The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03
President Roosevelt Makes the
 Principal Address
AUSPICES ARMY OF POTOMAC
Diplomatic Corps, Army and Navy, Civic and Military Largely Rep sented at the Ceremony
 at the Capital.

Washington, May 2.-With appropriate civic and military ceremonies and in the presence of distinguished audience, the heroic equestrian statue of bronze of Maj. Gen. George B. Mcclellan, erected under the auspices of the Army of the Potomac, was unveiled here today. President Roose- welt made the principal address, and with Gen Fred D. Grant on his right and Gov ernor Stokes of New Jersey on his left, witnessed an imposing military parade of regulars and militia.
 Mrs Mcclellan. the generals widow, with Mayor George B. Mcclellan of New York, son of the general, and Dr. George Mcclellan of New Jersey, a nephew, who pulled the string releasing the flags in which the statue was enveloped, occupied se1ts on the speakers stand.
 The diplomatic corps and the army and navy and civic and military were largely represented at the gathering.
 Secretaries Taft and Garfield and Sena- tor Wetmore occupied seats on the Presi- dents stand.
 Brigadier General Henry c. Dwight, United States volunteers, the president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. presided
 Three Divisions.
 Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff of the army, was in command of the military parade. which consisted of three divisions made up of infantry, ar tillery and cavalry of the regular army, the national guard of the District of Co.,
 
 fantry of the New Jersey national guard. Battery A of the field artillery and two troops of cavalry from that state. The President delivered typical speech in which he touched upon a variety of sub jects including war. peace, national pride, the family and the qualities that make for brotherhood and fraternity.
 After extending a greeting in behalf of the nation to Mrs. Mcclellan and her son, the President said:
 General Mcclellan was given to com mand in some of the hardest fought bat ties and most important campaigns in the great war of this hemisphere, so his name will be forever linked with the mighty memories that arise when we speak of Antietam and South Mountain. Fair Oaks and Malvern, so that we never can speak . of the great army of the Potomac with out having before us the figure of General Mcclellan, the man who organized and first led 1t. There was also given to him the peculiar power that is possessed by very few men, to combine the quali- ties that won him the enthusiastic love and admiration of the soldiers who fought with and under him, and the qualities that in civil life endeared him peculiar ly to all who came in contact with him.
 Blue and Gray.
 we have become accustomed to accept as matter of course certain things which would be well nigh impossible in any other country save ours, so it seems most natural that the President of the United States, when he takes part in a celebration like this, he should have his personal aides both the sons of the men who wore the blue and the sons of the men who wore the gray. As Amerl- cans when we glory in what was done under Grant. Sherman, Thomas. Sheri dan Mcclellan and Farragutt. we can no less glory in the valor and the devotion to duty as it was given to them to see their duty, men who fought under Lee and Stonewall Jackson, Johnston, Stuart and Morgan.
 I've have listened recently to a great deal of talk about peace. It is the duty of all to strive for peace. provided that it comes on the right terms. I believe that man who really does the best work for the state in peace is the very man who at need will do well in war. If peace is merely another name for self indulgence, for sloth, for timidity, for the avoidance of duty. have none of it. Seek the peace that comes to the just man armed, who will be sure to defend his rights if the need should arise. Seek the peace granted to him who will wrong no man and will not submit to wrong in return. Seek the peace that comes to us as the peace of righteousness. the peace of justice. As peace becomes your deeds and powers warrant you in ask ing 1t, do not put yourself in the position to crave 1t as something to be granted CT withheld at the whim of another"
 The President concluded as follows:
 Founders of the Nation.
 America must rise level to the ideals of the founders of the nation when they started this mighty republic. These ideals in their sum were to found here a govern ment of the people, by the people, where no one man should wrong his brother: where the nation should wrong no out slider, and should be able to resist ag- gression from without. I hope to see this nation play an ver-growing part in the affairs of the world. It cannot play that part unless 1t is willing to accept the responsibilities that go with it. We cannot do our first and primary duty at home
 
 certain ideals. By this I do not mean merely to talk about them at Fourth of July celebrations, to speak of them and applaud the speech and go home and have neither speaker nor nearer practice what has thus virtuously been preached We should say and applaud only what we believe in. And having said it, and having applauded it when said, we should try to put it into practice
 When we speak of liberty; when we praise 1t, let us try to see that in actual practice we achieve 1t. When we speak of fraternity, of brotherhood, let us ex- ercise each for himself the qualities that make for brotherhood. for fraternity.
 Of Equality.
 When we speak of equality let us try to realize in the spirit of Abraham Lin- coin 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 ir the larger sense in the real, in the all-important sense of this combination-there can and must hA a n al Is