The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-01
MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESSES.

""'"i"hN stapd out prominently
oefore the public as deserving OF spe
ciai interest and consideration. Thes,
arc the address made by President
iatt M Arlington and that made by
Col. Roosevelt at Gettysburg. President
iait was the speaker AT the Decoration
paY memorial exercises az the Nationa
cemetery at Arlington. and Col Roose
welt was the orator and guest of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineer:
VINO went 10 the Gettysburg battlefield
TO conduct their memorial exercises
President Taft paid high tribute to
the glorious services OF the soldiers and
sailors whose courage aud manly quail
't'cs uiumphcd in the great war. and
| hv thst triumph preserved the integrity
Of the Union. The lesson which he
drew on the great occasion for eelcbrat.
ing this day was that the triumph
achieved was n victory FOR the const-
tutlon and the laws IL meant that the
constitution should be preserved for
the whole country, and that the laws
! OF the United States should be supreme
as Interpreted by the courts. That
great triumph and victory meant the
security of the pillars OF popular gov
ernmcnt, the principle OF liberty rcgu.
lated by law, tho preservation Of popu-
lar representative nstitutions-these
are the principles which the days cere.
monies call to mind and consccratc
The triumph of the Union cause meant
the restoration of the authority of the
constitution everywhere within the Ma.
ton s boundaries. and of the popular
viii as expressed through the elections
and represented in republican form in
Congress, in legislatures, and in the
choosing of executive officers and in
most of the States Of the Judges of the
courts, under the supreme SWAY Of the
National authority. with due rrecogni-
ton of the powers Of the States within
their spheres These were the great
rewards obtained by the triumph of the
Union armies. There is none now to
question the meaning of those victories,
there is none to DENY the force of popu.
lar institutions as indicated by the re.
suits of that war, though there he those
who think those things are not now
enough. In all this, President Taft was
at his best, showing that the re.cstab-
lsbment of the National authority
throughout all the boundaries of the
United States meant the affirmation Of
popular representative rule
Col. Roosevelt, in his address on the
field Of Gettysburg. put aside for the
day the rancor and vituperation in
which he has so much INDUCED for
weeks past. In view Of the tremendous
conflict that was wsged upon that field,
he pleaded for like honesty of purpose
in civil life as that which was displayed
by the soldiers Of the Union army. He
spoke of the inequality of rewards in
military affairs, and Of the detestation
of the honest soldiers for those who
reaped where they had not sown and
cheated others Of the due credit of
their courage and efficiency. The
same thing, be noted, occurs in civil
life, and is equally obnoxious, And he
referred to those who issue watered
stocks and bogus securities as the same
as counterfeiters whom the law dooms
to tho pcuitentiary. Coming to the
broad kDdliness, moderation and char
ity always displayed By President Lin.
coin ono is surprised to see il applied
BY Col. Roosevelt as he did in these
words: "We shall no less prepare dis.
aster for ourselves if we fail to work
with Loncoln 3 broad kindliness of
spirit toward all our fellow citizens.
with malice toward none, with charity
for all' striving resolutcly TO accom-
plish our ends. but frowning on all
vindictiveness and doing everything in
our power to prevent the ranking hat
red, whether shown in the form OF envy
or of arrogance and the disregard for
the rights or others which have so often
in the past turned movements for the
hettcrment and upIift of mankind
aside from the goal at which they were
aimed and have incslculably marrcd
what would otherwise have been
achievements Of the more far.reaching
good Sor all humanity
Surely Col. Roosevelt can hardly ap.
preciatc the contrast between language
like this and sentiments such as these
when coutrasted-snd il is a sharp con-
trast-with his own utterances during
tho present Presidential campaign.
However, il is something 10 see that ne
is able to appreciate the broad kindli.
uess Of President Lincoln = manly and
patient temperament but miraculous il
is to see Roosevelt making a claim 10
these Lineoln-Iike qualities for him
self
IL i fine for the country TO sec such
high sentiments. such yirile patriotism
a. are 70 be found in both these ad-
dresses. IL j. curious TO see the at.
tempt Of Col. Roosevelt to yoke himself
with President Lincoln in mind and
temperament. Surely President Taft
FAR more nearly fills the requirement as
a companion character 10 Lincoln than
I does 4 al Euo.ayelt Tus. ~ Poo..y.l,