New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-31
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
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the life Of effort not the life or ease 1HeE
had that love of country, that love OF Justlce'
that love of their fellow-men, without WHlch
power and resOurceful efficiency nut MAKE
man a danger to his fellows. Yet in addltloH
thereto, they likewise possessed the power ana
the efficiency: for otherwise their high purpose
would have been barren Of result They knew
each how to act for himself, and yet each nov
to act with his fellows. They learned, as all
the generation of the Civil War learned, that
rare indeed is the chance 10 do anything worm
doing by sudden and violent effort Inc
men who believed that the Civil war Woulo oe
ended in ninety days the men who crled IouueSt
''On TO Richmond if they had the right stun
in them speediIv learned their error; ana the
war actually won by those VINO settieo
themselves steadfastlv down 10 fight for three
years or for as much longer as the war rrllsht
last, and who gradually grew 10 unoerstaIu
that the triumph would come not by single
brilliant victory, but by a hundred palht'I
and tedious campaigns. In the East anu tie
West the columns advanced ana recole9'
swayed from side TO side. and again aoVSiCe I
along the coasts the black ships stood endIessiy
off and on before the hostile forts; generals
and admirals emerged into the light, eacn 10
face his crowded hour of success or failure;
The men in front fought; the men behind sup
piled and pushed forward those in front; anu i
the final victory was due 10 the deeds Oh an
who played their parts w5ll and manlully, III
the scores of battles in the countess shlt
mshes, in march, in camp, or IN reserve, as
commissioned officers, or in the ranks-where'eI
and whenever duty called them just SO u
must be for us in civil life. We can make ana
keep this country worthy Of the men who gave
their lives TO save it only on condltlon tHaI
the average man among US the whole does
his dutv braveIv. Loyalty. and with common
sense in whatever position life allots to him.
Exactly in time of war courage is the car
dnal virtue of the soldier, in time of peace
honesty using the word in its deepest ana
broadcast significance, is the essential paslc VII
tue. without which all else aVa1ls nothllg'
TO PRESERVE FRUITS OF VICTORY.
National greatness is of slow growth. II can
not be forced and yet be stable and enduring;
for it is based fundamentally upon natlonai
character. and national character is stamped
deep in people by the lives OF many s Snd 70
submit to discipline, had TO submit 10 restraint
through the government of the leaders they hao
chosen. the price or winning 90 We, w
people can preserve our liberty and our great
ness in time of peace only by ourselves eAeiCIs
ing the virtues of honesty, of self-restralht anu
Of fair dealing between man and man. IN all
ages Of the past men have seen countries lose
their liberty, because their people could not
restrain and order themselves ana Irei bIa 20
forfeited the right to what they were uhaole 10
use with wisdom. , ~
II was because you men OF the Clvn war
both knew how TO use liberty temperately ana
how, 10 defend IL at need that we and our chill
dren and our children's children shall hod you
in honor forever Here. on Memorial Day, on
this great battlefield. We commemorate npt oIlly
the chiefs who actually won this oatue' not
only Meade, and his leutenants HdhCoch ai ar,
Reynolds and Howard and Slckles' ana o IL
many others whose names name III "uI ''l's', -
but also the chiefs who made the Army ut 'iI
Potomac what II was. and those VINO alIeIMa a
led II in the campaigns which were cFoWheu
al Appropriations. and. Furthermore tnoSe , wiIo
made and used its sister arInles-Mc '-Iel all
with his extraordinary genius lot -
Rosecrans Buell., Thomas, the uhylelu4hs; tte
staadfast. and that great trio, sherman SHAi-
dan and, last and greatest or all 'tdhI nm.
self the silent soldier whose hammer IN 80
finally beat down even the pro" ess pt 'H0 -
who fought against him. Above All we meet
here to pay homage to the oIhcerS anu
listed men who served and fought ana cleo.
without having. as their chefs mad the crtlli. -.
10 write their names the tablets OF talle, 10
the men who marched and fought IN llG Iat,N IN
hos
~ hattie who died I'm cots marked oHIy %
numbers in the hospitals; who II my ~ 80
when the war was over. went baok eaoh 10 80 80
task on the farm or IN the town. 70 " -
ant in peace as he had done II IN war &c tahs
I'm the threads Of his working lie "hete ne It"u
dronuad them when the UuTnpets OF tht 10 ~
dftp5 80 arms To-day all over this land our
ueople meet TO pay reNeTeht h"luahS -, "a
dead who died that the nation nhsnt NJ, 90 49,
we nav homage also TO their comrades VINO "'o
Al are AZ one now. the sons Of those who
wore the blue and the sons OF those VIC 49,
tho gray and all can unite IN pdS'i.b -
90 The memory OF those who fell, each OF theI,
Giving his life fer his duty as ne saw ~ -,
ali should be at one in learning from ,Ils nv 80
az az siio ,,1cn how to live usefully while the
times call for the performance OF 'le ~ 30
necessary duties of everyday me- anu ~ ,te
l1oSs o,,rsalyes ready 10 die nobly should Iie
-, ever again demand OF her sons ths ult'-
/ mate proof OF loydl'S'
GOV. PENNYPACKER'S REMARKS
In introducing the Hreslueil''
packer said, in part:
Tho Presidential office is so great station
or1ong men that those who MI II are hoL " -, NC
IorSad as personalities. Their individuality
&c 80 i,1 its immensely They become the mani
Foetations of certain impulses ana stages Oh ue
yelopment OF the national lie. Jachsoil pa
sented its rough, uncouth ana uhdlsCipI!ieu
! strength Lincoln looms up above al otnS'
.oericans hearing the burden OF woe ana SUI
zinc which fate laid upon his broad slouIueiS
tn its time of stress and trial Blessed De MS
memory forevermore. 49,. S,,,ai.,o,,t
/ No naonle can look forward to the 1ulhlmeht
| 90 s,cb a destiny as events seem TO outline for
nc eava one alert and eager with the enthuSl-
! asnn and vigor Of youth. No other FresioehI
has 60 stood for that which after all typlheS
our life--the sweep OF the WINDS over 9r0 tha
/ nrairjes the snowcapped mountains ana the
cushing rivers the sequoia trees, the eXuher-
ance of youth conscious OF red blood, energy ana
/ mower painting bow Of promlse-as does
] Theodore Roosevelt. ,
our literature he has ridden in the face of the
! enemy he has maintained our ideals upon
/ this day devoted to the memories of the heroic
! the achievements Of the prolific past and the
| promise Of the teeming future confront each
! other To-day for the first time. Theodore
! Roosevelt treads tile field made immortal by the
sword OF George Gordon Meade and haIlowed
! by the prose drge OF Abraham Lincoln.
PRESIDENT GOES OVER BATTLEFIELD.
Although the Presidents train left Washing
ton at 1920 o'clock last night. 1t did not reach
the battle-ground until $50 this morning. 1t
was sidetracked at Penmar. in a park in the
mountains from o'clock until 100
| AS President and Mrs. Roosevelt alghted
from their car they greeted by Governor
Pennypacxer, on behalf of the Commonwealth
OF Pennsylvania and by a reception committee