The Washington times., 1907-04-26

is but fair to say that the foremost
place was taken by the soldiers and
the statesmen OF Virginia; and to Nir-
ginia was reserved the honor of pro-
duCing the hero Of both movements. the
hero OF the war, and of the peace that
made good the results OF the war
George Washington; while the TWO
great political tendencies Of the time
can be symbOliZed by the names Of .wO
other great Nirginians-JeffeTsOn and
Marshall-frOm one of whom We In
herit the abiding trust in the people
which Is the foundation stone of de-
power TO develop on behalf OF the
people a coherent and powerful govern
ment, a genuine and representative ma
uCnality.
Two generations passed before
the second great crisis in our his
tory had to be faced. Then came
the civil war, terrible and bitter in
itself and IN its aftermath, but a
struggle from which the nation fin
ally emerged united in fact as well
as in name, united forever. Oh,
my hearers, my fellOW-cOuntTymen,
great indeed has been our good for
tune; for as time clears away the
mists that once shrOuded brother
from brother and made each look
"aS through a glass darkiy" ut the
other, we can all feel the same
pride In the ValOT, the devotion.
and the fealty toward the right as
it was given to each TO see the
right, shown alike by the men who
wore the blue and the men who
wore the gray. Rich and prosper
Gus though we are as a people, the
prOudest heritage that each of Us
has, no matter where he may dwell.
North or South, East or West, Is
the immaterial heritage Of feeling,
the right to claim as his own all
the VaIOr and all the steadfaSt de-
TOtiOn to duty shown by the men
Of both the great armies, OF the
soldiers whose leader was Grant
and the soldiers whose leader was
Lee. The men and women Of the
civil war did their duty braYely
and well In the days that were
dark and terrible and splendid. We.
their descendants, who pay proud
homage f. their memories. and
glory in tie feats Of might of one
side no less than Of the other, need
TO keep steadily In mind that the
homage which counts is the homage
of heart and of hand, and not OF
the lips, the homage Of deeds and
not of words only. We, too. in our
turn, must prove our truth by OHI
endeaYOr. We must shOW ourselves
worthy sons of the men Of The
mighty days by the way in which
we meet the problems of our own
time. We carry our heads high be.
cause our fathers did well In the
years that tried mems sOals; and
we must in our turn so bear our.
selves that the children who come
after us may feel that we, too, have
done our duty.
We cannot afford to forget the maxim
upon which Washington insisted. tina
/ the surest way to avert war is to b'
| prepared to meet II. Nevertheless TIT
/ duties that most concern US Of this gen
| Grafton are not military. but social ant
| Industrial Each community must al
ways dread the evils which spring IA
as attendant upon the very qualities
] which give II success. We Of thi
| mighty Western republic have to crap
/ pie with the dangers that spring IRON
| popular self-government tried on a seal
| incomparabIy vaster than ever before il
| the history OF mankind, and from al
| Astounding material prosperity create
also than anything which the world ha
hitherto seen.
As regards the first set Of dangers. !
! behOoYes us to remember that men cal
never escape being governed. Eithe
| they must govern themselves or the
| must submit TO being governed b
| others. II from laWlessness or tickle