The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-05-03
ROOSEVELT FOR
PEACE ONLY ON
RIGHT TERMS
No Timidity or Avoidance of
Duty in the Doctrine of
the President
TRUE TEST OF RICHES
Scant Consideration Given
to Wealth Grabbing
Class
PRAISES GOOD WOMEN
'Unveiling of the Mcclellan
Statue Brings Forth
Address
PRAISES GOOD WOMEN
ASLINCTnN

WASHINGTON, May T.
President Roosevelt. in an address at
the unveiling of the statue to General
George B. Mcclellan today. charac-
terlzed as weakness a move for peace
unless it could be obtained on the
right terms He would have none Of
the so called peace if it were merely
another name for self indulgence. for
sloth. for timidity. for the avoidance
of duty
The man who would do the best for
the country in peace, the president de-
clared. was the man who at need would
win in war
Seek the peace that comes to the
just man armed" said Roosevelt, "wno
will dare to defend his rights if the
need should arise Seek the peace
granted to him who will wrong no man
and will not submit to wrong in re-
turn. Seek the peace that comes to us
as tiAC pOoNC u lS itCOuSiCoc, int pcdCt
of justice Ask peace by your deeds
and your powers warrant you in asking
1t, and do not put yourself in position
to crave it as something to be granted
withheld at the whim of another.
FOR THE STRENUOUS LIFE
IF there is another thing wh&ch we
should wish as nation to avoid, it IS
the teaching of those who would REIN
and so teach us. to seek only life of
effortless ease, of mere material COM
fort. The material development of this
country, of which we have a right TO
be proud, provided we keep our pride
rational and within measure, brings
with it certain great dangers; and one
of these dangers is the confounding
of means and ends. Material develop
ment means nothing to a nation. an
end in itself If America is to stand
simply for the accumulation of what
tells for comfort and luxury, then it
will stand for little indeed when looked
at through the vistas of the ages.
America will stand for much, provided
only that it treats material comfort, ma
terial luxury and the means for ac-
quiring such as the foundation on
which to build the real life. the life
of spiritual and moral effort and
achievement.
The rich man who has done nothing
but accumulate riches is entitled to but
the scantiest consideration; to the man
of real power of discernment he is an
object rather of contempt than of envy.
The test of fortune should be two
fold-how it was earned and how it is
with the Individual.
NOT IN TIMES OF EASE
"The nation is but the aggregate
of the individuals, and what is true
of national life is and must be true
of each of US in individual life. The
man renders but poor service to ma
ton or to Individual who breaches
rest, ease, absence of endeavor, as what
that nation or that individual should
strive after Both you men who fought
in blue and you others who fought In
gray, as you look back in your lives,
through the years that have passed,
what is it in those years that you most
glory in7 The times of ease. the times
of fairness, the times when everything
went smoothly with you? OF course
not; because you are men. because you
are moved by the spirit of men. What
you glory in, what you hope to hand
down. undying memories to your chill
dren. are the things that were done in
the days that brought little pleasure
with them save the grim conscious
ness of having done each man his duty
as his duty needed to be done.''
The president said that we were yet
good many thousand years short of
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