Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-20

With Typical Americanism' as his
theme, spirit which he lauded. the Pres
ident in a characteristic speech announced
foreign policy and a policy for internal
government which should be founded upon
human nature and the attitude of man to
man. consistent with that sane American
spirit and true to the principles on which
the government was founded, a practical
application of the American spirit.
Talk to Vermont Veterans.
The occasion was found by Mr.. Roosevelt
IN his address yesterday afternoon to 100
members of the 18th Vermont Infantry
who. with their wives. have been visiting
the Gettysburg battlefields and are now
on their way home.
The President received them in the East
room of the White House. In his address
he paid tribute to the state. the veterans
and the broad national principles for
which they stood.
He said: 81 know Vermont we'll do
not want to eXalt one state above its
fellows. but if 1 were asked to pick out
typical American states. where we see
the old American spirit illustrated al it's
best, we would surely have to include
Vermont"
1T is a very real pleasure to greet
YOU he continued. NO member of STAN
nard's Brigade needs more than the men,
ton of that fact passport for entry
to the White House, as a passport to
the respect of every one of his fellow
citizens who has pride in the history
of his country.
II was at Gettysburg a couple of years
ago and saw where your historic brigade
stood at the time of the great charge of
Pickett's Virginians-
Citizen in Peace and War.
Let me say a word as to how deeply
touched 1 was by what has just been said
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maintained that the best citizen in peace
was the man who made a good soldier in
war, far the same qualities that made
him a soldier when the country called
for soldiership. make him a good citizen
In the days of peace.
"All that /, President. have been
striving to do is TO apply practically the
principles upon which you men here have
acted man has no business to suffer
imposition; he is not man II he SUBJ
nrits to insult and wrong, and neither is
he man if he infiicts wrong upon or
insults any one else.
81 hope to see the conduct of the United
States toward other powers always mod
eled on that principle.
Our Duty at Home.
I'VE must do our duty abroad. but even
more important is 1t to do our duty at
home. And we can do our duty at home
only If we show ourselves true to the
principles which this government was
founded to uphold
You men of the big war. when you
went to battle each one Of you took
great interest in the character of the man
alongside you. your bunky or the man
next to you in the ranks. 1t was no con-
Germ Of yours whether he was a farmer,
wage worker. banker, or bricklayer
That did not make any difference
What you wanted to know was wheth-
er he would stay put whether he was
man. and show himself such in march,
camp or battle. And you would have
despised equally the man who looked
down on another because he possessed less
means or had to work with his hands, and
the man who hated another because he
possessed more means or did not have to
work with his hands
That is the true American principle.
ara 1t must be applied in civil life Just az
you applied it in military life =.