The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-07-14

chamber-ii these men had not done
their full duty not man here would
carry his head high Not any work
done by any man must largely have its
influence, not upon the life OF that man.
but upon the lives OF those coming at
ter him, and just as this was true OF
the men OF Lincoln'S generation, 50
it will be true OF those that follow us.
We who did not fight in the Civil War
have rcaped the unreasonable benefit
from the courage and scli-devotiOn OF
those who did fight Had the grapes
they passed to their lips been sour our
teeth would have been on edge. Had
they shown themselves towards our
heads would have been bowed in shame.
SO, il we of this generation do our duty
when face to face with our special in
dustrial. social and political problems
our children and chldren's children
shall be the better for it. Ii we fail in
our duty, il you men here OF middle
life, you men with children, il you fail
i'll your duty by just so much do you
add to the weight OF the burdens that
your children shall bear. Our duty
calls for the exercise OF more than one
quality on our part. First OF all it
calls, of course. for the qualities OF
honesty and courage. use honesty
i'll the brOadeSt sense. honesty in the
sense OF disinterested devotion to what
is right. diSintercSted devotion to the
ideals OF our national life. II we have
not these qualities first. then all else
shall avail us little.
TIMES CALL FOR SANITY.
in 1861 the first qualities necessary
were those qualities OF the heart which
made the average LOYAL citizen resolute
that even at the cost OF his own life the
Union should be preserved. which gave
him the power to appreciate what was
meant by lofty devotion to an ideal, and
the power to nut into actual fact that
DEVOTION The man needed to feel the
lift Of patriotism first. and then he need
ed the courage to make his patriotism
OF avail
There are old soldiers in this. as in
every other audience that | address,
and these men know that first and fore
most it was necessary to have the pow
cr OF love for the Union. OF love for the
nation, and that next it was necessary
to have the cOur""" to make the love
good | do not care how devoted the
old soldier was to the Union. il, when
the crisis came. he ran away his dcvo-
ton did not count, and. on the other
hand, no quality OF courage availcd the
man il he Ma, not in him the spur that
drove that courage into action-that
made that courage Oi avail to his neigh
bOrS
In the same fashion we citizens OF
these peaceful Gays need. first and fore
most, the moral quality: and next, back
OF that moral quality, the courage, NOR
al and physical as we'll that makes the
moral quality count Yet those quail
ties by themselves ar cnot enough. The
greatest patriotism and the greatest
courage can be hopclessly married by
folly. None OF you are worth anything
as citizens. ii you have not the fund OF
moral qualities which find expression
i'll love OF country, love OF ncighborS.
love OF home; which make YOU honest,
decent, clean living. right thinking
None OF YOU will be worth anything. ii
in addition to those qualities, YOU
Ravens the courage, physical and moral
without which no American citizen can
do his iull duty as citizen.
And yet, back OF them and in addi-
tion to them, we must have the sanity,
the common sense, the just Judgment
which neither Historically over cmpha-