New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-19
s0TTH GREETS PRESIDENT.
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,,tnl- thae even greater praise is Cue TO her Tor
- her people have accomplished in the forty
49, n pescs which followed For forty years
- Soslth has made not merely a courageous,
- AZ times d desperate struggle. she has
s-Svs1 cor moral and material weu-being- Her
,-,,ess has bean raordinary. and All citizens
= o44r common country should feel joy and
-;se N IL, for any great deed done. or any fine
Qualities shown by enc group Of Americans Of
~ocessiCy rejects credit upon al Americans.
0rlv a h4Ioio people could have battled success
s,ffy against The conditions with which the
e,,.a Of tie South found themselves face TO
<sne Al The end OF the civil War There had
rssn utser destruction and disaster and wholly
~ business and social problems had 10 be
erneF with he scantiest means The economic
srE political fabric aAd 20 DC reacjusted IN the
-{dst o. cirs want. OF grinding poverty. The
A-fur. Of Lls broken war swept South seemed
hevord hope. a-sc L her sons ana daughters mad
80 a. wesksr fibre there would IN very truth
80 heen ne hope But the men and the sons
= r-a -.en who had faced with unfaItering front
svery Attenuation OF good and evil fortune from
MANASSAS TO Appoznattox, and the women. their
ties ard mothers, whose courage and endur-
go had reached an even higher heroic level
these men and these women sci thenlseiFs IN
Sauu1edIy 20 the great task before them For
.vvs--v years the struggle was hard and at times
65ubrfuL Then the splehdld QUANTITIES O. your
manhood and womanhood told. as they were
bond 10 tell and the wealth Of your extraor-
e. natural resources began 20 be shown.
- she reeTainE riches of mine and field and
+s--o-v attest the prosperity OF those who are
~ -ba stronger because OF the trials and strug-
-HzS
Won stand Loyalty 10 your TRADITIONS ana memo
Ia YOU also stand loyalty for our great COM
mon country OF to-day and for our common nag,
A-h s--nb OL-Zes al that IS DF1EIlIeSL ana most
r-aFr,1 for the future OF mankind you lace the
Tsz- sEe in the spirit o. the age Alike IN your
Material and IN your spiritual and intellectual
development you stand abreast or me foremost
N the worlds progress
MANI. GREAT PROBLEMS BEFORE. Us"
And now ny fellow citizens my fellow Arneri-
.sTE exactly as al OF Us. whether We live in the
E-sst or the West. II the North or the south
Esva the right merely as Americans to ceei prlde
= &C. great deed done by shy American in
+ba 7as- and exactly as we are knit together
- rs common heritage Of memories, so we
CO kr1tt together by the bond Of our common
S,,-f-s II the present our common interests IN
.Ta rIg77.-e Many and great problems lie be
s4~a Is = We treat the mighty memories OF
The PAST merely as excuses Tor slpuEg I4zuy
ScvT II The present, or for standing aside from
+ba rough work OF the world, then these memo
YES VIII pCove g curse instead OF plesSILs-
n = re treat them as believe We shall treat
80 NOT as excuses for I1aCLOn. but as IN
a--z-ae n make Us show that are worthy
NJ o7l- ~aEhers and OF OIr fathers fathers, tnen
= truth The deeds OF the past VIII not nave
hes7 wasted. for they shall bring torth UulL a
hu16-ed1old in the present 80 .-o, -, ~ :
o. his nation we the clllzeI.s o. us 49,
a-6 wonderful Republic, stretching across q con
tin61C between the Two greatest oceans eL-Jos
extraordinary privileges, and as our oppoEtuH-'y
6 great therefore our responsibility IS great
We have duties 10 perform both abroad ana at
ro7,z and We cannot shirk either set OF. duties
and fully retain our sel1-resPect
II foreign affairs We must make up our minus
;ra- whether We wish II not, We are great
peops and must play great part IN the WORN I
Z IS noC open 10 Us 10 choose "LeCL1e =. W 49,
rizv that sreaC part or not. We have TO play u;
a. can decide IS whether we snAal PI1y ~ -
vel OF 81 And / have too Eaucn conI1leAC9 ~
nv CCuu-rv-1en 10 doubt what the decision VIII
be Our mission IN the world should % one
q peace. but Tot the peace OF craVells lne lel1e
s-ants6 col-erlpcuOusIy 10 rhose who purchase
! hv s--r-erderiuE the right MOI our voice
-rrs- he effective for peace because II = raised
-r-1 z-r7 mass
ne hs1drratdel Of Righteousness. We must oe
Ec-upUlous II respecting the rights OF the "SdA,
and no less careful 10 make II evident thal We
Do lot act through fear OF the strong We mNSI
Be gcrIuuIOus doing justice 10 others anu
We must beware equally OF LA@I sL---St0t 60 -.
cynical teaching which would persuade Us 10
disregard ethical standards in international r.
la-ions and ~ the no less hUrTrul 1oLly "ilitl
would stop the whole work OF civilization by a
wei ueau- but silly perslsJeT1Cy IN trying 70
apply 70 peoples united for them those theories
a government and OF national action which are
only suited for the most advanced races. IN
-z-.rc1Ia~ " must remember that in under
La6.ng u build The Panama Canal We have
r1-1essa-EIv undertaken 70 police the seas at
si-5g- 80 - - - mis- means that we have q
peculiar interest in the preservation OF order IN
the coasts and islands Of the Caribbean firm
" believe that by a little wise and generous AID
help even the most backward or me
peoples II these coasts ana is-anGs Ior'g "a I
alocs the Path Of orderly liberty so that they
can stand alone II We decline 70 give mem suL3
help the result VIII be bad both for them anu
Eo- Us and viii in the end. in all probability,
cause Us 70 face humiliation or bloodshed-
An AGE OF COMBINATIONS.
The problems that face Us abroad are i'm
porraur but The problems that face Us at nome
are even more Important The extraordinary
growth 01 sn5usrrtaiism during the last ha4L
century brings every civilized people face 70
face with the Era-es- social and economic queS-
tons This Is az age OF com binaClOn among
capitalists and combination among wage work
ers I IS idle 70 Try TO prevent such combina-
tons Our efforts should be 20 see that they
work for the good and not FOR the harm OF the
bCFv poIT-5c New devices Of law are necessary
from tine 10 time in order 70 meet the changed
and changing conditions. But, after all. We
VIII do well 10 remember that although the PROB
lens 70 be solved change from generation 20
generation the spirit in which their solution
must Be attempted remains forever me same II
e IN peace as II Is in war Tactics change ana
weapons change The Continental troops IN
their blue and buff who fought under Washing
tor and Greene and Wayne differed entirely
Il R---s and II training from those who In blue
or gray faced one another IN the armies OF
Grant ana Of Lee, OF Sherman and OF johnston
And now the so1s OF these same Union ana CON
fe6erate veterans who serve in our gallant little
army OF today wear = different UNIFORM, carry
different wea pom and practise different IacLlcs
But rra soul Of the soldier mas remained the
sane throughout. and the qualities which drove
forward 10 victory 20 death the men OF 20
and the men OF 81 sre the very qualities which
the men Of to-day must keep unchanged II IN
the hour OF need the honor OF the nallon - 10
be kent 1lnra-rfshed. So Il IS in civil lie ms
government was formed with as It's oas4c ldr1
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