Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-30
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dom which is worth anything Is the
freedom which means self-governmcnt
and not anarchy Freedom thus con-
ccived Is constructive force, which
enables an intelligent and good man 10
do better things than he could do with
out IL; which is In It's essence the sub
stitutip1 OF self-restrnlnt for external
restraint-the substitution OF form Of
restraint which promotes progress FOR
the form which retards IT, This Is the
right view OF freedom; but II can only
be taken II there Is a full recognition
OF the close connection between lib
erty and responsibility IN every do
main OF human thought. IL was essen
TALLY the view taken by Abraham Lin
coin, and by all those who, when the
civil war broke out, realized that In
self-governing democracy those who
desire to be considered nj to enjoy
liberty must show that they know now
to use IL with moderation md justice in
peace, and how to fight for II whom II
Is jeopardized by malice domestic or
foreign levy.
LESSONS THEY TAUGHT.
The lessons they taught us are les
CONS ds applicable IN our everyday
lives now as r. the rare times VI great
stress. The men who made this heId
forever memorable did 20 because they
combined the power of fealty to Il Try
ideal with the power OF showing that
fealty In hard, practical, common
sense fashiol They stood for the life
OF effort not the life Of ease. they
had that love OF country, that love Ct
Justice that love OF their fellow IN, II,
without which power and resourceful
efficiency but make a man danger to
his fellows Yet. In addition thereto.
they likewjsa possessed the power and
the efficiency for otherwise their f.gh
purpose Woult have been barren ct re-
suit. They knew each how 10 act fer
himself and yet each how to nct with
his follows. They learned, as all the
generation OF the Civil war learned,
that rare indeed Is the chance 70 do
anything worth doing by one sudden
and violent effort The men who be-
lieved that the civil war would be
ended In 80 dpys, the men who cried
loudest ION to Richmond" II they had
the right stun In them speedily learned
their error; an the war was actually
won by those who settled themselves
steadfastly down to fight for three
=
war might last, and who gradually
grew to understand that the triumph
would come, not by "a single brilliant
victory, but by a hundred painful and
tedious campaigns. In the east and the
west the columns advanced and rCroll-
ed, RNayed from side to side, and ggaln
advanced along the coasts the black
ships stood endlessly off and on before
the hostile forts. generals and admrnls
cWCged into the light, each 70 face
his crowded hour OF success or failure.
the inm In front fought. the men he-
hind supplied and pushed forward those
In mont and the llnal victory was due
TO the deeds OF all who played their
parts we'll and manfully. In the scores
o. battles, In the countless skirmishes.
In march I'm camp, on In reserve, Fs
commissioned officers, or In the ranks
wherever and whenever duty called
them, Just 20 Il must be for use in
civil life, We can make and keep this
country worthy Of the men who gave
their hives TO save II, only on cunli-
ton that the average man umong us
ON the whole does his duty bravely,
Loyalty ana with common sense, In
whatever position life allots to him.
NATIONAL GREATNESS.
National greatness Is or SLOW growth.
Il can not be forced and yet be stable
and enduring, for II Is based funda :
mentally upon national character, and
national character is stmaped deep IN
people by the lives Of many genera
TONS The men who went into ,he
army had to submit TO discipline. had
TO submit 10 restraint through the
government Of the leaders they hal
chosen, as the price Of winning. sc
! We, the people, can preserve our llbariy
and our greatness In time Of peace only
| by ourselves exercising the virtues Of
| honesty, Of self-restralnt, and of fair
| dealing between man and man. In all
the ages Of the past men have hAen
| countries lose their liberty, because
! their people could not restrain and or
| der themselves, and therefore forfeited
the right TO what they were unable
IN ugp with wisdom.