New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-08
ROUGH RIDERS JUBILATE.
Continued from nrst page.

THE LESSON OF BROTHERHOOD.
1t has always seemed to me that of the
! SIeaIest lessons taught by the Civil War was
tne lesson of brotherhood. You. my friends,
VINO wore the blue; you, my friends. who wore
.He sIay' each of you, when he went forward
! 10 battle, what he was concerned with about
| me me man on his right hand and the his
| leIt was not what the mans ancestry was not
! as 10 how he worshipped his Maker not to
Nhat MS profession or his means; what
sIu wanted TO know was whether he would stay
WheTe put tApplause) If he did you were for
MN and If he did not. you were against him.
Inc same thing that was true in the great
, MaI Is true IN time of peace. This government
- - ehphatically government by the people. for
me people Of the people (Applause)
Nv Nv besides applauding that sentiment. let
us i've up 10 H. 1t has two sides. In the first
pace, II applies in dozen different directions.
n aPpIes' Tor instance in reference to creed.
- nave d right 10 ask that our neighbor do
ms duty toward God and man: but we have no
business TO dictate to him how he shall worship
MS Maker and no business to discriminate for
or against him because of the way in which he
does II In the same way a man is decent cIti-
zen whether he he rich or poor CAppIsuse1 To
Judge from some of the talk YOU occa siouallv
near, man cannot be square man If he Is
rcn; Remember always that you listen at your
peru TO any man who would seek to inhame YOU
ter off " i ''
Again. as in the Civil War come back 70
coIlsldefations about your bunke. You do not
care whether he was banker or a bricklaver
II ne was a banker he was all right if he was
good fellow if he did his duty in camp If he
did not struggle the march, If he did not
drop his share of the joint plumber on the
march and then expect YOU to share Yours with
him at the end Of the day You wanted him 10
carry his part and if he did it you were for
MN. Now, apply that in civil life If the rich
man does not do his duty. cinch him, and I
viii help YOU just far as I can But don't
cinch him because he is a rich man. If you do
you are a mighty mean creature: you are not
good American Give him perfectly fair show
II he is a poor man and does his duty help him;
stand him up. If he whnes about it, and says
he ought TO be carried. you may just as we'll
make up your mind to drop him then and there
Every man of us stumbles ct times Every man
Of us at times needs a helping hand stretched
out TO him, and shame to any man who will not
stretch out that helping hand to his brother if
that brother needs it. But if the brother lies
You can help him up. but he must walk for
himself The only way in which you ever
self tApplause)
NO RACE SUICIDE IN TEXAS
That brings me to the second set Of people
here whom have been most especially glad to
E - 80 - So me clliurei. IN the nTst pace
IN them as you know and judging by the show
Ing San Antonio has made to-day, San Antonio
is all right as regards both quality and quantity
tApplause) / like your stock. glad that
II does not seem likely TO die out. In passing
through Texas have been more impressed than
by anything else with the evident care you are
giving to education training your children
the school facilities both for preliminary and
for higher education. and the way in which
those facilities were being taken advantage Of
OF course, il is mere truism 10 say that the
care of the children is the most important task
You have a wonderful empire here in Texas
II is literally larger than most of the Old World
empires Your diversihcaton of soil and cli-
mate, the marvellous fertility Of your SOIL your
natural advantages, insure you a phenomenal
future, agriculturally and industrially, insure
this State wonderful growth in population and
wealth All that is essential You must have
the material basis on which build as a foun-
dalton. The material counts for nothing If YOU
DO not build upon it the spiritual if you do not
build upon it the things of the soul of the mind.
THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN
Let me again take an example from the war
We need arms and equipment. but the best rife
ever made does not make soldier if it has not
got the right man behind il. You may take the
finest model weapon, put ii in the hands OF .
Ueakling or a coward and good viii
beat him with club. tApplause.)
II the other man is a good man. too. YOU want
a mighty good weapon and if you come in
contact with one another each will want all the
good weapons he can get. But the weapon does
not in any shape way serve s a substitute
for the spirit OF the soldier That is what counts
N the last resort Tactics change. weapons
change, but the soul that drives man forward
to victory does not change as the ages go by.
We of to-day, we who if a war should come,
VIII have 10 fight under new conditions, with
rev arms, Will win. (Applause) Assuredly. l
believe We shall win. only because men still
have ia them the spirit that made their fore
fathers do Well in battle (Appause)
So you must train your children up so that in
addition to having what counts for material
prosperity ia a state you must have the things
that tell most for greatness. the things that
make for the soul of the State. Here in San
Of? "A voice, THE Alamo.'D Exactly, the
Alamo II Is not exactly up to date Other
buildings are larger. You proud of 1t be-
cause II commentaries forever the spirit of
those who made its fame immortal. So in the
State itself important though it is To provide
for the industrial welfare of the cOmmonwe aIth.
the thing that is most important is to take care
of the really most vital crop-the crop of citi-
zens. The thing which the State most needs to
care for is the welfare, not merely material. but
moral and intellectual as well. of the children
who going 10 make up the State fifteen.
twenty or twenty years hence; and that is
why I am so glad TO see the care which you OF
Texas are taking in the training of the genera
ton that is coming up
The thing that is rather distressing to me to
see is that sometimes the men and the women
who have done well in life show a curious in
ability to train their own children in the way
that has resulted successfully TO them. I think
that all Of US know people who because they
have worked hard and triumphed, feel that
somehow or other they will spare their children.
They will foolishly spare their children the
acquisition of the very qualities which have
made the parents triumph. Too often you see
the man, and, l am sorry to say the woman.
who says: Il have had to work hard my sons
and daughters shall have easy time" He
is preparing ruin for the children about whom
he says it, (Applause)
THE LIFE OF EFFORT.
OF course you want to give your children all
the love possible, but il is not right to mistake
folly for affection When you spare the child
that which alone viii enable it to conquer in
after life. you not doing II a blessing: you
doing it the greatest wrong in your power.
Bring up the boy and the girl alike with the
understanding that life is not generally easy,
that there will be plenty of rough times and
that what tn Y have TO show is not spirit that
avoids difficulties and hnches from them. but
spirit which overcomes them.
There is only of my fellow citizens TO
whom l will touch my hat quicker than to the
soldier, and that is the mother. because think
she has a harder time of it. The mother who
has brought up as they should be brought up
a family Of young children is entitled to such
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