Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-20
Mr.. Macfarland's Address.

Commissioner Macfarland made the prin-
cipal address of the evening, and he said
in part:
Lexington and Concord. The names of
the little unknown villages, first known TO
the world when England refused to be
lieve the tidinas of quick victory over her
best troops which Massachusetts sent 50
slowly across the sea. made famous by j
few minutes lighting. now thrill US like
Marathon and Runnymede and all the other
villages where freedom won her progress
in this world.
over century and i quarter Of ma
tional life has brought US into circum-
stances different in some respects as
though were in another world. Ii is
hard TO imagine the circumstances of that
time, because it has more kinship with the
middle ages than with the twentieth cen
fury. But human nature is the same in
all ages. We can understand the men
who. taking their honor we'll as their
lives in their hands, resisted the only gov
eminent they knew. legal. if not lawful
authority, and made the United States pos
sihle without fully knowing what would
come Of what they were doing.
They We're common men, these village
Hampdens' that with dauntless breast
frOnted the dread power of Britain, then
triumphant in four continents, with the
common passions and feelings Of mankind,
but they were uncommon men. also ShreWd
educated resourceful. independent many
of them trained soldiers and sons of soldiers
of the wars with France and the Indians,
and all of them trained in public affairs
by the best OF all teachers, the New Eng
land town meeting. The eight who died
at Lexington, the first martyrs of the new
order, were typical of all the rest, sturdy
in mind and body. full of the new life OF
the new world, and desperately IN love Win
liberty and duty.
The Minute Men.
Some of the minute men who started
that day the British retreat from the col
onies which ended seven years later al
Yorktown were octogenarians, but they
were all of one spirit, the oldest and the
youngest. the richest and the poorest; and
all they owned would not be days in.
come for a millionaire. Now, what was
that spirit? The British troops were the
best regulars in the world. But they coulC
not win against volunteers of such spirit
any more than the troops of Charles
could stand before Cromwells lronsides.
Virginia and Massachusetts,.
Judge Goode was the next speaker INTRO
duced by President Marsh, and he referred
in stirring terms to the common purpose
which led Virginia and Massachusetts to
stand together in the preliminary resistance
to British rule. 'If Massachusetts gave
her Samuel Adams to the leadership of the
Boston Tea Party" said he, Virginia
gave her John Marshall to preside over the
Supreme Court in the early days of the
century, and to furnish the highest and
best model the world ever saw.
IF Massac husetts gave her Benjamin
Franklin, patriot, scholar, philanthropist,
Virginia gave her Richard Henry Lee the
Cicero of the revolution.
IF Massachusetts gave her Joseph War
rem TO pour out his life blood upon Bunker
Hill, Virginia gave her George Washing
ton" and the speakers references TO Illus
trious names included many others who
figured in shaping the destinies of their
country.
Judge Goode closed his remarks with a
brief review of the features of the James
town exposition, which opens next week.
On behalf of the s. A r. he presented to
Mrs. Mclean a beautiful bouquet of Amer
lean beauty roses.
Mrs. Mclean and a Third Term.
Third term talk was the humorous key
note of Mrs. McLean's address. II cannot
be expected to discuss an offer of third
term Immediately following election to a
second, said she, but had an interesting
talk with President Roosevelt on the sub
ject during the reception to the D. A. R.
at the White House. i mentioned to him
that, If necessary, ones personal feelings
should be sublimated to the demands of a
ma jority of the American people, and he
seemed to understand the situation per-
fectly."
The benediction was pronounced by Rev.
DR. J. J. Muir.