Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-06-04


ihD close connection between liberty
and responsibility loo every domain 90
human thought 70 was essentially the
View taken by Abraham Lincoln. and
hy ail those who. when the civil war
broke out realized 'hai in q self gov
CruInu democracy those who desire 90
hc considered nt to enjoy liberty must
show that they know how to use Il
with moderation aud Justice Cos peace.
and how to nRht ior % when 10 ls
loopardod hy malice domestic or Tor.
cign levy
/ Tho lessons they taught us are les.
sons as applicable iu our everyday
lives now as in tho rare times Of great
stress The men who made this Held
forever m m0rabio dld s0 because
they combined the power OF fpalty 60
7 r. lofty ideal with che power of show.
inE that iol'iy Boz hard. practical, com.
mon sense fashion Thoy stood for
. che If. oft effort. not fhc lifo of ease.
They bad that love 0f country. that
love of Justice. that love OF their fcl.
. l1Wmpu. without which power and re-
sourcCul efficiency bat make a dan.
| ger Goo bis fellows Yet. In addition
/ thereto they likewise possessed the
. power and the efficiency; for other.
wise their high purpose would have
been barren OF result Thoy knew
each how to act for himself. and yet
each how 90 act with his fellows.
They learned. as all tho generation Of
tine rIyil war learned. that rare indeed
Is the chance 90 DO anything worth
doing hy one sudden and violent Of.
fort The men who believed that the
civil war would be- ended in ninety
days the mrn who cried loudcst "On
Go Richmond" n they had the right
stun lu them speedily learned their
error, and the war was actually won
| by those who settled themselves
stgadfnstly down 90 hght for three
years. or for ga much longer as the
war might last. and who gradually
/ grew 90 understand that the triumph
would como, not boy n single brilliant
Victory. but by "a hundred painful and
tedious campaigns. ln tho east and
! me west the columns advanced and
] Iruunpd. sWayod from slide tO side.
land oruIu advanced; along mo coasts
tho black ships stood oud'oa-ly on
aud ON before the hostile forts, gen
erals and admlralB emerged into the
light. each 90 face DTS crowded hour
OF success or failure. the men in
| front fought. the men behind sup
plicd and pushed forward those tn
/ front. and the final victory was due
90 tho deeds of all who played their
parts wen and manfully ln tho
scores of battles. ln the Govt Igss skir-
mlshes. in march. I'm camp. or IN re-
serve. as commissioned officers or IN
the ranks wherever and Whenever
| duty called them Just go it must be
Tor COS ln civil ne. We can make and
keep this country worthy OF the men
who gave their lives to save Il. only
ON condition that the avoraca man
among us on the whole does his duty
brayoly. loyalty and with common
sense. In whatever position lIfo allots
10 him. National greatness ia OF slow
growth 70 can not be forced and yet
Doe stable and enduring. Tor % is based
fundamentally upon national charac-
ter aud national character ls stamp
ga deep 100 people hy the lives of
many generations The men who
went into the army had to submit TO
discipline, had tO submit 90 restraint
| through the government OF the lead
ors they had chosen. as the price Of
w'unlnr So wo, the people, can pre-
serve our liberty and our greatness
in time of peace only by ourselves
Exercising the virtues of honesty. of
soItrestraint and of fair dealing be.
tween man and man. In an the aces
Iof me past men have seen countries
Iu.g their liberty, because their PEG
pile could not restrain and order them.
selves. aud therefore forfeited the
rght 90 what thoy were unable 10 use
with wisdom
Il was because you men at the civil
war both know how 90 use liberty
temporarily and how 10 defend Il az
need that we and our children and
our children's children shall hold you
100 honor forever Here, on Memorial
day, on this great battlefield We com.
memorate not only tho chiefs who &C.
tually won this battle. not only Meade
and his lleutonants, Hancock and
Reynolds mi Howard and Sicslos.
and the many others whose names
flame in our annals; but also tho
chiefs who had made the army OF the
Potomac what q was, and those who
afterwards led u On the campaigns
which we're crowned az AppomattON;
and furthermore those who made and
used lts sister amios Mcclellan,
with hts extraordinary genius for or.
. gonizatlou: Roaencrans. Buell. 1'hon.
as. the yielding. tho boadfast; and
that great trio. sherman, Sheridan
and last and greatest OF an. Grant
himself the silent soldier whose ham
morlike blows finally beat down even
| che prowoas of the mon who fought
, aghinst him AbOyN an We meet herd
: to pay homage 90 the officers and en-
b listed men who served and fought
2 and died, without having, as thell
, lchiofs had the chance 20 write namol
on the tablets of fame, 10 tho mor
! who marched aud fought On the ranks
II who were hurIaH In long trounhna an