The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-05

with larger responsibilities. There
came the necessity Of making good
what had been destroyed 1t brought
speculation and plans unlike the old
life. When we measure all up we must
feel that it was worth while: a better
nation lives, union is fixed and slavery
ended.
| The effects extended across the
ocean. England took on new spirit.
While rulers and titled personages had
favored the South, the working men
favored the North. They knew thatit
was a struggle for freedom AMI liberty.
From that time was the extension Of
the right of suffrage. The people
moved on toward greater liberty until
last year a stage was reached that fifty
years ago would have been declared
impossible.
Only as united country could the
people of the United States work out
destiny. What could have come to the
development of the Mississippi Valley
or the great West with the Confedera-
cy holding the South? In the preser-
walton Of liberty we made our great
contribution toward the worlds life.
Their work was well done. Let US
show respect and honor for those who
remain and the memory of those who
! have died.. We can do little for them,
but much for ourselves in honoring
them. We forget the dead too soon in.
this busy world, and Memorial Day is
a call to the people to higher and bet
ter thoughts Of duty and their dead.
A nation which thinks only of getting
out Of the years all the profit possible
| is poor people.
| Our duty is to-day There are bat
ties to be fought, happily not such as
those from 1861 to 1865. They are in
the interests Of purity, justice, good
works, good manners. Woe to us if
| the battles are not fought we'll There
is much to do If character is to be
maintained. The battles for freedom
are to be fought-the BATTLES for what
| is noblest and best in life.
During the last year or two a great
deal has been shown that is discour-
aging. Are our old landmarks of hon
esty and integrity to be forgotten !?
Not all the founders were complete ex-
amples Of integrity, and not all Of our
legislators to-day are bad men. In the
outcry against men betraying their
trusts we may go too far and make the
denunciations too general. But the
revelations have shown a standard Of
honesty and conduct which cannot
stand the judgment of ordinary rules.
Every man and woman must doall pos
sible for justice, honor, integrity.
There is something better than fort
unes, extravaganza, waste. We need
to bring up a generation which will
know that it is not worth while to de-
vote lives to making fortunes and use
less to try to get as much pleasure as
possible out Of Iife.
u We are apt to break out into denun-
J citation and then let the offenders slip
back into place and we remain easy
going. We must set ourselves deter
, mined to build up a higher standard
J 1t is time to let timid and scheminp
politicians know what we think about
them. Rise above selfish and partisan
feelings to love Of country. We need
} more public-spirited men; we need tc
: live palmer, simpler lives. 1t is time
; to say so whenever we can get hear
! ing,
: Stand strong for righteousness anc
Q Justice respect not the man who ha:
made great fortune; but, first of all,
he who lives good, honorable
& straightforward life. The modest
r wage-earner bringing up his family il
e self respect and trying to give his chill
I dren an education, with his limita
: tions, is to be respected Judge mer
+ by character and real worth. Do moi
= be deceived by those who have appar
d lently come to higher place.
III After the address Miss Parker SANG
) the g Star Spangled Banner" follow
]. ing which the audience joined her il
y singing America, and the benedic
1 ton was pronounced BY DR. Fox.