Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-31
Survivors of Civil War and Their Friends Pay
Tribute to Those Who Fell on Field of Battle
OLD AND YOUNG HONOR
MEMORY OF THE DEAD
Flowers and EuIogies Attest the
Gratitude Felt for Defend
ers of Country
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net glorious! 1t breaks the bonds OF Syl"P"
thv. 1t destroys humane feelins 1t per'er's
moral sentiments, it rouses malignant pas
sions If oheapens human life and gives the
,,r,os+ onnortunity for lust and crime. War
&c not rloriousl 1t means the disturbance OF
norrna1 conditions the paralysis of industries
the neglect of internal Improvements, the eN-
nanditure Of treasure, and a thousand o'ne1
evils War is not glorious 1t Is an avn
thing for peoples to concentrate an mn
strength, skill, courage, resources ana "Isuo,i ,
10 nroduce a carnival of disaster and death.
- i rot e1oriousl 1t is one Of the most
t,rrit-e calamities that ever befalls a people
and If always leaves benind ii mourn XII
legacy.
GIORIFTED BY PRINCIPLES
1,,o+ .,os the cause which glorined the great
s+r,ggIeq What were the principles which
s.nctIeed the Civil War? To what do we ap-
Doo1 TO-DAY in justification of the part borne oy
these veterans IN our great national uaEeus .
These are the questions demanding our lhtelH-
gent consideration upon such an occasion AS
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NV hearers will bear me witness tnat 'ne
ov,-ape memorial address moves within mar
,ts neroration Is Appomattox. This Is not an
- for the revival of old passion and preJu-
dice. but we cannot intelligently honor tnose
who appeal to us today, unless We N"o"
eonethinR Of the cause they upheld anu 'no
principles they defended. The Instructive res
sons OF the Civil War are not to be fouhu III
tho etorv of It's battles or the history OF us
onv,1ot.ns The tactics and strategy have no
reJelation to make of its spirit and purpose
r1n ra1ativa merits Of the military leaders
an either side tell US nothing of the pronlemS
and principles which pitted them against eac"
other in the field. The victories won anu tHe
defeats sustained tell us nothing ABOUT "iia'
was in the minds and hearts of the opposing
hosts vIcksburg, Gettysburg and AppomattoN
1eeve us no wiser in respect to the moral anu
roIi+icaI Issues settled on those famous helds.
Tbosa issues divided our people for three
quarters of a century before Sumter Ana no
man can understand that bloody grappe OF
appreciate its results who has not maze ac-
ouaintance with the history that reached lts
terrible ana logical climax upon the battleneIds
Of the Civil War.
GIVES REASONS FOR STRUGGLE
rb. federal convention which was TO mark
the real beginnings OF national life met at
PHILADELPHIA in May, 1877. The sessions ot
the convention were secret. and the outcome
was awaited amid the widest speculatlons ana
rumors 1t seems strange no" 10 leaH 't
tbere were Americans who feared scheme
of monarchy: and that there were English on
mis- side of the water who hoped that a
Younger son of George III might sit on new
throne IN America. J. is difficult for us 10
credit the historian when he tells US theIe
were those who were alarmed for fear the
, ,merican crown, out of gratitude would oe
offered to some member of the royal family
of France TIL. was the great problem to be
Of western
nbere. 10 found government here free from
tbe defects of those of the old world to con-
struct a system that should protect the rights
and foster the liberties of the people without
degenerating into anarchy on the one hand
or developing into tyranny on the other Inc
result as might have been expected with so
MANY confictin- opinions and interests had
N he secured by a series Of compromises.
When conflicting interests clashed the dele
gates were forced to give and take. Hence
the foundatio-s Of the Republic, as found in
the constitution were laid in compromise.
At last the constitution Is completed; the
document is signed by all but three OF the
delegates: it is ratified by state after state;
and in January 1889, washington is chosen
the first president OF the American Republic
end he takes his place at the helm OF the
shin OF state. The time which was well
named by one Of historians as the crit
ical period of United States history was over
COMPROMISE A FAILURE
Put there was one lesson Of history over
looked by our fathers, and it is lesson We
NAV grieve to say as yet unlearned by tneii
eons That le-- is that compromise never
finally settled any question which possesses
moral character. You can see how true this
Is in respect to one great question of debate
IN that federal convention-the problem OF
slavery The institution was recognized as
an evil but the convention was not equal &c
its abolition at a time when 1t would have
been comparatively easy. In addition. there
were different opinions on the subject Some
delegates insisted that slaves were to be reck-
oned as population; others contended that
they were to be regarded property. The
outcome Of these cashing opinions was a COM
promise-a compromise which today seems
most absurd In the continental congress nc
other man than Madison successfully urged a
compromise providing that a slave was TO be
reckored as three-hfths OF a freeman. So IN
the federal convention It was agreed that In
counting population for taxation and repre-
eentation, FIVE slaves should be reckoned as
three individuals. The result the ems
hanced political power Of such slave holding
states as South Carolina and, later, Misss-
sippi in national affairs similar compro-
mise covered the debated question Of the
African slave traffic--it was provided that It
should be allowed TO continue for twenty
years, after witch time It should be abol-
Is ed.
But you nev settle a moral question by
compromise. The consequence Of those com
promises can be traced IN subsequent history.
The slavery problem became a Banquo's ghost
in our national life. It would not down. In
1920 another national crisis arose out OF the
ever present problem OF slavery, md It was
met by another compromise brought forward
by Henry Clay-the Missouri compromise -
Frt, yras rovtfv +l,rao
ening TO overrun the whole land like a plague.
should be no slavery north Of &c degrees 80
minutes, except in Missouri
THE SLAVERY PROBLEM
But yon never settle a moral question by
compromise. The problem was all the time
which 1t gave birth was becoming more acute.
Another crisis arose IN the early sos and in
1854 1t met by another compromise that
Of "squatter sovereignty" or as We would
say today local option on the subject of slav-
cry This was accomplished by stephen A.
Douglas, the great champion Of the theory in
the Kansas -Nebraaka bill IN brief begin
ming with the continental congress, the prob
lem Of slavery was dealt with in a series Of
compromises. But You never settle a moral
question by compromise, and the dark shadow
of the slave was only lifted from our land by
IAncoln's emancipation proclamation one Of
the landmarks of the Civil War period which
we commemorate today.
Beyond this problem Of slavery we do well
TO remember that from the beginning we had
two rival and antagonisuc systems OF po-
litcal thought and policy in our nation
The day finally came when compromise could
no longer avail. and when conflicts had 10 he
settled once for all one way or another The
time arrived when the whole controversy re-