The Washington times., 1905-10-18

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little thing when weighed IN the balance
against doing their duty as II was CIV
On them to see It, These men have left
" the memory Of what they did in war,
but OF what they did In peace. Foreign
observers predicted that when such a
great war closed 1T would be impossible
Tor the hundreds of thousands of COM
oatants to return to the paths of peace.
Disbanded in Peace.
They predicted ceaseless disorder. wild
turbulence. the alienation of anarchy
and despotism. But the good sense and
self-restraint OF the average American
citizen falsified these prophecies The
great armies disbanded and the private
IN the ranks. like the officer who had
commanded him. went back to take UP
the threads of his life where he had
dropped them when the call to arms
came.
Ii was wonderful. a marvellous thing,
IN country consecrated 20 peace with
but an infinitesimal regular army, to de-
yelop SO quickly the huge hosts which
1ronted one another between the James
and the Potomac and along the Missis-
sippl, and its tributaries. But ii was
an even more wonderful. an ever more
marvellous thing, how these great hosts
once their work done, resolved them
SSsives INTO the general fabric of the ma
Sreat though the need of praise is
Wnlch is due the South for the soldierly
vaIor her sons displayed during the four
Years of war ] think thar even greater
ydiSe is due to her for what her peo-
PIE nave accomplished in the forty years
OF peace which followed
ror forty years the South has made
not merely courageous, but at times n
1eoperate struggle, as she has striven
Ior moral and material well-beipg. Her
Suescess mas been extraordinary. and ali
1eei JOY and pride in IL: for any great
1eed done. or any fine Qualities shown
py one group of-Americans. of necessitS
-e'eees credit upon all Americans.
Heroic Peoples Battle.
Oniy a heroic people could have bat
1Aeo successfully against the conditions
win which the people of the So,,,.h
1ound themselves face to face at the
seno or the civil war. There had been
utter destruction and disaster. and
wnoily new business and social nrob-
aems mad to be faced with the scantiest
neans. The economic and political
sapsic hao TO be readjusted ia the midst
y. uire want. of grinding poverty.
Inc Iuture or the broken, war-swept
Poutn seemed beyond hope. and IL her
NeeShtcio ildu Dfen or weaker
noer there would in very truth have
peen no hope. But the men ana the
sons OF the men who had facad ,r,th
oOfaltering front every Attenuation or
Sooo and evil fortune from Manassas
NJ appomatsox, and the women, their
wyes ana mothers, whose courage and
enourance had reached an even hiehes,
neroic. level-these men and these women
Ses, .nemseivs undauntedly to the great
TASK pefore them.
FOR twenty years the struggle was
naro ana at times doubtful Then the
spIenoid Qualities Of your manhood and
to tell. and the wealth of yolr ertra-
orolnary natural resources began TO he
sn9 sn9"n, a. NOW the teeming riches Of mine
perity Of those who are ali the strar 49, 20,
because OF the trials and struggles
through which this prosperity has come
Stand Loyalty.
You stand Loyalty to your traditiors
and memories; you also stand LOYALTY
Tor our great common country or today
ana for our common flag, which syn-
poizes all that is brightest and nost
hopeful for the future OF mankind: Won
1ace the new age in the spirit of the
age Alike in your material and in your
spiritual and intellectual development.
you stand abreast of the foremost in the
worlds progress.
iow-Amerfcans. exactly as all of US
whether We live in the East or the West
IN the North or the South. have the right
merely as Americans to feel pride in
every great deed done by any Ameri-
can In the past. and exactly as we are
knit together by this common heritage
OF memories, SO we are knit togather nv
tne Dond OF our common duties In the
present. our common interests In the
Many and great problems lie before
US II we treat the mighty memories
OF the past merely as excuses for Sit
Eng taaziiy down IN the present, or for
OF the world, then these memories will
prove curse instead OF a blessing Bur
II we treat them as 1 believe we shall
treat them. not as excuses for inaction
put as incentives to make us show that
we are worthy OF our fathers and Of
our fathers fathers. then In truth the
wasted. for they shall bring forth fruit
ton.
Have Great Responsibility.
We of this nation, we the citizens Of
this mighty and wonderful Republic.
Stretching across q continent bstwean
the two greatest oceans, enjoy extra
ordinary privileges. and as our oppor-
tunity is great. therefore our respon-
ability is great. We have duties to per-
form both abroad and at home, and we
cannot shirk either set OF duties and
fully retain our self-respect.
In foreign affairs we must make Nm
our minds that whether we wish ii or
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