The Washington herald., 1907-05-03


in what was done under Grant. Sherman.
Thomas Sheridan, Mcclellan. Farragut,
we can no less glory IN the Yaior, and the
devotion TO duty as 1t was given to them
10 see the duty, Of the men who fought
under Lee and StonewaT Jackson. and the
Johnstons. and Stuart and Morgan.
The Proper Kind of Peace.
Men of the Army Of the Potomac, not
only have you left us a united land, not
only have you left as the material heri-
/ tage which your hands wrought but you
/ have left as by what you did in your
! lives certain lessons which apply as much
! In peace as In war-lessons which are
sometimes only painfully learned in war
which are sometimes quickly forgotten In
| peace. First OF all among these lessons
| necessary for our people 20 keep ever IN
mind I would put the fact that the life
worth living is the life Of endeavor, the
| life OF effort the life Of worthy strife to
accomplish a worthy end.
I'VE have listened recently to a great
deal OF talk about peace II is the duty
OF ali of US 20 strive for peace. provided
that il comes on the right terms. j be-
lieve that the man who really does best
work for the state tn peace is The very
man who at need will do well in war II
peace Is merely another name for seit-in-
| dulgence. for sloth, for timidity, for the
avoidance Of duty, have none Of il. Seek
the peace that comes to the just man
| armed. who viii dare 10 defend his rights
/ IL the need should arise. Seek the peace
| granted To him who will wrong no man
| and viii not submit 70 wrong In return
Seek The peace that comes TO us as the
peace OF Righteousness. the peace Of jus
tlce Ask peace because your deeds and
your powers warrant you in asking II,
and do not put yourself IN the position TO
crave II as something to be granted or
withheld at the whim OF another
Millennium sim Far on.
IN life as it is to-day in time Of peace,
we do not have TO face tke difficulties and
dangers you had to face; but if We do not
face the duties that are ours in your
spirit. we shall do them but poorly. We
are a good many thousand years short
Of the millineum yet. both as among ma
tions and as among individuals, and our
business is to do our own duty and TO
teach our children to do their duty in a
rough. workaday world: and We can not
do that duty by fAe phrases. There Is no
use in anything / say here being all right
unless the deeds Of both myseif and
yourselves correspond to the words
speak, and 70 which you listen That Is
all that words count for-as an index by
which YOU can judge the corresponding
{ deeds. either of the speaker or Of the
Z listeners. We cannot do our duty If We
let ourselves get false perspective oi
life IL We substitute ease and pleasure
for the conception OF duty itself That Is
| lust as true Of the man and the woman Ia
, / private life as it is Of the soldier. Con
slider your friends and associates who are
J not IN the army; take the younger people
I look at each man and each woman wheh
, they have begun 10 be elderly; and com
. pare In real happiness those who have
I gone through life shiTking getting around
b ana avoiding what was disagreeable and
unpleasant. with those who have faced
and overcome what was disagreeable and
unpleasant; and you will md that it Is
, / the last class who have the real enjoy
! ment
/ Position of Really Good Woman
There is just one person in this country
? whom I put ahead Of any soldier-I do not
care whether the soldier wore the blue
or whether he wore the gray; do not
p care whether he fought through the ciyi
! war, not even If he lost an arm in the
civH war-I put ahead Of the soldier
I the really good woman. the good wife anC
b mother. who has done her fun duty. SIR
S often has a pretty hard time; each mas
[ here knows that it is the woman WI
! often has to do harder work than tn
hardest worked man; and therefore tht
man worth the name VIII always show
= a peculiar consideration and tenderness
D for his helpmeet. for all the women Of hi'
n household
( Need for Righteous Wrath.
e Il wish 20 see the people Of this country
: not merely feel kindly toward their neigh
bors who do well, for 1 also wish TO SCI
them actIated by a flaming indignation
toward their neighbors who do ILL., I wisi
10 see you peaceful, and desirous each q
avoid harming his neighbor: and / wish q
= see you able and desirous each 10 see tina
70 your neighbOr does not harm YOU. a fool
u ish good nature a weak good nature IN
y capable Of righteous wrath, is almost a.
4 unfortunate an attribute for It citizen o
a / this democracy as willingness TO DO wTon
: on the part Of the man himself. If tn
man hasn't in him the power of beinl
aroused To vehement action when wron
Y has been done, he can be OF no service u
e combating the manifold wrongs that d
u exist at present alike in our industrial an
d in our economic life. The public servan
e who Is only good natured and well-mean
J.. ling is not a very useful public servant. ]
a YOU haven't got 1t in you to strive man
e fully against wrong, you will accomplish
" but little for right
IT Duty OF Country and Citizen.
D. Il hope 20 see this nation play an ever
= growing part in the affairs OF the world
4 It cannot play that part unless it is will
!: ing TO accept the responsibilities that g
.e with it. We cannot do our first and pr
.e mary duty at home within our own boz
N ders unless we strive measurably 70 real
Is ize certain ideals BY this / do not mea
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