The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-05
a to take place. In the President Is

was to take place. In the Presidents
Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roosevelt,
/ Mrs. w. Emlen Roosevelt and her daughter,
Miss Christine, Mrs. j. West Roosevelt ana
I her daughter Miss Lorraine, Mr. and Mrs
L. Reeve Merritt, John McIeDny, Il. ii.
( Ferguson, Mrs Clifford Pinchot, Beekman
\ Winthrop and A. =. Montana. Mrs. Pinchot
and Messrs. Ferguson, Winthrop and Mon
/; stane were the Presidents guests at Saga
more Hill yesterday.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt had no
sooner stepped on the platform than the
. thousands who were seated i'll the apple
\ rOrcfard in front of the grand stand got up
land cheeref like all possessed. Mrs. Roose,..
4 welt smiled and the President bowed to all
four points Of the compass. Henry 3
Brush, president of the Huntington Ami
versary Association, welcomed the Presi-
dent Of the United States in about half a
4 dozen words, and then Supervisor John
w. Arthur extended n short oratorical free
dom Of the town. The Rev. DR.. Samuel L.
, Carter offered prayer, and ex-State Senator
William Mckinney made very felicitous
and unusual address Of welcome. This
brought the President to his feet, and when
the second salvo OF cheers had died away,
he spoke as follows:
|: MY FELLOW CITIZENS. oLp-rrME FRIENDS
AND NEIoanoRs AMP MEN. MEN AND ID, woM ZEN
9 GIVING VSn ms chan sSshA to S0e say 'o
few words to yo% this v afss1nSo ~
greeting first, to whom we owe to-day the
'fnct that we have a country and have Presi-
fhe n enS sn OF the e Nationa Guard have
worn that uniform myself-for coming TO-
day to act rs my escort. .. .n,,.
Ito join with you in expressing thankfuness
for the nations mighty past. but to Join WITH
you In expressing the resolution TINT we Of
<ln,r ri x.n tTs In
with those deeds which, In the past. made
up the nations greatness Each generation
40 far in this country has been blessed s WIN h
generation before it did and to resolve so 70
conduct itself. that the next generation Will
feel the same successive pride.
It is a good thing on the Fourth, of July.
and on other occasions OF national thanks
giving, for as TO come together to express
SS u HIaas greatness s Of the nation We have
the right TO do this. but II we treat the
achievements OF the past az an excuse for
of as a spur to make us do the work that lies
ready to our hand. we show ourselves I'M
worthy to celebrate the past Of the nation alto, =,
the Republic, when Lincoln &C called you to
arms, showed the spirit OF 70 by the way
YOUR hearts leaped for joy at the opportunity
TO show that the spirit Of Nathan Hale still
"' No an aTs Of talking would have avaed
anything if you had not it in you 90 make
memorable the years between the firing on
we come here on the Fourth merely 20 say what
a great nation we are and how the men who
are dead did their duty. II we fall TO perform
the duty laid upon us to leave uninlpaired
the heritage that we receive from the MEN
who went before. the truth IL not in us.
The only homage worth paying , list Is to show U,'s
by our deeds that the spirN sttll lives IN our
souls and that We have right to celebrate
this day
nation. You give examples not only for war.
but for peace; and We can continue to Keep
this nation what II was and what is is oily
by 5 ha the sra Lesser prS 81 sSe 81
vi6to ,ss is is the right Of herhood with the
gallant so
country find there is one body Of men sure
to make response when | speak Of the men
wore wop " he blue. You Know their courage.
bet. we we Know it. it. We know about their
Having said that and paying the fullest
meed, not merely to the valor. but to the
devotion Of the brother s in f rem
contest in which success meant not only the
welfare of this nation. but OF all mankind IN
the future
history was meaningless. IL, when ltlncolh
called, when Grant strobe into the field, the
men Of this nation had not risen to uphold
the craftsmanship OF the one and the general
ship. OF the other. the Declaration OF indie
pendence would have but an empty meaning,
because il would have been an other example
of the failure Of free cover nment
You men OF 81 have proprietary interest
In this day because to you. as much az to the
men Of 70. we owe our existence as nation
Things that are true are likely to become
trite. n is apt to slip from our minds that
all we have and all We glory in would have
been non-existent il the men Of 81 had not
shown those qualities. for the lack of which
the possession OF no other qualities can
atone
First, the power Of devotion to lofty ideals
casting aside considerations personal to
yourself when the welfare OF the nation was
the Flag and in time Of peace to perform the
No matter how patriotic man was in 1851,
he was OF no use il he did not have the lighting
aday tasks II man is only decent In the
first place and with no desire to strive for
decency in the whole community, be is not
only useless to that community. but he Is
an absolute detriment to it.