The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-31


made Their countrymen forever Their
debtors have left US far more even
than the memories Of the war itself.
They fought for four years in order
that on this continent those who cam,
after them their children and their
child ems children, might enjoy a last
ing peace. They took arms not to
destroy. but to save liberty, not to
overthrow, but to establish the su-
premacy Of the war to detesmin.
whether or not this people was fit for
self-government and therefore fit TO
liberty. Freedom is not a gift which
can be enjoyed save by those who
show themselves worthy of it. In thi
world no p ivilege can be permanently
appropriated by men who have NJ
he power ard the will successfully to
assume the responsibility of using II
a light. In his recent admirable little
volume on freedom and resoonsib lity
IN democratic government. President
Hadley of Yale has pointed out that
he freedom which Is worth anything
> the eSuOIl WHICH HlSdnS il~SO
ernment ard not anarchy. Freedom
thus conceived is q constructive fore
which enables an INTEL gent and good
man to do better things than he raal
10 without r.: which is in its es sen,t
he substitution of self-restT mt TO-
external restraint-the substitution OF
o form of restraint which promots'
progress for the 70 m VIII ch rctards I
This is the right view of freedom
nut II can only he taken If there is
fill recogn' 'tion of the close conae'
ion between liberty and fesponsibil'
Y In every domain or human thought
4 was essent ally tte view taken !'y
Abraham Lincoln. and all those VINO
nor the Civil War broke out. rea
lied that in a self-govern oemoc
acy those who desire to be considered
st to enjoy liberty must show the
hey know how to use II with modera
on and Justice In peace. and ,oy ic
fght for Il when IL is jeoparde1 u.
malice domestic or foreign levy.
THE lessons tlley taught us are les
sons as applicable IT, our every day
ives now as in the iare times Of graI
tres. The men wko 'nade this ile.f
oever memorable 6'6 So because ;iag
eomhined the power of fealty 20
ofty ideal with the bower o: showing
bat fealty In hard. practical common
ense fashion. They stood for tse
rie of effort, not ths If, Of ease The,
I'D that love of country. that love o
nstice. that love of Their fellow r'er,
v,'hout which power and resoireeeu
efficiency but make a man danger L
his fellows. Yet, IN addition theictC
hey likewise posses sei the powe anc
he effic' ecy. for ot ieryise their hig'
purpose would have been barren CT ~
'uit They knew each how TO act VIII
rs fellows. They lea. ned. as all the
,eneration oe the Civil War le, red
hat rare indeed is 'he chance 70 d.
,nything worth doin.. by one su1ier
,rd violent effort. rne men who be
ieved that the Civil War would 10
ended in ninety days. the men wh"
ed loudest ION TO Richmond, J.
hey had the right stuff in them speec
ly learned their eircr. and the wa
was actually won oy hose who settled
themselves steadfastiy down to fgh
for three years, or for as much longe
as the war might last. and who graz
ually grew to understand that tri
umph would come, not by singh
brilliant victory. but by a hu.sdred
painful and tedious campaigns. II
he Feast and the West the column'
sdvanced. reco.iei swayed from ST
TO SIDE. and gain advanced; aions
the coasts the ola * ships stood en,'
.essly OFF and on before the hostil,
forts: gene. ais and admirals emerged
nto the light each to face his crowded
aour OF success or failure. the mel. ia
IRON, fought: the men behind sul
Jlied and pushed fo.wa, those il
fiout. and ne y 4 ,'ory wac ss'e
- The deeds If al wlo | iaye1 ;aei
parts well and manfully u the So e.
OF battles. in the countless sk.rn.ishss
III march. in camp. or in eserve. as
onbnissioned officers. or IN the a, k
wherever and whenever duty called
them. Just so IL must be for US in
civil life. We can make and keep this
country wo. thy of the men who CAV,
their Ives TO save It. only on condition
that the average man among US o.
the whole does his duty brave
whatever position life allots TO hin.
National greatness is OF slow growth
1t cannot lie forced and yet the stable
and endu, ing. for IL is based funda
mentally upon national character. and
national chal acter is stamped deep II
people by the lives OF many genera
,ions. The men who went into
army had to submit TO discipline. had
to submit to rest aint through the
government OF the leaders they haa
chosen as the price of winning. Sc
we. the people. can . eserve our lib
erty and our & eatness in time of peace
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