Sssn swoiiss .o s.eSscsc. that M tSs s's stoutest test nbres of other nations anth curtured by the best bloed of many lands, that the nag which had once struEgied for bare moved across a vast continent and had q the- earth. He would fnd hcre all thing. ehansed except the ssntiments of everlasting. Living ke -dwelt in the af- fections of his American comrades. dead, ne 10 enshrined in the hearts of their posterity. for the friendship of the fath- . common. heritage of ancient glory can never be divided. s,e '
 rhis statue Is not simply to commemo- rate war but, to typify reace and good old world and the oldest republic of the new; world. Seas made us distant. com radesnip has made us near. This inau- suration takee place beneath the. three day are those of the respective banners Of the sister republics, Their folds have q right fe be placed in close totch for the old fags which they represent were
 
 victory and were entwined in peace. May them asunder.
 Let me close by quoting the eloquent guished Chief Magistrate of the French republic. spoken by him two years ago at the ipauguratiop of the statue of La. fayette, the sift of the American school friendship. born in the comra adeship of arms. has. developed and grown stronger during the century which is ending; the. generations which succeed will not suf- fer 1t to grow weaker" =. .e
 United. States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusettes. was the orator of the day. file said:
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 SENATOR H. c. LODGE.
 statecraft has a cynical maxim that there Is no such thing as gratitude be- tween nations. If we must accept this as true Of those practical dealings when sentiment comes into hopeless collision that no nation really great will ever hesi- tate to make public acknowledgment of It's obligations to others In the past. The new world of North America has had long and close connection with the people of France. At the very dawn of the six tenth century Breton fishermen had fol- lowed in the track of the Cabots and were plying thelr danEerous M trade off the coast
 
 Cartier was in the St. Lawrence laying the foundation of New France by the mighty rdver of the North. When the century had just passed it's meridian the Huguenots came to Florida and the great name of Colignv links itself with our history as the ipspirer of distant expedi- tons to the untrodden- shores of America even when France was torn with the wars of religion. It is dark and splen- did story. well nigh forgotten now, which comes up to us out of that dim past touched with the glory of the Admiral of France. There in the old books we can their comrades, of their daring and ntel- itgence and of the settlements they founded. Then came Menendez and his Spaniards, the surprise and slaughter of the French massacred for their religion and then a few years later De Gourgues swoops down upon the Spanish forts and the Spaniards in turn drench the sands with their blood and swing on gibbets Ito remind all men of the passing of the iavenger. Thus driven from the South the French still held their grip on the heri- tase of Cartier. champlain gave his name land where rival nations were one day to fight for dominion. French missionaries died for their, faith among the red men .of New York. Pere Marnuette explored the West and the gallant La Salle bore the lilies of France from the source to the mouth of the Mississippi. The French names mark the passing of the French dlscOverery rom MOntreaI to St. Louis and from St. Louis to New Orleans. And while the "Roi Soiier' was raising his drowning fortress on the banks of the St. Lawrence, disnatching Auvergnats and Normans and Bretons to settle Can ada and urging his explorers across the continent some others of his best sub jects. driven forth into the world by revoked edicts and certain things called dragonnades. were bringing their wit and quick intelligence to strengthen and up- build the English colonies which were growing up not at all in the orderly way dear to the heart of a grand mon arch but in a rude. vigorous Scrambling independent fashion after the manner of races who found nations and establish States. ,,
 Presently it appeared that there was not room enough even in the vast will derness of North America for the rival powers of France and England. few shots fired by sundry Virginians under thA command of George Washington whose name springing forth suddenly from the back woods was then first heard in two continents. began a stubborn war which ended only with the fall of the French power and the triumph of Eng land and the English colonies. North America. Instead of two rival powers struggling for mastery one reign ed supreme from the St. Lawrence to Florida. The danger from the North. dark with Indian warfare which had so had passed away The need of the strong support of the mother country HEainNt the power of France had gone and the position of the colonies Tn their reiattenS with England was enormously strength ened. A blundering ministry. a. few med dlesome and oppressive acts on the part Of Parliament a departure from Wal poles wise maxim about America, "qui- eta non movore" and mischief would be