The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-31
Way to Invite Disaster.

in speech and not be armed, invites not
merely disaster but the contempt of man
KIND. (Applduse-)
soldiers to the Civil war, but it fur
nIShed in times of peace "a most excel
lent secretary of the navy to the United
States CDointing to General Tracy upon
the PLATFORM. (ApplaUSe-t If our navy
Is good enough. we have a long career
only likelihood of trouble ever coming 10
lis as nation VIII arise il we let our
navy become too small or inefficient CAP
piaUSeD A first class navy. first class IN
point of size. above all first class IN
point Of efficiency Of the Individual units
acting as units and in combination, IS
the surest and cheapest guarantee OF
peace; and / should think that any man
looking at what is happening and what
has happened abroad and in our own
history during the past few years must
be indeed blind if he cannot read that
lesson clearly.
Tribute to the Veterans.
And General Slocum did his first grand
public service when the crises called not
primarily for the softer and milder, but
for The steTner and harder virtues; and
we cannot afford in this day of material
luxury. in this day when civilization tends
to make life easy. we cannot afford to
ignore those hard and stern virtues. In
the wOrk-a day world. as II IS not only IN
way but in private life and i'm public lfc
alike man has to have the strength
of fibre or he cannot put into effect even
the best Of his efforts. and he cannot az
ford to let the generation that u com
ing up grow UP with the feeling that
any quality viii serve as substitute
for the Old and essential quality of man
illness in man and wOmanlinCsS in a
woman applause Much very much,
has been done in this country by educa-
ton. No one can OverState the debt that
this country is under To the educators,
but in taking advantage of all the i'm
proved methods let us not forget that
there are certain qualities which are not
now. which are eternal because they are
eternally true. and the failure to develop
which will cause loss which cannot be
offset by any merely intellectual and
mental gain
Character Essential.
a sound body is first class thing,
a SuOnd mind Is an even better thing.
but the thing that counts for most in the
individual as in the nation IS character
tapDlaUSel. the sum of those qualities
which make man a good man and a
woman good woman And YOU men OF
the Civil war, you men to whom this
country owes more than to any others.
no matter how great the services of those
OF hers NAV be because to YOU this COUn-
try owes its life. YOU won the place YOU
did. you won for this country its saliva
ton, because You had in YOU those quail
tiles which in their aggregate We know
by the name OF character. the qualities
which made you to put material gains,
material well being. not merely below
but insignificant as compared to things
for showing your manhood You went
to the war, leaving those behind who
could make more money who could rise
i'm the world. but carrying with YOU in
your hearts the honor and the future of
mighty nation You had. in the first
place the right spirit, and then you had
the quality of making that spirit evident
in the time of need If YOU had not had
patriotism. devotion to the country and
to the flag. you could have done nothing.
You could not have done much more If
your patriotism and Your devotion to the
flag had not been backed up by a willing
ness to stay put in battle. applause
You showed in times that tried mems
souls what this country has a right to
exneCt from its sons You had the SUI
DrcmC good fortune of testing your man
hood in one of the two great crises Of
the nations hist ory. the great crisis in
which the nation was born in the DAYS
Of lIl6 and the no less great crisis in
which the nation was saved by the men
Of 1851 (ApplauSe)
Glorious Heritage.
You have left us not merely reunited
Gus heritage Of the memory of the eX-
plOitS of the qualities by which the coun-
try was left reunited. Our days have
fallen. for US good fortune i'm times on
peace. We have not had to show the
qualities that you showed IN the dark
years that closed in the SUnbUrst Of APP
pomattOx. but if We are to leave. IN
dimmed to our children the heritage that
YOU left to us we must show in peace.
and should the need ever arise. in war
also. tho qualities that YOU showed the
qualities that make it now the pleasant
est of all tasks for a public servant who
appreciates the greatness of America to
come on an occasion Ike this and see
the people Of n great city dedicate
monument in honor Of a great citizen
who. at every point Of his career. il
Illustrated what the name American should
be when II is used in the sense of its
highest. its deepest and its best siEnifi-
cauCc.'
Think of 1t, my fellow countrynier-
Think Of what a thTiCe-bleSSPd fortune
has been ours. that the greatest war fhat
the nineteenth century saw after the close
Of the NaDoieoniC struggles should have
left. not as most wars inevitably do and
must leave, memories Of bitterness, dis
honor and shame to offset the memories
of glory. memories which make the men
on one side hang their heads, but which
have not left that. but should have left
to the victors and vauquished alike, after
the temporary soreness is over. the same
right to feel the pTOudeSt satisfaction in
the f@Ct that the Union was saved and
the greatest pride In the honor. the gal
lantry. the devotion to the right as each
side had given it to see the right. done
and those who finally went down in de-
feat. ApplauSe.)
Lesson For Posterity.
q congratulate the people Of Brooklyn.
not primarily upon raising the statue, be
cause they ought to, but upon the OppOr-
tunity, upon the chance Of having II TO
raise. tApplauSe.) I congratulate them
upon the good fortune of having the feI-
low citizens who I'm war and in peace alike
SeTrci the people so we'll as to make II
their duty not so much to him to them
selves, to erect the statue that 1t might
serve as a lesson for the generations to
come tapplause). and. my fellow citizens,
I am sure we will realize the peculiar APP
prOpriateness Of having the statue of Cen
eral SlOcum received on behalf of the city
Of New York by its chief magistrate,
whose father was General SlOCum 5 Illus
trious colleague (Applause)
SIocum's Career.
Surely. there is need for me to say
but little in emphasis of what has been
set forth before / began to speak as to
the prime significance of General SlO-
cum 5 career. He was a great soldier,
most gallant and able cOmman der- once
the war was over. he turned as whole
to the pursuits Of peace as he
had during the war turned to the strife
whose career we can dwell i'm its entire
ty. We don't have to dwell With empha-
sis on part Of it because we do not care
to speak of another part We are able
to point to General SloCUm as that type
Of what a decent American citizen should
be, as n man who was an example in his
family life. an example i'm his business
relations, an honest and upright public
servant, no less than a fearless and able
soldier
Now. ] want all YOU people to remenl-
Der that two Of the lessons are taught by
General SlOcum' s life a successful war