The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-08-22

dren. Remember that the preaching
does not count if it is not backed up
by practice. There is no good of
your preaching to your boys to be
brave if you run away. There is no
good of your preaching to them to tell
the truth if you do not. There is no
good of your preaching to them to be
unseltish if they see you selfish with
your life, disregardful of others your
self. We have right to expect not
only that you will come together i'll
meetings like this; that you will march
in procession; that you will join in
building up such great and useful
association as this, but we have right
also to expect that in your own homes
and among your own associates you
will prove by your deeds that yours
is not lip loyalty merely, that you
will show in actual practice the faith
that is in you. Now, friends, that is
all have to say. l have come here
merely to greet you and to say how l
welcome the work that is being done
by this society. In the last analysis
the whole future of the state depends
upon the average citizen having in his
nature the mixture Of strength and
honesty which make in their sum
what we call good citizenship, to the
making up of which go many qualities,
but three above all. In the first place
the quality of honesty; we have got
to have that first. | am using it in
it's broadcast sense-honesty, including
decency in private life. cleanliness of
word, cleanliness of speech as we'll as
of life, dccency toward the state. in
Guiding honesty. which. if it is really
possessed, stands ut the basis of pa
triotism itself: that is Indispensable.
l see in the audience Il man there Wear
ing button of the Grand Army of the
Republic Il man who fought in the
great Wan. In that VAR the quality
needed in the first place WAS patriot
ism. | do not care how strong Il man
was. how brave he was. if he WAS
crooked. if he did not have in him the
love of country. then his other quail
ties but made him Il curse. The man
who had no love of country was Il
traitor. and if he WAS strong and able
and brave he was only the moro for
midablc and dangerous traitor SO in
civil life, the greater Il mans ability.
if it is not combined With the moral
sense, the more dangerous that man is
as Il citizen, the worse he is as Il citi-
zen. Unless there is !; spirit of honesty
in Il man, unless there is IL moral
sense, his courage, his strength, his
power but makes him Il dangerous
creature i'm our life, Il man whether
from the standpoint of our social or
political system. to he feared and to
be hunted down. SO YOU need that
quality iirst-thc quality of honesty,
the moral sense. the quality which in
one of its manifestations made patriot
ism in the years from 81 to 60, and
that is not enough. In the war YOU
that did not do by itself. | do not care
how patriotic a man WAS. if he ram
away he was no good. In addition
to patriotism YOU must have the power
to make that patriotism effective. In
addition to honesty you must have :he
power to make the honesty count. In
other words. together With honesty.
with dccency. With cleanliness. must
so courage. resolution. strength. the
power to make yourself felt as Il man
in the work of the world. You must
have courage and YOU must have pa
triotiSm and in addition. as have
said again and again. With your co'r-
age and with your own patriotism
must so the saving grace of common
sense" During the afternoon special
trains had brought hundreds of mem
bcrs of the society of the Holy Name
to Oyster Hay from brooklyn aud
western Long Island. Thrca tcnin~
weather kept many away, hut although
Il light rain fell during the exercises
lllc tIOMu EtlllIlllttl I'l llktu llulul tnt
hag-lcckc,l stand ON beautiful nill
opposite st. Donnic'S Catholic church.
AS President Roosevelt drove UP to
the stand in Il closed carriage. ac-
companicd by Captain w. II. Brown
son superintendent of the naval nc;d-
envy: Secretary Barnes and repre-
sentative of the society. he was accord
ed an enthusiastic reception. Il band
playing Hail to the Chief After the
audience had sung "Amcrica" Father
Powers. rector of st. Domincs in
troduced the president in Il speech in
which he spoke of the esteem in which
Mr.. Roosevelt is held by the Catholics
When President Roosevelt rose to
speak he WAS greeted With cheers and
it WIS a minute before lie was able
to proceed.
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