New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-03
TRIBUTE TO MCCLELLAN
HIS STATUE UNTEILED
President SPEAKS on Peace and Va
at WASHINGTON Ceremony.

erected under the auspices or the Army OF 70
tomae, unveiled here to-day with appropriate
civic and military ceremonies and in the presence
Of distinguished audience President Roosevelt
made the principal speech. and with General Fred
erick D. Grant his right and Governor Stokes OF
New Jersey his left witnessed imposing mill
tary parade Of regulars and militia.
Mrs Mcclellan. the generals widow; Mayor
George b. Mcclellan of New York, Of the gen
eral. and DR.. George Mcclellan, Of New Jersey a
nephew, who pulled the string releasing the flags
In which the statue enveloped occupied seats
on the Presidents stand. The diplomatic corps the
army and and civil and official circles were
largely represented at the gathering. Among the
diplomats present Baron ROsen, the Russian
Ambassador Viscount Aok the Japanese Ambas-
sador; Mr. Bryce, the Ambassador from Great
Britain and Ambassadors Jusserand, OF France
and Hengelmuller. Of Austria-Hungary. Score
taries Taft and Garfield and Senator Wetmore oc-
cupied seats the Presidents stand The clouds
which had been heavy during the early afternoon
lifted the ceremonies progressed. and before they
had ended the shining brightly.
Brigader General Henry C. Dwight, United
States Volunteers the president Of the Society OF
the Army OF the Potomac. presided. Major Gen
erd ]. Franklin Bell. chief of staff OF the army,
was In command of the military parade, which con
sisted of three divisions made up of infantry, ar
tjllery and cavalry of tho regular army the Ma
tionaI Guard of the District Of Columbia and the
Sd Regiment Of Infantry OF the New Jersey Ma
uonaI Guard; Battery a, Of the field artillery and
two troops Of cavalry from that state, in command
Of Brlgadier General Dennis F. Collins.
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH
The President in his speech. afte- extending a
greeting on behalf Of the nation TO Mrs. Mcclellan
and her and others. said;
To General Mcclellan it was given 10 command
in some OF the hardest fought battles and most
impo -tant campaigns IN the great war OF nus
hemisphere SO that his name viii be forever linked
with the mighty memories that arise when
speak OF Antietslm and South Mountain Fair oaks
and Malvern, speak OF the great
Army Of the Potomac without having rise before
80, til 7ar5 Frsr Ia} e. There was also given
To him the peculiar giftone that is possessed by out
him thc enthusiastic love and admiration Of the
qualities that IN civil lie endeared him peculiarly
70 all who came in contact with him
ciaI kind 10 the COMMITTEES which Is responsible for
the II has been said Of soma modern stat
wish behalf OF those who live in tho capital OF
edgements to those who had the good taste TO
choose great sculptor TO do this work ! tnank
Sit. statue Which. not only because Of the man
IT CONTEMPORARIES. hut because OF It's own intrinsic
worth adds 10 the mobility and beauty or the capt.
tai city OF the country
We have become accustomed TO accepting as
welIngh impossible IN any country save ours. SO
that II seems most natural that the President OF
Iart IN a ceepia{lon IKE ms shouId hvS as I,ts
the blue and the sons OF the who wore the
@4s unSer 5raat shermsn Fhomas sheridan
Mcclellan Farrasut. We can no less glory In the
them To- see the illrv Of the MN who fought under
lee ana .sJorewal' jackson and the Johnsons
ana Stewart and Morgan
AGAINST PEACE OF TIMIDITY
We have listened recently to a great deal Of talk
about peace. IL IS the duty Of all OF strive
terms. / believe that the man who really does
the best work for the state In peace IS the very
merely another name for acknowledgement Tor sloth
for timdity. for the avoidance Of duty, have none
Of IT. Seek the peace that comes - the just
armed; who win dare 70 defend his rights If the
who VIII wrong no man and VIII not submit To-
wrong in return Seek the peace that comes TO us
y,Traf Won, In esIi ~ I5 as an G your p"WeTs
the position TO crave IT something to be granted
or Withheld at the whim Of another
nation to avoid it is the teaching Of those who
would reinforce the lower promptings OF our hearts
ease. Of mere material comfort The material de-
i S"p, ne OK TINS country OF which we have
rational and within measure brings with IL certain
contounding Of means and ends Material deveI-
opmenJ means nothing 10 nation an end in it
then will stand for little indeed ba I'I LGx4ry
through the vistas Of the ages Amsrica WISE sSa al
Ior much provided only that IL treats material
curing such. as the foundation on which TO build
ana sF req NE ut hfe OF spiritual and moral effort
m TRS T Teb9 "p w ~, has done nothing
sideraon; to men of real power Of discernn Sen
Is ian an OBJECT rather Of contempt than OF envy
on as Il is with the ind Tfi is With the ma
through history the nation that we L locking back
SaT@o'y Che pat9P th9. struggled the nation that
nlAed in an obstacle something to be overconSe
ana not something to be shirked The nation Is
rrt me me aggTeg3te of the individuals and what is
of n re OF n al he IS and must he each
breaches rest ease. absence OF endeavor as vbat
uat hatlon or that individual should strive after
GLORY IN DUTY DONE
brothers who fought in gray against you as YOU
look back IN your lives through the years tbat
glory in? The times Of ease the ,1nIe you ~
fairness, tho times when everything went smoofbiv
because by the spirit Of men r,e W IS
you glory In, what you hope to hand down as un-
that We're done in the days that brought iittis
R .TTure Win mem save the grim consciousness of
to he done. Because In those years Won had r.
in You dauntlessly do your share in the yor Il
allotted TO You your children and your children's
children rise up 10 call YOU blessed Who among
years from ~ for any sin that cnnld daF TX
gwen given Not man among you. You have won the
ilGht 20 feel pride that none other Of your coun-
IT o can feel and you won that right because
rough dsagreeable, irksome and dangerous duty
The President said that we are vet n good n,a,,,
thousand years short of the millennium and our
business Is to do our own duty and teach our chill
dren to do their duty In rough work a-day world
and he said. I'VE cannot do that duty nv hns
phrases. We cannot do duty IL we let ourselves
false perspective of lIfe If we substitute ease
and pleasure for the conception of duty itself"
There was one person in this country the Presi-
dent said he put ahead of the solder-''tba raaItv
good woman the good wife and mother who bas
done her full duty "She often has a pretty hard
time" he said. and added
Yet the woman who thus with labor and any
iety brings up her children is blessed among
the least respect and admire her ana bi ISr I'm IN
worthy OF admiratIon ana honor The selfish Great