Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-06-01

where Northern millionaires could lux
urtae in the balmy winrv air, and I'M
der the cloudless skies of the Sunny
South.
THE results of war have made us
what we never were before-a homo
geneous nation( speaking the same
language, with the same thoughts, the
same hopes, the same aspirations, and
the same destiny. Today we are one
united happy family. spirit of
brotherly love exists among us, and
no set of politicians, North or South
can ever sow seeds of sectional dis
sension which will again bear destruc-
tive fruit
Memorial Day.
To-day is "a legal holiday all over
this grand Union. All over this broad
land, in every city and hamlet, the
sam solemn ceremony in which we are
engaged is being carried on, at least
showing that this republic is not I'M
mindful of the yalor of its defenders.
AT Gettysburg and Chicamauga,
Federals and Confederates are placing
wreaths upon the graves of those who
fought in either cause Those who
fought so well are sleeping peacefully,
side by side, the sleep that knows no
waking; they have ceased warning
with each other, and each has wrapped
the drapery of his couch around him,
and laid down in pleasant dreams.
1t is meet that we who are left for
a few short years should be solemnly
! impressed by such scenes, and here,
and now. bury forever all feeling of
hatred and ill-will
The perfume which arises heaven
ward from the flowers catered alike
upon Federal and Confederate graves
ascends like incense TO pearly gates of
Paradise.
"A cynical philosopher once declared
that all republics were short lived;
! that such bodies polite contained the
germs of their own dissolution; that
the most prosperous days were the
most dangerous; that. like the century
plant, which blooms and flowers in
hundred years, It blossoms, blooms and
dies when il attains it full maturity.
These gloomy forebodings may have
been true of the ancient republic, but
we hope they will not prove applicable
to ours.
"Our progress has been too rapid,
and our present condition too prosper
ous to warrant the unpatriotic thought
that the dissolution of this great coun-
try is possible. Rather. let us indulge
in the more pleasing thought that we
are still in our infancy; that we will
increase in numbers and achieve much
more than we have already accomplish
ed, and that our people are intelligent
enough to guard against impending
danger, from whatever source it may
come
1.-The war left us a legacy In the |
racial question which has not yet been |
settled satisfactorily. If the settle |
ment of this question is left TO the /
good sense and sound judgment OF the |
great mass of the American people |
without reference to partisan advan-
tage, il will be settled right. The |
great body of our citizens will see to |
it that ali questions of this character |
shall be finally passed upon by them
selves and when their final judgment |
is rendered there can be no appeal
LAS a result of our war with Spain
we have acquired a large area of for
eign territory. Thoughtful men are
debating the question in their own
minds as to what course should be
adopted to properly govern these for
eign possessions. Opinions vary widely
as to the proper course to pursue.
Some of our most thoughtful citi-
zens incline to the belief that we
should follow the advice given in
Washington's farewell address-that
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with all foreign nations. but have tang
ling alliances with none. Many insist
that the advice given to Pizarro. when
he was expelled from Peru. is appli-
cable to the present situation. as was
the message sent him by the Spanish
rulers-that the pursuit of conquest,
avarice and ambition never yet made a
people happy, or a nation great
Another class of ardent Americans,
equally patriotic. insist that We have
become a world power in the last
few years and that we should retain
all we have taken, and take all we can
get; that wherever the American flag
has once been hoisted it should never
be voluntarily hauled down.
This view appeals most strongly to
the young and ardent American who
is anxious to enter the military or
naval service of his counery.
Both these views are extreme, but
there is-there must be-a happy
means between the two conflicting
views which will be discovered and
acted upon by the sober, conservative
statesmen of our republic.
There is a threatened danger, fell
low countrymen, which has hitherto
proven disastrous to all ancient re-
pubiics. 1 allude to the rapid accu-
mutation of wealth and its concentra-
ton into a few hands. Even Lincoln
said Sparta, Athens, Rome and the re-
publics of greater antiquity persisted
by the increase of wealth. the sloth
engendered by debauchery of the solid
citizens, by the unrighteous use of
gold. II
Il need scarcely say how deeply the
simple tributes paid to the honored
dead this morning affected me. Every
flower placed on patriot graves made
me feel that l, too, was paying the
last sad tribute to a brother in blood
and in arms. 1 trust that the same
sentiments animated all who partici-
pated, and that similar ceremonies may
continue to be held-until we all feel
Tho to ond that