The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-26
aftermath. but q struggle from which

aftermath, but struggle from which
the nation finally emerged united in
fact as we'll as in name, united for
ever. Oh. my hearers. my fellow
countrymen great indeed has been our
good fortune: for as time clears away
the mists that once shrouded brother
from brother and made each look las
through a glass darkly" at the other,
we can all feel the same pride in the
valor, the devotion and the fealty TO-
ward th. right as it was given to each
to see the right. shown alike by tn"
men who wore the blue and by the
men who wore the gray. Rich and
prosperous though we are as 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 valOr
and all tne steadfaSt devotion 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 the
women Of the Civil war did their duty
bravely and well in the days that were
dark and terrible and splendid. We,
their descendants. Who pay proud hon.
age to their memories, and glory in
the feats of might of one side no less
than of the other need to keep stead
lily in mind that the homage which
counts is the homage of heart and or
hand. and not of t:le lips. the homage
of deeds and not of words only. We.
too. in our turn. must prove our truth
by our endeavOr. We must show our
selves worthy sons of the men OF Ins
mighty days by the way in which We
meet the problems of our own time
We carry our heads high because our
fathers did well in the years that
tried mems souls: and we must il. our
turn so bear ourselves that the chill
dren who come after us may feel that
We too have done our duty.
We can not afford to forget the max
i'm upon which Washington insisted
that the Surest way to avert war is to
be prepared to meet it. Nevertheless
the duties that most concern US OF
this generation aTe not military, but
social and industrial. Each comTnu-
nifty must always dread the evils which
spring UP as attendant upon the Very
qualities which give it success. We OF
this mighty western republic have /"
grarple with the dangers that sprin&
from popular self government tried or
a scale incomDarably vaStcr than ever
before in the history Of mankind. and
from an Astounding material prosper
ity greater also than anything which
the world has hitherto seen
~ ay,}c Of do
il behOoves us to remember that me
can never escape being governed.
| Either they must govern themselves
or they must submit to being gov
erned by others. If from lawlessness
or tickleness. from folly or self indulg-
cnce. they refuse to govern themselves.
; then most assuredly in the end they
will have to be governed from the
! outside. They can prevent the need
+. of government from without only by
! showing that they possess the pow
! er of government from within. SOW
! ereign can not make excuses for his
! failures: sovereign must accept tn,
! responsibility for the exercise of the
! :cower that inheres in him: and where
| as is true in our republic. the peOpls
! are sovereign, then the people mus,
! show a sober understanding and q
sane and steadfast purpose if they are
20 preserve that orderly liberty upor
! which as a foundation every republic
must rest
In industrial matters our enormous
prosperity has brought vita it certain