The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-03

US TO strive for peace. provided that 1t comes
on the right terms. l believe that the man
who really does best work for the State in
peace Is the very man who at need will do well
in war. IL peace is merely another name
for self Indulgence. for sloth, for timidity,
for the avoidance Of duty, have none OF II.
Seek the peace that comes TO the just man
armed. who will dare to defend his rights
II the need should arise. Seek the peace
granted TO him who win wrong no manand
viii not submit to wrong in return. Seek
the peace that comes to US as the peace OF
righteousness. the peace OF Justice. Ask
peace because your deeds and your powers
warrant you in asking It. and do not put your
self In the position to crave it as something
70 be granted or withheld at the within Of
another.
There is just one person in this country,
the President said, that he put ahead Of any
soldier, and that is the really good woman,
the good wife and mother who has done
her full duty. He concluded as follows:
When we speak Of liberty. when we praise
IL, let us try TO see that in actual practice
We achieve IL. When we speak OF fraternity.
OF brotherhood, let us exercise each for him
self the qualities that make for brotherhood.
for fraternity. When we speak Of equality.
let us try to realize 1t in the spirit Of Abraham
Lincoln, who pointed out that there was OF
course a certain sense in which men are not
and cannot be equal: but who realized by
his life and his deeds the profound truth
that in the larger sense, in the real. the all
important sense, there can and must be an
equality among all men. This equality
We of the American republic must seek TO
secure among our fellow citizens. IL is an
equality of rights before the law; a measurable
equality OF opportunity. so far as we can
secure II. for each man to do the best that
there is in him without harming his fellows,
and without hihdTdnces from his fellows:
and finally, and most important, it Is that
equality which we should prize above all
else. the equality of self-respect and Of mutual
respect among each and all Of our citizens.
After the President had concluded, the
Marine Band played the overture from
ASemlnmide,' o the Field OF Glory" and
Gen. o. o. Howard then made a brief ad-
dress, referring 20 his personal acquaintance
with and service under Gen. Mcclellan,
Gems. Daniel 4. Sickles and Granville Nj.
Dodge were expected to be present and
were to make addresses, but they were de-
tanned. The ceremonies were concluded
with the ~benediction by the Rev. DR.. Will
lam X. Jnnvey. arohdeaoon Of diocese OF
Newark, N. j., who was a private in the
Eleventh Corps, Army Of the Potomac.
Incident TO the chief event Of the day
were reunions Of the several army corps and
military societies. and the days programme
was concluded with a reception at the Con-
gressional Library his evening.
A rumor was current here tonight that
Superintendent OF Police Sylvester had de-
tailed an unusual number Of plain clothes
men to guard President Roosevelt during
the unwilling OF the statue. Inspector of
Police Boardman said tonight hat when
ever the President attends an outdoor cere-
mony OF any character here il was custom |
airy TO detail as many men as were availa-
BILE. Eleven men were detailed to-day.