The Raymer enterprise., 1910-09-01
col. ROOSEVELT IS ORAV0R
AT OSAWAT0MlE CEREMONY
he Deliver. the Chef Addre,, at the Dedica.
vtion Of John Brown Park, Discoursing Of
the Present Day Struggle for
Human Betterment.

Osawatomie, Kan, Aug. 3l-With
elaborate ceremony. John Brown park,
2 tract Of % acres on the ground
where the battle Of Osawatomie was
fought "a years ago yesterday. was
dedicated today and presented to the
state OF Kansas. The elimination Of
the affair was the dedicatory address.
which was delivered by Col. Theo.
dore Roosevelt.
Preliminar, exercises were held
yesterday. and the program was re-
sumed at 1890 this morning with a
concert by the Thirteenth Regiment
band, followed by drill by troops Of
tho Kansas National guard and ths
regular army. Meanwhile Col. Roose.
velt's train had arrived and all the
thousands Of people assembled here
went to the station to greet him.
After dinner all gathered In the new
park, where there was q parade by
the soldiery. the Grand Army
Woman's Relief corps and civic so
cieties and another band concert
Then. after vocal solo by Miss ElIz-
abeth uhls and an invocation, tho
president OF the board Of trustees.
Cora M. Deputy. formally presented
the park to the state on behalf of the
Woman's Relief corps of Kansas.
which bought the ground. Governor
stubbs responded gracefully for the
state. and then the chairman, J. B.
Remington. introduced the distin-
guished orator OF the day, former
President Roosevelt.
oratlon by Colonel Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt stood silent and smIl.
Ing until the storm Of applause had
died down. and then spoke as follows:
There have been two great crises In
our country's history; first when II was
formed. and then again when It was per-
petuaied. The formative period Included
not merely the Revolutionary war. but
the creation and adoption OF the Consti-
under II. Then came sixty years during
which We spread across the continent
years OF vital growth. but Of growth with
out 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 development 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 frst act OF the second of
our great National life dramas was play
I'd. II was the result OF the struggle In
Kansas which determined that our coun-
try should be In deed az az well as In
name devoted TO both union and freedom.
that the kreat experiment o. democratic
government on National scale should
succeed and not fail 1t was a heroic
struggle, and. as Is Inevitable with all
such struggles. II had also a dark and
terrible side. Very much was done Of
good. and much also OF evil: and, as was
Inevitable In such a period of revolution.
often the same man did both good and
evii. For our great good fortune n a
Nation, we. the people Of the United
s"'Ne No Wh'ies can now HUOFu 10 IOr-
Set the evil. or at least to remember II
without bitterness. and to fx our eyes
with pride on the good that was accom-
Ished. Even in ordinary times there
are ytry few OF US who do not see the
problem OF HE as through glass.
dhrkly and when the glass Is clouded by
" murk Of furious popular passion. the
m Of the best and the bravest Is
ned, Looking back. We are all Of US
able to do Justice to the valor and
tsinterestcdness and the love of the
{ as TO each II was given to see the
I. Known both by the men OF the north
the men of N. south rt-that contest
n was nnally decided By tNe attitude
ne west. We can admire the heroic
inc sincerity, the self-d,~ption
hilhe ny the men who wore the
ana the men who wore the gray.
our sadness that such men should
ave mad TO night on. another Is tenn
red by the glad knowledge that ever
"'cnfter their descendants shall IA. found
lghting side by side. struggling in p.ac.
well as IN war FOR the uplift OF their
'mmon country, all alike resolut. To
So TO the highest pitch Of honor ans
!uIhess the Nation TO which they ali
* As for the veterans OF the Grand
~ the Republic, they de.erv. honor
-eCosnluon such as Is paid to no
citizens Of the Republic: for 10
ne hepuoiic owes Its all. for 10
owes Its very existence.
'plleatlon Of the Lesson.
speak OF this struggle Of the
~ from the historic standpoint
=, Is primarily In the appllca.
OF the lessons taught by the
haif century ago. II IL OF
Y US TO pay lip loyalty TO N.
OF the past unless we sin
vor TO apply to the problem,
sent precisely the qualities
otter crises enabled the men Of
20 meet those crises. II Is half
aoly and half amusing TO see I'M.
IN which weil-meanlns srop,s x,,h.r
40 honor to the men who In comp,ny
with John Brown. and under the lead OF
Abraham Lincoln. faced and solved the
great problems OF the ninetee nth cen.
tury. while at the same time these sam.
good people nervously shrink from or
frantically denounce those who are try.
ing 10 meet the problems of the twentieth
In the spirit which was accountable for
the successful solution OF the problems OF
lincolns time.
OF that generation OF men. to whom W.
owe 80 much the man to whom we owe
the most Is, Of course, Lincoln. Part o.
our debt TO him Ii because he forecas,
our present struggle and saw the way out.
lie said.
II hold that while man exists II Ia
his duty to improve not only his own
condition but TO assist In ameiioratins
mankind" And AKaIp Labor In prior