Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-30

of self1shnes5, but that we may De equal
TO the more exaeting dsmaa aos,v an Mv, ,ne
the everyday patriotism. OF peace.
The Mem Did Not Die In Vain
IT, as we believe, and as every sudden
call upon our patriotism has proved. 1t 10
sound at the core, there Is no warrant for
those who move US to despair Of the re-,
public. We know that with the great ex-
pansion and the great growth which the
outcome of the civil war made possible.
and which the Spanish war impressed In
oeiibiy upon tho mind Of the world. have
come. as we all realize, new dangers as
wen as new opportunities and new re-
sponsibility as well as new greatness. We
90 not close our eyes to anarchy In any
form. TO the economic strifes. to the So
cial troubles. to any Of the things which
nave made the word problem most ready
on our tongue hut while we deplore, we
DO not despond. For we believe, we know,
that the men who died for this nation did
n not die In vain. but have left US not only
the example, but the spirit that will make
us Follow in their steps and emulate their
services.
Address Of Mr.. Thos. G. Noyes.
Mr. Noyes declared that no more suitable
place than the site of the Battle Ground
cemetery could be found in all the country
to consider the spirit, the inspiration, the
sacrifices and the results of the great civil
conflict. The hills and valleys surround
ing the sacred plot witnessed In miniature
all OF that fierce struggle. and stand today
as hitting picture of the country forty.
years afterward. Compared to the great
battles that were fought on other fields In
the COS, the fighting within the District
might be deemed trivial. but as a drop of
water contains all the elements of the
whole ocean. 30 that fighting contained all
of the elements of the civil war. At this
place was the central thought of the con-
federates-the capture of Washington. the
capital OF the nation-and also the Union
fall, although lives might go out without
number. On both sides, Mr. Noyes declar
ed. was the heroic courage and disregard of
self displayed to the fullest extent. And
behind each force there was. too, in a
great degree, the spirit Of the two military
generals controlling the several forces, and
of whose genius and ability all today can
be SO proud. because both belong to the
American people and to their history.
Battle Witnessed by Martyred Presi-
dent.
Continuing, Mr. Moves said that while
the spirit of Lincoln was in every event,
every battle and every march of the great
war, the martyred President witnessed in
person the fighting about Fort Stevens, the
place becoming doubly historical and rep
resentative for that reason.
clusters, said the speaker, ''all the ele-
ments of sentiment and reality that made
up the civil war, and as we look today over
this peaceful landscape, with us beautlful
fields, it's waving grain, its handsome resi-
dences, and only the crumblfng battlements
on yonder HILL and these graves at our
feet, to remind us of what has been; with
these flags before our eyes, their Held OF
stars complete, and we ourselves Standlng
here all Americans, citizens of one united
country, with no hatred in our hearts, pu.
with a heritage Of pride in the deeds OF
great men, whether they wore the blue or
the gray; with all THIS, this scene and place
is indeed typical of this whole land today,
Mr.. Moves reviewed. briefly the conditions
leading to the civil war and the events
which preceded the"fighting at Fort ste.
Early and his men and the wild excitement
in Washington when 1t was known that an
army of 10000 was about to attack the cap
ital, with only t00-day regulars In the forls
the militia and department clerks In reserve
as defenders. But Grant had been comnunl-
Gated with and the peril of washington
made known. Lincoln had ridden daily
along the chain of forts encouraging the
men and receiving encouragement in re-
turn from their cheers and enthusiasm.
But Early had marched rapidly. He had
evaded Hunter, BRUSHED Wallace aside, ana
his iron hand Seemed just about to close
upon the Uniena government but the Sixth
Army Corps had arrived by way OF the
7th street road, tandr Early had lost, not by
days but by hduSsSN Mr.. Moves described
the fighting, which continued for several
days and ended with the repulse Of the
nfedera tesl T Them he continued:
"This was the flight This was the at
tack and defense of Washington only
some 600 men lost on both sides, but the
whole war in nfinia ture. And then the
great central figure In 1t all Through that
evening of the 18th, standing on a parapet
of Fort Stevens, disrsgarding the shots that
struck down med near at hand, stood the
Spirit those DAYS and the most
mysterious of all times-Abra ham LINCOLN.
He stood there on that July evening, forty
years ago, gazing out upon that battle
field, with that mysterious look of patience,
of determine ton, with which he had watch
ed the war forces gather, the storm cloud
burst, and now saw the southern forces
flying back from their last aggressive eff
fort. No understood Abra ham Lin
coin as he stood upon that parapet; no man
understands him today. He was the en-
bodiment of that inexplainable spirit of
Americanism; of the commonest clay, he
unfolded such marvellous and heroic quail
tiles that students have found the easiest
explanation In the word inspired
Lincoln's Inspiration.
INSPIRED to know as no man of his time
seemed to know the true and sharp line
of demarcation between right and wrong
inspired by the determination to battle for
that right, and without wavering, to con-
tinue battling to the end. Seldom In the
history of any nation has so much power
been concentrated in any one man as In
Abraham Lincoln; and never has any man
held such absolute power, with so little
thought of self. We can know. and do
know, that If it had not been for this man
and his immovable determination In stand
ing by his positions; in holding to his lines
of battle-'This nation cannot stand half
slave and half free "A house divided
against itself must fall and The nation
must be preserved If 1t had not been that
Lincoln held these positions and maintain
ed them throughout this nation would have
been broken into fragments and all of its
glorious achievements of the past forty
years, its tremendous advancement and Its
wonderful prosperity, would have never
been written upon the pages of history.
Where great events have happened great
events should be commemorated on that
hill where Fort Stevens stood, a statue of
Lincoln should stand, gazing out over those
fields as the living Lincoln stood when the
blue and the gray fought here as Ameri-
cans will ever fight, with splendid and he
roic courage.
This nation. led along the pathway of its
destiny by the hand of God has done ire
mendous things for the upbuilding of man
kind. 1t is certain that that pathway leads
to many even greater achievements, and IL
Is a national duty that every man and wo-
y