The Indianapolis journal., 1903-09-18

courage,
steadfast endurance OF the soldiers whose
triumph was crowdned at Appomattox
must be supplemented on our part py cNiS
courage. civic honesty, cool sanity ,10a anu
steadfast adherence to the immutabie laws
of righteousness. You left us a reunited
country; reunited in fact as We'll as IN
name. You left us the right OF prothe.o
hood with your gallant foes who wore the
gray; the right 10 feel pride In tneir
courage and their high fealty TO an lueal,
even though they warred against the stars
in their courses. You left US also the most
splendid example of what brotherhood
really means; for in your careers you
showed in practical fashion that the only
safety in our American life lies IN spurnlnS
the accidental distinctions which sunder
one man from another, and in paying nom
age to each man only because CT what ne
essentially is; in stripping OF he nusks q
occupation. of position. of accident, until
the soul stands forth revealed, ard We inow
the man only because of his worth as
man.
'.Therc was no yatent device for securing
victory by force of arms forty years ago;
and there is no patent device Tor securing
victory for the forces of righteousness III
civil life now. In each case the ail-lmpor-
tant factor was and is the character or the
individual man. Good laws in the State,
like a good organization in an army, are
the expressions of national character.
Leaders will be developed in military and
in civil life alike; and weapons and tactics
change from generation to generation, as
change in civic affairs; but the funda-
mental qualities which make for good citl-
zenship do not change any more than the
fundamental qualities which make good
soldiers.
WHAT COUNTED MOST.
"In the long run i'm the civil war the
thing that counted for more than aught else
was the fact that the average American
had the fighting edge; had within him the
spirit which spurred him through toll
ND hap dcb in fO 10
of the splendid ultimate triumph So in
achieving good government the fundamen-
tai factor must be the character of the av-
erage citizen; that average citizens power
of hatred for what is mean and base ana
unlovely, his fearless scorn or coWardice
and his determination to war unyieldingly
against the dark and sordid forces OF evii.
''The continental troops who followed
Washington were clad in blue and bum and
were armed with clumsy. fintlock rifles
You who followed Grant wore the famous
old blue uniform. and your weapons had
changed as had your uniform. and now the
men of the American army who uphold the
honor of the flag in the far tropic lands are
and Inherently trained, but the spirit that
has driven you all to victory has remained
| forever unchanged. So it is in civil life. As
Won did not win in a month or year, but
| only after long years of hard and danger
Gus work, so the fight for governmental
| honesty and efficiency can be won only by
resolution and power of endurance.
I've need the same type of character now
| that was needed by the men who with
Washington first inaugurated the system OF
| combined liberty and order here on this
| continent; that was needed by the men who
under LINCOLN perpetuated the government M n
| days of Washington. The qualities essen
| tial to good citizenship and to good public
| service now are in all their essentials ex-
iv,f ha dox xxh fnn fir n
| congresses met TO provide for the establish
| ment of the Union: as in the days. seventy
| wears later, when the congresses met which
| had to provide for Its salvation.
| "There are many qualities which need
alike in private citizen and in public man.
| but three above all-three for the lack OF
( atone-and those three are courage, honesty
| and common sense.
RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS.
| While President Roosevelt was speaking
rain began to fall in torrents. The stand
| had a canvas cover but the water went
| through II as if il were sieve. When a
bvstander attempted to hold an umbrella
| over him. the President waved 1t aside,
remarking: 81 don't care for it. II dndicat-
ING the a.semblage) they can stand il |
Turning to the crowd ne said. laughingly:
| 'I don't feel sorry for you old veterans
| ladies'" When he nearly had concluded
his address the President. who expressed
| concern at the drenching his auditors were
getting said: "l'll not keep you long now
| 'Oh 60 on" cried a voice. Keep II up
| until tomorrow"
After the benediction had been pro-
| nounced the President held an informal
| reception in the rain. shaking hands with
| several hundred ex-soldiers.
| During the afternoon the rain ceased and
| the sun came out brilliantly. The Presi-
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| and Dryden and accompanied by General
| Carmen, who commanded the Thirteenth
! New Jersey Volunteers in the battle. entered
a carriage and drove to various points So oi
| men gave the President a vivid descrip-
ton of the battle indicating every point oi
interest. The. President alighted at Burn,
| occurred at Bloody Lane, scene OF
frightful carnage; at the beautiful national
cemetery. in the center OF which stands
| the colossal granite statue OF an American
soldier. and at the quaint little Lutheran
Duripg the drive and discussion. which
occupied about two hours ana nan, tns
| at Antietam, Gen. George B. mcclellan, .
| citizen and afterwards Governor of tht
State of New Jersey WAS no. ,1nd mea'ohee me.
unintentional lapse. Then the rresloeh,
| and his companions spent some ume II
speaking euogstiSa,ly s',osized of Gen McCea1
| as one of the great commanders OF the wal
| and as a Governor of which New jersey
| had reason to be proud
| THE President passed the evening quietly
! On his train at Sharpsburg. He dined to-
night as the guest of Governor Murphy II
the Governors dining car the other guests
| being Senators Kean and Dryden and th'
| members OF Gov Murphys staff
Promptly at O'Clock the train pulled
out of Sharpsburg. IL Is due to arrive a.
| Jersey City tomorrow morning at o'clock
| Tbe PRESIDENTS party will go aboard tbs
naval yacht Syiph for Oyster Bay