New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18

the far tropic lands are yet differently armed
and differently clad and differently trained.
but the spirit that has driven you all TO victory
has remained forever unchanged
So il is in civil life AS you did not WIN IN . .
month or a year. but only after long years VI
hard and dangerous work. 90 the nght lot SON-
ernmental honesty and efficiency can be Won
only by the display Of similar patience ana SIM
liar resolution and power Of endurance W Z
need the same type Of character now tnat was
needed by the men who with Washington hrst
inaugurated the system Of free popular govern
ment. the system Of combined liberty and order
here On this continent; that was needed oy tLe
men who under Lincoln perpetusted the govern ,
nent which had thus been inaugurated in tne
days OF Washington The qualities essentlai 10
good citizenship and to good public service now
are ia all their essentials exactly the same as IN
the days when the first Congresses mel 10 pru-
vide for the esta blishment Of the Union as IN
the days seventy years later when the con
crosses met which had to provide for its saliva
There are uxny qualities which we need alike
I'm private ciSzen and in public man. but three
above aIl-three for the lack OF which no DfIl-
fancy and no genius can atone-and those tIIee
are courage, honesty and common sense
when a bystander offered to hold an UNI
b-eIla over him. the President waved it aside.
remarking: Il don't care for it. II indicating
the assemblage) they can stand ii. can
Turning to the crowd, he said laughingly; 1
dent feel sorry for you old veterans You VIII
not melt. I do feel sorry for the ladies' Wheh
he had almost finished his address ne eA-
pressed concern at the drcnching his AUDITORS
were getting, saying: I'm not keep you long
now"
''oh. go on" cried voice, keep it up until
Tomorrow
The national anthem. followed by the benc-
diction which was pronounced by the Rev VIII
lam H Mccormick. closed the ceremonies. by
the Presidents special request the veterans pres
ent passed before him. He shook each ones
hand and said a kindly word to him. AT IZ;SO
in the driving rain the President, with Gov
ernor Murphy and the others OF their party re-
turned to the train where luncheon was served
DRIVE OVER THE FIELD.
In the afternoon the rain ceased and the sun
shoue brilliantly. The President. with Governor
Murphy and Senators Kean and Dryden &C
companied by General Carman, who commanded
the 18th New-Jersey Volunteers In the oatue'
entered a carriage and drove TO various points
on the field. General Carman gave the Presl-
dent vivid description OF the battle indicating
every point of interest and Importance Inc
President aIighted at Burnside Bridge where
some desperate fighting occurred: at bloooy
Lane" a scene of frghtful carnage; at the oeau-
,tf,,l National Cemetery, in the centre OF which
stands the colossal granite statue OF an Amer
lean soldier keeping silent guard over the oeac
living buried there and at the quaint little Lutn-
eran Memorial Church.
MCCLELLAN NOT MENTIONED
During the drive. which occupied about two
hours and half a singular fact was developed
nv the discussion OF the battle. 1t was tnat
tbrougbou. the ceremonies Of the day. &C
lively participated in entirely by cltlzens
Of New-Jersey, with the exception OF the
President the name OF the commander OF
the Union troops in the great engage
ment. General George B. Mcclellan, a clti-
zen. and afterward Governor. Of New-Jersey'
was not mentioned once. Governor Murphy
himself recalled this curious. although unln-
territorial lapse and was concerned deeply about
the matter lest the omission might be miscon-
strued.
In conversation with the President about zen
eraI Mcclellan. the Governor recalled the fact
that the general is buried in Trenton, and that
member Of McCleIlan's STAFF is one or ms most
intimate friends He warmly eulogized NC
Clellan as one of the great commanders OF the
war and a Governor OF whom New-Jersey hao
reason to be proud
The party returned to the train about > T m
and the President dined with Governor Murphy
IN his car The special train left Sharpsburg az
p o. m arriving Hagerstown al $50. IL is
expected to arrive at Jersey City at o a m to-
morrow There the Presidents and Governors
parties will divide, the President reforming Mrs
Roosevelt on the Sylph. and arriving in Oyster
Bay at about 10 a. m