The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-25
MONUMENT.
!. UNVEILED
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President Roosevelt
Principal Speaker
of the Day.


large asaemblage the monument
0 Gen. Sheridan WAS unveiled here
his afternoon. President Roosevelt
vas the principal speaker OF the
Ifternoon. Others made remarks.
rre-saest'- speech.
President Roosevelt said In part:
u IL eminentiy fittinE that the
Who ioum as heroes before the eyes
4 cur people. should be HttinNlx
'snmemorated here at the national
apltal. aud | am glad Indeed 70
axe part Ia the uneeliins Of this
tatus 10 1encsal sheridan. Ills
latne Will always stand biKh on the
lat " American WORTHLESS, Not only
a. be a Ersat general. bu< he ahoss
u Ills greatness with that touch or
irisinailty which We call genius.
lndeed thts quality Of briitienes
as been Ia one sense a dinadFAht-
as 70 hts reputation. for u has
ended 10 Oyefanadow his solid abii
~ We tend 20 think 81 him only
= tho dashinE cavalry leader
, hefenn be was In reality not only
hat. but also great commander,
y course, the fast Ia his career most
eadily recognized was his mastery
u tho necessarily modern art %
iandlins masses " modern cavalry
% as 10 Eive them the fullest pos
THE effect. not only In the ordiahFY
OF cavalry which preeeds
nd follow a battle, but IN the battle
taeif hut In addition he showed
u tbs civil var that he was first
lass army commander. both as
Of Grant and when la
command.
ueesra. st.aa ost.
Hlis record Ia the VALLEY campaign.
md again from Five Forks 10 Aps
iE one difficult 10 parallel
n military history, After the close
4 the Efcat var. Va a uela where
y the general In chief. he rendered
signal service which has gone al
meet unnotieed. for Ia The tedious
' cary Indian wars on the great
liains II was be whe Developed ia
aoroush .kolng fashion the sys'sin
he eosi of bitter hardship and pert,
inaiiy broke down The banded
trsnath OF these formidable var
sofs. the horse Indians
Htr career was tYpicaiiy American.
Or from plain beginnings no rose
lur land. We honor his memory
tmeif. and moreover az Ia The case
4 thw other great commanders Of
lie day. hta career nYmhoiinrn the
steers ~ all those men ~ho In the
'eafs 81 the nations dIFeat need
Ipfang 20 the front 20 risk etegy
hlan. Including life useif, and 20
pend the days 80 their strongest
'aunx manhood In saioroun conflict
% an ideal
often Ne Americans are tainted
I'D having eniy 49,, ,ns ,..,,.s ias ,.,
ielentiy shown ~ ths. presence here
naay - yea men ~ the lraad
1rmy. you the comrades - the dead
snnsrai the men whu served with
I'd under him IN all history We
80 30 fss.sf ,s', .ss s. y .o -
lofty ideal over merely material
veil being amonK the people u a
treat umfion. than wns shown by our
,sapis IN the eitii var
ne~a. es Waller.
And you. the mon who wore the
llne would hs the figsi e. sey that
hiw same lofty Indifference 20 the
hsnaH ~ tha body. when compared
. the thinHs % the soul. vas shown
" yaur brothers who wure the gray.
Dreadful YES tho suffering. dreadful
10 loss ~ the gifi war. Yet u
iian6s alone among vars ~ TITS.
hat. now that tho wounds are
ssml~a. the memory 81 me mighty
leeds o. Fnior performed on one side
- lees thaa an The either has be-
'erss the common heritage ~ ali
sur people In every quarter In this
re completeness with which this
: true e , .ho-u ~ -a ,ss, y ,os essss
q raise a monument to great
fnton general. IN the presence ~
many "a the survivors 81 the hrion
lrraS ana the secretary of war. the
naa az the head ~ the army. who.
prriai relation 20 the reiehre iien. r.
'luaelf a man who fausnt IN the
confederate service Few indeed
ave been the countries where such
con junction would have been pos
ihix, mnN blessed indeed are We that
\ our own beloved land " ~ uef
mis- possible. but seems 80 entirely
.aturAi as e excite no comment
asasrsi'. Career.
There IL another point In General
Ihefidnn'm career which u IL coed
ar all 81 ua 40 remember whereas
isant. sherman and Thomas we're
,arsnta % sheridan. Ike the parents
4 FarraWut. Wero born on the other
sds ~ the water Any one 81 the
i've wan just as much a type 81 The
cal American. ~ what - best Ia
.msfiea a. ne other ,, fesr We
alnds TIE fact that Americanism is
question q principle. % purpose.
4 tdnalinfu. ~ diameter that II ie
.at = matter ~ birthplace, OF creed.
T. lire Of descent. Here tn this
eunsry the representatives Of many
.ia s4arid races are being fused to-
sefhaf into = new type. a type The
naia features 81 which are already
and were determined az
he fime 81 the Revolutionary war.
~ the cruclhia IN which all the nrW
vpss are melted into eae was shaped
rom t9Ts 20 t1s9. and our nation
tits was definitely fixed IN All its
sssnsiais ~ the men Of Washing
me ntraina viii GOT continue 10
.rtat separately IN this country as
n tie Ola world They viii be com
lined IN one ana ~ thin new type
hose men will best represent what
! Hottest ia the nations past what
> finest IN her hope for the future.
Who stand each solely on HIS worth
- a man who sCnFn e. do evil 90
,fharH. aud who refuse 60 submit
% wroundoiuE themselves. who have
81 them no faint - weakness. who
lever fear 10 fight when fighting
= demanded BY q sound and high
morality but who hope by their
Ives 60 bring ever nearer the day
shen Justice and peace shall pre-
al within cur own borders and
q our relations with All foreign
overs
Ne must grid up our laina 90
eaef the ness issues with the same
tern courage and resolutc adher-
NEE to an IDEAL, which marked our
Afhers who belonged 10 the genera
TON ~ tho man in whose honor We
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