Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-10-18

delivered this afternoon by President
Theodore Roosevelt before large and
representative gathering Of the peo-
pie of Virginia at Richmond:
| trust | need hardly say how great
is my pleasure at speaking in this
historic capital OF your historic state;
the state than which no oth@r has
contributed larger proportion TO the
leadership of the nation \ for on the
honor roll of those American wtrthies
whose greatness is not only for the
age but for all time, not only for one
nation but for all the world, on this
honor roll Virginias name stands
above all others. And in greeting all
of you, | know that no one will grudge
my saying a special word OF acknow[
edgment to the veterans Of the Civil
War. A man would indeed be but a
poor American who could without a
thrill witness the way in which, in
city after city in the North as in the
South, on every public occasion, the
men who wore the blue and the men
who wore the gray now march and
stand shoulder to shoulder, giving
tangible proof that we are all now in
TACT as well as in name, reunited
people, people infinitely richer be-
cause OF the priceless memories left
to all Americans by you men who
fought in the great war. Last Mem
orial day | spoke iE Brooklyn at
the unveiling of the statue of north
ern general, under the auspices of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and that
great audience cheered every allusion
to the valor and self-devotion OF he
men who followed Lee as hes --Nfiiy
as they cheered every allusion to the
valor and self-devotion Of the men
who followed Grant. The wounds left
by the great Civil War have long
healed. but it's memories remain
Think of it, oh, my country men, .thlnR
of the good fortune that is Ours! Thai
whereas every other war OF modern
times has left feelings Of rancor anc
bitterness to keep asunder the com
Ibatants, our great war has left to the
sons. and daughters Of the men who
fought. on whichever side they fough
the same right to feel the keenes
bride in the great deeds alike OF tn
men who fought on one side and o
1.-The men who fought on the other. INT
proud self-sacrifice, the resolute ant
daring courage, the high and steadfas
Ideyotion to the right as each man say
lit whether northerner or southernel
these qualities render all American
forever the debtors of those who II
the dark days from 81 to '65 prove
their truth by their endeavor
Here around Richmond, here in you
, lown state, there lies battlefield afte
battlefield, rendered forever memo
liable by the men who counted death a
: but a little thing when weighed
: the balance against doing their dut
| las it was given them to see it. Thes
men have left us of the younger gel
Grafton not merely the memory
what they did in war, but of what the
did in peace. Foreign observers pr
dicted that when such a great WE
closed it would be impossible for u
, hundreds of thousands Of combatan
10 return to the paths of peace. Tne
predicted ceaseless disorder, wild tu
bulence. the alienation OF anarcl
and despotism. But the good SEN
and self-restraint Of the average Anne
y lean citizen falsified these prophecle
The great armies disbanded and u
: private in the ranks, like the ONO
:. woo had commanded him, went ba'
- to take up the threads of his life wne
. . he had dropped them when the call
:, arms came. 1t was a wonderful
!. marvellous thing, in a country cons
= :. Grated to peace with but an infinite
: NAL regular army, to develop SO qui'
- ly the huge hosts which fronted o
y y another between the James and
y Potomac and along the Mississippi a
= its tributaries. But 1t was an eV
:, more wonderful, an even more mar
:, = lous thing, how these great nos
y, once their work done, resolved the
y selves into the general fabric OF
> nation.
he Great Praise is Due the South ana
rs People.
lit Great though the need OF praise
ed which is due the South for the
nj dierly valor her sons displayed dur
49, the four years Of war, | think that e
nd greater praise is due to her FOR W
k" her people have accomplished IN
Dol forty years of peace which follow
be For forty years the South has m
es. not merely a courageous, but at I'll
hill a desperate struggle, as she has 81
en- for moral and material well-be