New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
HONORED BY PRESIDENT
MEN LIKE UNDERHILL.
Socialistic Doctrine Denounced at
Dedication of Monument.

war with the Indians. to-day, before severai
hundred OF his descendants at Matinecock. Long
Island President Roosevelt honored the memory
of the soIdier-statesman Of New England and
Long Island by being present at the unveihng
of the monument and making short address
The President spoke IN part as follows:
1t gives me great pleasure to accept this fnvt-
tation, because I thought 1t good thing that the
founder of what has become one Of the distinct
i've Long Island families should have monu-
rnent erected to him here the f9unosr OK ctti tdo
zen. and the Underhills Of to-day have furnisned
their full quota Of good soldiers and good citi,
zens in their time. If they have not. Woulu
not have been here: have no use whatever Tor
the with nothing but pedigree, the man
the best part of whom Is under ground be-
eve in the pride OF ancestry, but only II 1t takes
the form Of making the man or woman Try 20
carry himself or herself well as regards the
duties Of to-day. II at the time OF the Civil war
you. Mr.. Chairman. had felt that the fact that
the original Captain Underhtll was fighter ex-
cused you from ighting should nave tnougnI sa1I
mighty little of you. The thing to do is 10 reet
(and 1 guess you, comrade. over there-I mean
the man with the Grand Army button--you Will
agree with me) that IL you had ancestors WHO
did their duty it is doubly incumbent upon you
to do your duty.
Now II there is one lesson that we here in
America have continually TO keep before US II
is our substantial oneness, our substantial unity
as people. and of the best ways 70 ex-
emplffy that is by just such family gathering
as this II the family has been long enough in
the land, why, you will find its representatives
In every walk of life; you will find them niIlns
all kinds OF occupations; you Will nnd theA
as capitalists and wage workers. farmers. me-
chanics, professional men, everything and tne
essential point to remember is that each one IS
entitled TO the fullest and heartiest respect IL
he does his duty well IN the position In NE IN
which he happens to find himself That is sound
American doctrine. / should not much care 10
attend an Underhili gathering that Is limited 20
CAPITALIST UnderhiIls, yet one limited 70
Underhill wage workers but am gao 90 aSeehS 20
one where every one comes In on the pass 80, o-
decent American citizenship, each standing
ruggedly on his own feet as a man should
EQUAL. OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
The same thing that applies to you Underhils
here applies to the rest OF us VINO are not On-
derhiIIs in the country at large We have made
this country what it is partly because we nave
measurabIy succeeded in securing In the past
equality of opportunity. That Is very dl1erenI
from equality of reward
7 believe emphaticaly in doing everything
that can be done by law or otherwise 10 Keep
the avenues of occupation, OF employment OF
work of interest so open that there shall be,
so far az It Is humanity possible to achieve u
measurable equality of opportunity; equaiity
of opportunity for each man to show the stuff
that is in him. But when 1t comes 10 reward
let him get what by his energy, foresight, IN
te1Iigence thrift, courage he is able TO get II
the opportunity opens. 1 don't believe In cud-
ding any one / would no more permit the
strong to cypress the weak than TO tell weak
man q vicious man that he ought oy rights
| to have the reward due only to the man who
actually earns It, Very properly we IN TINS
country set our faces against privilege
There can be grosser example OF pr1viiege
than that set before as an ideal by certain
sOcialistic writers-the ideal that every man
shall put into the common fund what he can
which would mean what he chose, and snould
taLa ont whatever he wanted in other words.
this theory is that the man who is vicious.
foolish drag the whole community. VINO
contributes less than his share to the common
good should take out what is not his. wnat ne
has not earned that he shall rob his neighbOr OF
what that neighbor has earned
This particular sociaIistic IDEAL would be 10
enthrone privilege fnon OF It's grossest. erudest
most dishonest most harmful and most unjust
forms Equality of opportunity to render ser.
vice-ye5. will do everything can 20 Drlhs II
about Equality Of reward-no, unless there Is
also equality of service IL the service Is equal
let the reward be equal; but let the reward de-
mend on the service; and. mankind being COM
posed as il is there will be inequality OF service
for long time to come, no natter now sreat
the equality Of opportunity may De- and Just so
long as there is inequality of service 1t is emf
nentIy desirable that there should be Inequal-
fly of reward
tunity let us no more be led astray by the doc
trinaIre advocates of q lawless and destructive
fndviduaIism than by the doctrfnalre adVocates
of a deadening socialism AS society progresses
and grows more complex 1t becomes desirable TO
40 MANY things for the common good by COM
mon effort. No empirical line can be laid down
as to where and when such common effort Dy
the whole community should supplant OF supple
ment private and Individual effort Each case
must be judged on It's own merits SlInilariy
when a private corporate fortune OF vast size
is turned to a business use which Jeopardlzes
the welfare of all the small men, then. in the IN
terest of everybody, In the interest OF true tnd-
vfdualis1r the collective and common power OF
the community must be exercised TO control and
regulate for the common good this business use
OF vast wealth. and while doing this we must
make IL evident that we frown upon envy and
malice exactly as we frown upon arrogance and
oppression.
Occupying the crest OF beautiful knoll over
looking Long Island Sound. in the Underhfli
burying ground, the monument is a shaft OF
granite surmounted by bronze ball on which
ia rerrhed an eagle with wings extended At its
base Is the grave of Captain Underhill. For
more than two hundred years IL has remained
unmarked by any tribute.
Captain John Underhin died at Matineccck in
1897. at the age of seventy-five. after serving
his country we'll and as a tribute OF respect and
esteem the Underhil1 Society OF America erected
this monument after eight years of work Four
bronze tablets adorn the sides. One bears q
dedicatory inscription another the coat OF arms
of the JrnderhiI family and the third and fourth
depict War and Peace. showing a Puritan OF
Colonial days and Indian
Captain UnderhilI was third the earliest
minute book of Boston. Governor OF Exeter
ana Dover. N. H. was one Of the eight men in
the first Governors Council of New Amsterdam.
was prominent in the Legislatures OF Boston.
New Haven and Hampstead and after he
brought the Pequot TO successful close he
settled on Long Island
President Roosevelt left his home at Sycamore
HrI in an automobile and make quick trip to
the grounds arriving there at 4 D. m His re-
marks short. and In half hour he was on
his way back DR.. Alexander Lambert. of New
York. who is his guest over Sunday. accom-
panied him.
ADMIRAL THoMAss BODY At NEWPORT.