Evening journal., 1913-10-27
DELAWAREANS AT DEDIcATION'

very smallness Of this room, the very
simplicity of H. all the suggestions
that come from its restoration, are
reassuring things things which be
came man TO realize. Therefore,
my theme here today. my on
thought, is a very simple one. DO
not Let Us 20 ,baCk to the annals OF
those sessions of Congress to fnd out
what to do because we live in an
other age and circumstances are oh
solutely different Let us be men of
that kind. Let US feel az every turn
the compulsions OF principle and OF
honor which they felt Let us free
our vision from temporary circum-
stances look abroad at the horizon, /
and take into our lungs the great air .
of freedom which has blown through !
this country, stolen across The seas /
and blessed people everywhere 4
Looking east and Wost. north and +
south. let us remind ourselves that /
We arc all custcdians IN some degree (
Of the principles which have men I
free and governments just"
Following the exercises the Prcsi-
dent went to Swarthmore Pa. where
he made an address at Swarthmore
College on Founders nay. lie re-
turned 20 Philadelphia In the evening
and then proceeded to Washington.
From the national capital he started
for Mobile. Ala. where he will open
! the Southern Commercial Congress
1 tomorrow.
Troops From Fort Dupont.
! Prior to the rededication cere-
monies. parade was held in which
appeared the Artillery Band from
Fort DUPONT heading detachment
OF Coast Artillery troops from Fort
! DUPONT and Fort Mott. y. J. Profess
sor Safranek. the director of the band,
was in charge The playing Of the
organization was frequently applaud
ed along the route. The President
reviewed the procession from the
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel.
A banquet at the Bellevue-Stratford
Hotel at night was attended by FIVE
hundred persona. It was the closing
Feature OF the rededication. A ,arge
number Of Senators and Congressman
were present together with the ambas-
sadors from France, England and
Spain.
Governor MlIlers Speech.
Toasts were responded to in this
lorder: France and Congress Hall,
French Ambassador Jusserand; "Com-
monwealth Of Pennsylvania" Cover
nor Tener: THE Thirteen Colonial
States" Governor Miller OF Delaware;
l"The Army" Major General Wood;
"The Architecture OF the Period"
lCharles A. ziegler; American Indus
tries" Secretary Wilson. Addresses
were also made by Secretary Daniels
and Assistant Secretary Breckenridge.
Governor Miller said:
Permit me. Mr.. Toastmaster, to
express the deep sense of my appre
citation for the compliment your COM
mittee has paid our State in select
ing me to speak upon this occasion.
For the Thirteen Colonial States,
should hesitate to assume this place
did not recognize the honor which
you seek to confer upon the State Of
Delaware, as the first OF the Thir-
teen Colonial States to ratify and
adopt the Constitution which she did
? December 7th, 1887.
observing the presence here to-
night OF many distinguished gentle
I men, am mindful of the fact that
r although the subject assigned me Il
ono of large proportions, must oui
: of courtesy TO. and consideration foi
\ others be very brief in my remarks.
The settlement of the American
e Continent was by the voluntary ACT
- OF the people who came here. rather
? than by any governmental plan OF
4 iColonization For the most part the
a early settler came with the deter
( lmination to make a home where he
could follow his religious inclina-
tions unmolested. There we're some.
however. who came seeking national
!. rather than religious advantages, but
, whatever may have been the motive
< which moved them, AM no matter
: where they settled, either North or
South, their environments bred i'm
!. them and their descendants a strong
I spirit of self reliance and aggressive
; Independence. AS the various settle
! ments scattered along the Atlantic
r seaboard from New Hampshire to
= Georgia increased in population they
e extended their borders. Communica-
Z tion became more frequent and I, ~
developed commercially. until the
2 Puritan OF Massachusetts. the Dutch
y OF New York. the Quaker of Pennsyl-
II vania, the Swede OF Delaware. and
: the Cavalier OF the South were drawn
into closer association and eventually
o they all became Americans
: Such were the conditions when
\ England. who had long neglected the
a Colonies I'm attempting to levy taxes
: upon them, was met with a deter.
s mined and formidable resistance;
= this attitude was more pronounced
! in the North because the Puritan
: with with his Unborn love Of liberty
: was uncompromisingly opposed tC
l. taxation.
e For number Of years this subjec
f. OF taxation was one of constant anC
r. increasing irritation. The crisis wal
A. almost reached when James Otis witt
" his fiery arguments pied the cause o
10 Massachusetts. and Patrick Henry
I'd with his powerful oratory, argued tn
Of right Of Virginia TO make her own laws
ie in defiance Of the King.
W Passing rapidly from these twi
ls events over decade we find the ina
$ Constitutional Congress assembled II
n this city. The men composing tha
I'd body endeayorcd to bring about bet
v ter understanding between the twi
countries; they finally were forced q
OF the realization that reconciliation wa
III impossible. Then followed the Bat
AT ties OF Lexington and Bunker Hill
e. The commencement OF the Revolution
ut AIRY War was the Declaration OF lnde
n pendence; long years of struggle ant
finally tho recopnffiou ~ thc Aucri