The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-05
SQUAREDEALFORTHE NEGROES
ROOSEVELT DECLARES FOR 1T AT
LINCOLN'S TOMB.
Says o Man Who sheds HIS Blood for the
Country, Like the Negroes at Santiago.
u Entitled TO N-Great OutpOuring
Greets the President at Danyille, Ill.

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Grees the President at Dany,lie. III.
DANvILLR, H., June 4.-President Roose-
welt closed his scheduled speechmaking
here to-day with an address to the fellow
citizens Of Congressman Joseph g. Cannon,
the coming Speaker Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives. His biggest meeting OF the day.
II not the biggest off is whole trip, was at
Decatur. which had drawn on the pcpn-
lation for hundreds of miles about to swell
its crowds. At Springfield the President
visited the tomb Of Lincoln, and made
a brief address, saying
at is very great pleasure for me to see
you to-day. You, the veterans in double
sense, you represent the navy, the Union,
the army. and all else to which Americans
without regard to any mere difference are
one in their allegiance. Let me say lust
one word II seems to me so cminently
fitting that the guard around the tomb of
Lincoln should be composed of colored
soldiers.
1T was my good fortune at Santiago
to serve beside colored troops. Applause.
man who is good enough to shed his blood
for the country is good enough to be given
square deal afterward, Applause.
More than that no mans entitled to and
less than that no man shall have" Cheers
and applause.
The President also dedicated a new
armory, In introducing the President at
the armory Senator Cullom said
Il would like to talk to you about the
President for half an hour, but | do not
choose to do it at the time when you are
anxious to listen to him rather than TO
mo. choose to do 1t at some timo when
he is not present ILaughter.l / have
the honor to introduce him as the President
of the United States now, and heaven
only knows how many times hereafter"
The President seemed bit stunned Al
first by this introduction, but soon got into
his regular swing After thanking Co..
other things:
at behooves us not only TO exult in our
privileges. but soberly to realize our re-
sponsibities. Hitherto republics have
failed. The republics OF antiquity went
down; the republics of the middle ages
smaller scale than ours; and. although
in consequence the experiment would have
seemed less hazardous, fundamentally TIL.
cause Of the failure Of those republics will
be found In the fact that ultimately each
tended TO become Government Of class;
sometimes control Of the Government
slipped into me hands OF an olgarcny'
sometimes II slipped into the hanas of
mob.
I'm either case the result was the same
1t was exactly as material to the ABIDING
welfare OF the republic II II was turned Int3
Government IN which the rev oppressed
the many, or II 1t was turned into IA Gov
eminent in which the many pundered the
few. Either form of perversion OF the
governmental principle, spelled death and
ruin to the country It did not avah TO
have escaped Scylla II wreck came on
Charybdis; it was OF no use to have escaped
one form OF ruin. II ruin came a. the other
end Of the pole.
This Government will succeed because
it must and shall! be kept true 10 the
principles for which he men OF lincoln,s
generation fought. Applause ms Is
not and never shall be government OF
plutocracy; lApplause ms Is not ana