Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-02-22
Former President Cleveland Makes Able
Address at Chicago, Which
Citizen Gives in Full.
FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY IS INCREASINGLY RfvERED
In Every Land Where Government by the People Is SUD
verting Government by the Glasses
For the Classes


our commemorative days is evidence
of a certain condition, and Is symp-i
tomato of a popular tendency which |
is by no means reassuring.
on this day the Union League club |
of Chicago should especially rejoice |
in the consciousness of patriotic ac-
compartment, and on this day of all
others, every one of its members
should regard his membership as a
badge of honor. Whatever else the
organization may have done, 1t has
justified its existence and earned the
applause of those whose love of
country is still unclouded by the
work it has done for the deliverance
of washingtons birthday from neg
| lect or indolent remembrance.
In furtherance of the high en-
| deavor of your organization, it would
have been impossible to select for
observance any other civic holiday
having as broad and fitting a signifi-
| cance as this 1t memories the
birth Of one whose glorious deeds
are transcendently above all others
recorded in our national annals; and
In memorizing the birth of Washing
ton, 1T commentaries the incarnation
of all the virtues and all the ideals
that made our nationality possible
and gave it promise of growth and
strength 1t is a holiday that be-
longs exclusively to the American
people. All that Washington did
was bound up in our national des-
tiny. The battles he fought were
fought for American liberty, and the
victories he won gave US national in
dependence. His example Of unset
fish conservation and lofty patriotism
made manifest as in an open book
that those virtues were conditions
not more vital to our nations be-
ginning than to its development and
durability. His faith in God, and
the fortitude of his faith, taught
those for whom he wrought, that the
surest strength of nations comes
from the support of Gods almighty
arm. His universal and unaffected
sympathy with those in every sphere
of American life, his thorough
knowledge of existing American con-
ditions and his wonderful foresight
of those yet to be, coupled with his
powerful influence in the counsels of
those who were to make or mar the
: fate of an infant nation, made him a
tremendous factor in the construc-
tion and adoption of the constitu-
tional chart by which the course of
the newly launched republic could be
: safely sailed. And it was he who
first took the helm and demonstrated
for the guidance of all who might
succeed him how, and in what spirit
l and intent. the responsibilities of our
{ chief magistracy should be dis
charged.
If your observance of this day
2 were intended to make more secure
i the immortal fame OF Washington, OF
| to add to the strength and beauty OF
= his imperishable monument built
: upon a nations affectionate remem-
brance, your purpose would be use
less. Washington has no need OF
= you. But in every moment from the
time he drew his sword in the cause
4 of American independence to thi:
e hour living or dead, the American
1 people have needed him. 1t is not
important now, nor will it be in al
the coming years, to remind oul
= countrymen that Washington ha!
n lived and that his achievements II
: his country's service are above al
= praise. But It is important-ant
i more important now than ever be-
y fore-that they should clearly ap
IS prehend and adequately value the
virtues and ideals of which he wa!
n the embodiment and should realize
how essential to our safety and per.
n petuity are the conservation and pa
f triotism which he exemplihed. Th'
q American people need today the ex
: ample and teachings Uf Washington
a no less than those who fashioned oui
: nation needed his labors and guild
n ance.
II Three months before his inaugura-
r. tion as first president Of the repub'
n lie which he had done so much ia
"a create, Washington wrote letter tc
- Lafayette, his warm friend and revo'
n lutionary ally, in which he expressed
- his unremitting desire to establish g
= general system of policy, which, II
:, pursued, would ensure permanent
= felicity to the commonwealth; and
:. he added these words:
y II think l see a path as clear and
:, as direct as ray of light which
II leads TO the attainment of that OBJ
E iect. Nothing but harmony, honesty
IS industry and frugality are necessary
n to make us great and happy peo
Is pie. Happily the present posture o.
'e affairs and the prevailing disposition
of my countrymen, promise to co
st operate in establishing these fou
e- great essential pillars of public felic
d ity."
n Such considerations as these sug
1f gest the thought that this is a tim,
A for honest determination. Tn,
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