The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-09
MAI.-GEN. G.B. MCCLELLAN.
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MA l.-UEN. G.B. NJ CLELLAN.
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lotted to you, your children and your
childrcn's children rise up to call you
blessed. Who among you now would
barter the memories of the Gark years
from 81 to SIS for any gift that could
be given? Not a man among you. You
have won the right to feel a pride that
none ether of your eountrymen can
feel, and you won that right because
you sought not the path of ease, but
the path of rough. disagreeable, irk-
some and dangerous duty
IN life as it is to-day, in time of
peace, we do not have to face the ditfi-
culties 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 thou
sand years short of the millennium
yet, both as among Nations and as
among individuals. and our business is
to do our duty and to teach our chill
dref to do their duty in rough, work
s-day world; and We cannot do that
duty by fine phrases.
Tribute to Women.
There is just one person in TINS
country whom L put ahead of any sol
der. I do not care whether the soldier
wore the blue or whether he wore the
r. y
thru the civil war. not even if he lost
an arm in the civil war; put ahead
of the soldier the really good woman,
the good wife and mother. who has
done her full duty. She often has a
pretty hard time; each man here knows
that it is the woman who often has toI
dc harder work than the hardest work
ed man; and, therefore, the man worth
thg name will always show peculiarl
consideration and tenderness for his
heipnieet, for all the women of his
household. The man at least has his
nights to himself: and the woman with
children does not. She has to take
care of the children in sickness; shel
has a greater responsibility for raising
them, for giving them the proper train
Ing, than the man can possibly have.
sYet the woman who thus, with labor
AMI anxiety, brings up her children isl
BILE sSed among women, blessed among
men. 1 do not pity her in the least. II
respect and admire her and bold her
worthy of admiration and honor. The
selfish creature, man or woman, wkoi
reaches old age having achieved easel
by Sinking duty, is to be heartily de-
BpiSed and net envied. Our admira-
tion is reserved for him or for her
WHO has done the real work which |
makes the next generation able in its
tura to do its work in the country.
Righteous Indignation.
81 wish to see the people of this
country not merely feel kindly toward
their neighbors who do well; for l also
wish to see them aetuated by flaming
indignation toward their neghbors who
do Ill. l wish TO see you peaceful, and
desrous each to avoid harning hisI
neighbor, and l wish TO see you able
and DESTROYS each to see that your
neighbor does not harm YOU a foolish |
good nature, weak good nature, in
capable of righteous wrath, is almost
rs unfortunate an attribute for d citizen
of this democracy as Willingness to do
wrong on the part of the man himself. |
If the man hasn't iii him the power of
being aroused to vehement action when
wrong has been done, he can be of no
service in combating the manifold
wrongs that do exist at present alike
in our industrial and in our economical
life. The public servant who is only
good natured and well meaning is not
a very useful public servant. If you
haven't got it in you to strive n1anfullyi
against wrong you wiz accomplish but
little for right.
.'The qualities needed to make a good
soldier, in their final analysis, are the
qualities needed to make good citi-
zen. and the qualities needed alike by
soldier in time of war and by all citi-
Zens in time of peace are those which
in their sum make up the characteris-
tics that tell for 4 great and righteous
people. America must rise level to the
ideals of the founders of the Nation
when they started this mighty Republic
on the road of self government
Prolonged applause followed the con-
ciusion of the Presidents speech.
History of the Monument.
Gen Horatio King told the story of
the inception IF the monument and the
trium pfiant conclusion.
1T was not until after monuments to |
fhe memory of the first commander of
the Army Of the Potomac had been
erected in Trenton and Philadelphia
that a movement was begun to secure |
recognition of his services by the |
erection of an equestrian statue in
Washington. After consulting with |
Gems w. b. Franklin, w. L. Smith, |
Fitz John Porter and others, ardent
friends and admirers of Mcclellan, Gen.
Lucius H. Warren brought the matter
to the attention of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac at its Annual
Reunion in 1887, at Saratoga Springs,
n. Y, and a resolution was past that "a |
committee be appointed from each
corps to take steps to prepare a suit
able memorial in honor of Gen. George
y. Mcclellan and report at the next
meeting. In 1899 Gen. Butterfield ap-
pointed the following committee:
Gen George ID. Ruggles, Chairman;
Gen. William b. Franklin, Capt. Robert
GOrleans, Duo dc Charities, Gen. r. A. |
AIger, Gen. William w. Averell, Gen |
Horace Porter. Gen. Alexander s. |
Webb. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, Cen. Lu-l
cius II. Warren. Gen. OrIand Smith, !
Gen. n. T. Mcmahon, Gen. Horatie c.
King. Gen. Charles l.. Fitzhugh, Gen.
James r. O'Beirne, Gen. Daniel Butter
field. Col. W. r. Smedberg Col Will
liam Z. Brown, Col. w. d. Mann and
Maj. George 3. Fielder. OF this COM
mittee of 19, 10 only survive. Suisse
quentiy Mai. James b. Horner, Capt.
Charles Curie and Lieut.. Frank S. Hal
liday were added.
THE committee met in New York
City and elected Gen. RuggIes Chair
man, Gen. King Secretary and Gen. Nc
Mahon Treasurer. 1t also appointed
an auxiliary committee.
But two meetings were ever held
and the bulk of the work devolved upon
the President, Secretary and Treasurer
vigorous campaign for subscription I
was undertaken, embracing every SC
ton OF the country and also extendinfl
to the Capitals of Europe. There were
in all Isl subscribers in sums varyingl
from $1,000 to 81. Among the donors