Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-10-21
ELOQUENT ADDRESS
OF The PRESIDENT

trust l need hardly aoy how grcnt
iH my pleasure a. speaking Ia thia hiat0r-
ic capital " your historic state. the
state than which no other has coutribut-
81 a larger proportion 20 tho leadornhip
of the natluni t0r on the honor roll Of
those American worthica whose great
ness la not only Tor the age but for ali
time, not only for one nation bat for All
m" world, uu this honor roll NirEinfa's =
name stands above ali others And In
ErNcting AN OF you, l know that no one
viii grudEe my saving special word OF
acknoWledEment 10 the Veterans Of the
ciNi war A man would indeed be- but
poor American who could without 6
thrnl witness the way Ia which in city
uftcr city In the north as Ia the south
on every public occasion, the men who
wore the blue ana the men who wore fao
gray nov march and stand ahoI SCR 40
shoulder giving tangible proof that We
are an now Ia fact AS we'll as ln nnfnp "a
reunited people, a people infinitely riCh-
or because nf the priceless memories left
20 al Americans by you men who fought
Ia the great war Last Memorial day /
spoke ln brooklyn, so the unVeilng of q
statue ot northern general. under the
auspices OF tho Grand Army Of tho ko-
public. and that great audience cheerod
every aliuhion 20 tho Valor and srlf-,le-
Futlun ui the men who followed Leo 80
heartily ns they cheercd every uiiuHiun
to the NalOr and aeif-doYotlun uf the
men who followed Grant. The wounds
hralcu, but its memories remain Think
ui a. oh, my country men, thiuk uf tho
good fortune that ~ ours IhHt where.
ah every other war OF modern umea has
lNtt feelings uf rancnr ana bitterness 10
Keep uaundur the cumbntanta our great
Wat has luft 90 the SONS and daughters
OF she men who fought. ON whichever
side thfy Fought, the same right 90 feel
thn ketncai pride "a the great deeds alike
of che men who fought on ono side ANA
ot the men VINO fought on the other
The Victories of Peace.
The proud sclf-saorinoe. tho reso-
lutte and daring courage. the high ana
Htcndfast devotion 20 the right nH each
man saw u, Whrfhrf nufthrrurr af
Huuthcrnrr, thpsn qualities render uii
Aheilttnh forever aa debtors ~ those
who Ia the dark days from 6i to 05 prove
Cd their truth by their endoavor Here
around kichmuna hcfo la your oWn
state, there lies battlefield after battle
field rendered forever memorable hy the
men who cuurtcd death na but a little
thing when weighed ln the balance
against doing their duty as d was given
them 20 see a. These men have ioft ua
~ tine younger generation not merely
he inemgry of what they did N war
observers predicted that when such d
great war closed II would bo lmpuHaibla
for ihc hundreds uf thousands % CON.
batants 90 return 10 the paths of peace.
turbulence, the alteration of anarchy
and despotiam. But the geo' sense aud
nelt-reatraint of the average American
citisen faiHifiod these prophecica Tho
great armies diHbanded ana the private
IN the ranks, like the officer who had
him, went back To take up
ihe threads of his life where he had
dropped them whom the call 10 arms
came. II was wonderful, a marvellous
thing, in "a country conaCcratcd % peace
With but an infinltcaimal regular army,
90 develop 20 quickly the haRe hosts
which confronted one another between
thc lnmca aud the Potomac aud along
the miesiaaippi and ita tributaries Hut
u Waa an even more wonderful. an even
more marvellous thing, how these great
hosts. once their work done. reaOlved
themselves into a general fabric Of tho
herolsm In Daily Life.
Wfeat though the need 0f praise is
which ie due the south for the aoldiorly
valor her sons displayed during the four
years of war, / think that even araater
praise u due 10 her for what her peonlo
have accomplished Ia the forty wears of
n.nce which followed For forty years
the south has made not merely cour-
nseoua. but "a times 4, desperate atrug-
Eir, ~ she has striyen for moral ana
material wcli-being Her success has
been extraordinary, aud all cltlasna of
our common country should fcei icy and
pride IN n. Tor any great deed isne. W
any fine qualities shown. hy one Nroup