The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-31
Crying Need is Good Citizenship, Says Roosevelt
Speech 0sawaom Kas the Chief Executive Takes Up Problem
Govenment-opposes Of Railroads.

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Osawatomis. KAN, Aug. 31.-Tbere
have been two great crises in our
country's histosy-drst when II was
formed and then again when II was
perpetuated. The formative period In.
cluded not merely the Revolutionary
war. but the creation and adoption of
the constitution and the 6rst dozen
years Of work under It. Then came
sixty years during which we spread
across the continent--years OF vital
growth. but OF growth without rather
than growth within.
Then came the time OF stress and
strain which eliminated In the civil
war. the period Of terrible struggle
upon the issue Of which depended the
justification Of all that we had done
earlier and which marked the second
great period Of growth and develop
ment within.
The name Of John Brown will be
forever associated with this second
period Of the nations history. and
Kansas was the theater upon which
the nrst act OF the second Of our great
national life dramas was played.
It was the result Of the struggle In
Kansas which determined that our
country should be In deed a. well as
In name devoted to both union and
freedom, that the great experiment of
democratic government on national
scale should succeed and not fall.
II was q heroic struggle. and. AZ Is
inevitable with all such struggles. II
had also dark and terrible side. Very
much was done Of good and much also
Of evil. and, ~ was Inevitable In such
. period Of revolution. often the same
man did both good evil.
For our great good fortune a. q ma.
non we. the people Of the United
etates ~ . whole. can now AFFORD to
forget the evil or at least to remember
Il without bitterness and to DIX our
eyes with pride on the good that was
accomplished.
Problems Of Lie.
Even In ordinary times there are
very few Of M who do not see the
problems Of life a. through q glass
darkly. and when the glass ID clouded
By the murk Of furious popular pas
bravest II dimmed.
Looking back. we are all Of US now
able to do justice to the valor and the
disinterestedness and the love Of the
right ~ 70 each Il was given to see the
right shown both BY the men Of the
north and the men Of the south in that
contest which was nnally decided BY
the attitude Of the west.
We can Admire the heroic valor. the
sincerity. tho self devotion shown
alike BY the men who wore the blue
and the men who wore the gray, and
our sadness that such men should have
had to light one another II tempted by
the glad knowledge that ever hereaftcE
their descendants shall be found night
Ing side BY side. struggling in peace
~ well - In war for the uplift Of their
common country. all alike resolute to
raise to the highest pitch Of honor and
usefulness the nation to which they al
belong.
Az for the veterans Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic. they deserve
honor and recognition such ~ are paid
70 10 other citisens Of the republic
for to them the republic owes its all,
for to them IL owes its very existence.
lido not speak Of this struggle Of the
past merely from the historic stand
point. Our interest IL primarily In the
application today Of the lessons taught
b. the contest Of half century ago.
Il b Of little use for ~ to pay liz
loyalty to the mighty men OF the pas,
unless We sincerely endeavor to apply
20 the problems Of the present pre-
cissly the qualities which in othel
crises enabled the men Of those days t
meet those crises.
It 70 half melancholy and half anus
Ing to zee the way In which well mean
ing people gather to do honor to the
men who In company with John Brown
and under the lead Of Abraham Lin
coin faced and solved the great prob
lsrns Of the Nineteenth century. while
&C the came time these same good peo
pie seriously shrink from or frantical
y denounce those who are trying Il
meet the problems Of the twentieth II
the spirit which was accountable FOL
the successful solution OF the problems
Of Lincoln's time.
llNssiW's Forecast.
OF that generation Of men to whom
We owe % much the man to whom ",
owe the most 10. Of course. Lincoln
Part OF our debt to him II because b
forecast our present struggie and saw
the way out. He said:
II hold that while man exists It 4
bis duty to improve not only his owl
condition. but to assist In amelioratinl
mankind" And again: Labor 10 prio
% and independent Of capital. Capita
b only the fruit Of labor and ccult
never have existed but for labor. La
Dor II the superior Of capital and> de
} serves much the higher consideration
Capital has tn rights which are q
worthy OF protection % any othe
sights. Nor should this lead to Q va,
apou the owners OF property. Proper
y y The fruit OF labor: property II de
strable. b q positive good In the world
Let not him who II houseless pull
down the house Of another. but let hin
work diligently and build one for him