The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-15


blood and their toll their endurance
and patriotism, have made us and all
who come after us forever their debt
ors. They left us not merely a re-
united country. but a country incal.
culably great because Of it's rich heri-
tage in the deeds which thus left II
reunited. As a nation we are the
greater. not only for the valor and
devotion to duty displayed by the men
in blue. who won in the great strug-
gle for the Union, but elso for the val
or and the loyalty toward What they
regarded as right Of the men in gray;
for this war, thrice fortunate above
all other wars in its outcome, left tc
all of US the right of brotherhood alike
with valiant victor and valiant van.
pushed
More Than Lip Service.
Moreover, our homage must not
only find expression on our lips; it
must also show itself forth in our
deeds. It is a great and glorious thing
for nation to be stirred to present
triumph by the splendid memories
Of triumphs in the past But It is
shameful thing for nation, II these
memories sir II only to empty boast
ings. to a pride that does not shrink
from present abasement TO that relf
satisfaction which accepts the high
resolve and unbendlng effort of the
father as an excuse for effortless ease
or wrongly directed effort in the son.
We Of the present. II we are true to
the past must show by our lives that
we have learned Alright the lessons
taught by the mcn 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 -
the average soldier the grim tenaciey
and resourcefulness that made the
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midable fighting machines as this
world has ever seen. We need their
ruggedness OF body, their keen and
vigorous minds, and above all their
dominant quality Of forceful charac.
ter Their lives teach us In our own
lives to strive after not the thing
which Is merely pleasant, but the
thing which II 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
IL makes the great nation.
We cannot afford 10 lose the virtues
which made the men OF 81 to '65
great in war. No man is warranted
In feeling pride In the deeds of the
army and navy OF the past II he does
not back up the army and navy of the
present. II we are far-sighted in our
patriotism, there will be no let up in
the work OF building. and Of keeping
at the highest point of 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, tho best army of its cize
TO be found among the nations.
The Patriotism Of Peace.
So much for our duties In keeping
upstained the honor roll our fathers
made In war. It is OF even more in
stant need that we should show their
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 duties are
the vital duties The nation is moth
iulng but the aggregate OF the famil
les within It's border; and II the
average man is not hard working.
Just. and fearless In his dealings with
those about HIM, then our average
OF public life will In the end be low;
for the stream can rise no higher
than its source But In addition we
need TO remember that peculiar re