Arizona republican., 1903-10-16
THE UNWILLING

garded as the right of the men in gray; for this war, thrice fortunate above all other recent wars in its outcome, left to all of us the right of brotherhood alike with valiant victor and valiant vanquished.
 NOT BOASTiNGS, BUT DEEDS.
 Moreover, our homage must not only find expression on our lips: it must also show itself forth in our deeds. It is great and glorious thing for a nation to be stirred to present trimph by the splendid memories of trimphs in the past. But it is a shameful thing for a nation. if these memories stir it only to empty boastings, to a pride that does not shrink rom present abasement. to that atisfacton | which accepts the high resolve and un- bending effort of the father as an eX- cuse for effortless ease or wrongly di- { rected effort in the son. We of the present, if we are true to the past, must show by our lives that we have learned alright the lessons taught by the men who did the mighty deeds of the past. We must have in us the spirit which made the men of the civil war what they were; the spirit which produced leaders such as Sherman: the spirit which gave to the average soldier the grim tenacity and resource fitness that mada the armies oi Grant and Sherman as formidable fighting machines as the world has ever seen We need their ruggedness of body. their keen and vigorous minds, and above all their dominant quality of forceful character. Their lives teach n tr;, the thing which is merely pleasant. but the thing which it is our duty to do. The life of duty, not the life of mere ease or mere pleasure-that is the kind of life which makes the great man as it makes the great nation.
 THE ANCIENT VIRTUES.
 We cannot afford to lose the virtues which made the men of '61 to '65 great in war; No man is warranted in feel ing pride in the deeds of the Army and Navy of the past if he does not back up the Army and Navy of the present. If we are farsighted in our patriotism. there will be no let up in the work of building, and of keeping al the highest point in efficiency. a navy suited to the part the United States must hereafter play in the world. and of making and Keeping our small Regular Army, which in the event of a great war can never be anything but the nucleus around which our volunteer armies must form themselves. the best army of it's size to be found among the ma tions.
 So much for our duties in keepine unstained the honor roll our fathers made in war. It is of even more in need cI,o spirit of patriotism in the affairs of peace. The duties of peace are with us always; those of war are but oc- casional; and with a nation as with a man, the worthiness of life depends upon the way in which the everyday duties are done. The home dutias. are the vital duties. The nation Is noth- Ing put the aggregate of the families within it's border: and if the average man is not hardworking, just, and fearless in his dealings with those about him, then our average of public lie will in the end be low: for the stream can fisa no higher than its source. But :n addition we Ice to re- member that a pee lli:tr responsibility tests upon the man i'll rrblie fife. We meet in the capital of the nation. ia the city which owes it's existence to 1he fact that it is the seat of the National Government. # ic w,I for ,s in th:s place, and at this time. to remember that exactly aG ther, are certain ilt ne ly qualities the lack of which v i'll rre- vent the most brilliant man alive from Delng useful soldier to his country. so there are certain homeiv qualitie:; for the lack of which in the public ser- want no Shrewdness or ability can atone. The greatest leaders. whether Tn war or in peace must Of course show peculiar quality of genius: but the most redoubtable ali mics that have ever existed have been redoutable be- cause the average soldier, the average officer possessed to high degree such comparatively simple qualities as loy- alty, courage, and hardihood
 THE HIGH AVERAGE
 And So the most successful gov ernments are those in which the average ublic servant possesses that variant of loyalty which we call patriotism, together with common sense and honesty. We can as little afford to tolerate a dishonest man in public service as a coward in the army. The murderer takes single life. The corruptionist in public life, whether he be bribe giver or bribe taker. strikes at the heart of the com monwealth. In every public service as in every army, there will be wrong doers. there will occur misdeeds. This cannot be avoided; but vigilant watch must be kept, and as soon as discover ed the wrongdoing must be stopped and the wrongdoers punished. Re member that in popular government we must rely on the people themselves, alike for the punishment and the re- formation. Those upon whom our insti- tutions cast the initial duty of bring ing malefactors to the bar of justice must be diligent in its discharge; yet in the last resort the success of their efforts to purge the public service of corruption must depend upon the atti- tude in the courts and of the juries drawn from the people. Leadership is of avail only so far as there is wise and resoiute public sentiment be- h;