Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-06-13
RoosEvhLT'sLATBs SPEECH

President Roosevelt has not been
talking much in recent months. The
hard work of a Congressional session
held him down to the strict business of
everyday practical, National affairs.
Though less In oratorical evidence than
In the days when he was swinging
around the great National circle, the
President in his Decoration Day speech.
ON the Gettysburg battlefield, showed
that he still holds to the wholesome
texts which the people have been
pleased to hear their Chief Executive
utter. and are gratided when practice
follows the preachment
In cpitomizing the great civil war
Roosevelt said, Some wars have meant
The triumph of order over anarchy and
llicentiousness Incorporating as liberty;
some wars have meant the triumph of
liberty over tyranny masquerading as
order: but this victorious war of ours
meant the triumph OF both liberty and
order, the triumph Of orderly liberty,
the bestowal of civil rights upon the
/ freed slaves. and at the same time the
stern insistence ON the supremacy of
the national law throughout the length
and breadth of the land. Moreover.
/ this was one of those rare contests in
which II was to the Unreasonable in
terest OF the yanquished that they
should lose. while NJ the same time the
iNictors acquired the precious privilege
OF transmitting TO those who came af-
ter them, as a heritage of honor for
ever, not only the memory of their
own valiant deeds, but the memory of
the deeds OF those who no less valiant
ly and with equal sincerity of purpose,
fought against the stars in their
courses"
| II would be difficult to put in more
direct terms the splendid triumph OF
the great civil strife, which growing
out OF determination TO destroy An
laliy worked out In closer. frmer
union, victor and vanquished burying
the dangerous memories of the past in
a generous hearted effort to strengthen
the national character for the common
good.
The president Is at his best, however,
In drawing the present day lessons
from the war, bringing before the peo-
pie the principles that must be applied
now to keep up with and steadily ele-
waite standards Of the past. One of the
lereat lessons OF that war-"that rare
indeed Is the chance to do anything
worth doing by one sudden violent eff
fort could well be taken to heart in
this Territory. Educated by past
bloody and bloodless revolutions our
people chafe under the American re-
straint which may promote deliberate
development but protects liberty and
creates more stable. contented COM
munities.
Comparing the citizen soldier with
'citizep-du'y In civil work-a-day life.
the President said: I'VE can make
and keep this country worthy Of the
men who gave their lives to save Il.
only on condition that the average man
among ms on the whole does his duty |
brayely, loyalty and with common |
sense, In whatever position life allots |
TO him. National greatness is Of slow |
growth. II cannot be forced and vet |
he stable and enduring. for It is based |
fundamentally upon national character, |
and national character is stamped deep
In a people by the lives OF many gen.
erations. The men who went into the |
army had TO submit to discipline, had |
to submit to restraint through the gov |
eminent OF the leaders they had chos- |
en-, as the price Of winning. So we,
the people, can preserve our liberty |
and our greatness In time Of peace only