Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-12

A. R. follows:
Madame President and Ladies and
Gentlemen: Again it is my very great
privilege to welcome you to the city OF
Washington and to the Inequalities
of the capital. May admit a point OF
ignorance? I was surprised to learn
that this association is SO young, and
that an association SO young should
devote itself wholly to memory I can
not believe. For to me the duties to
which you are consecrated are moro
than the duties and pride of memory.
There Is a very great thrill to be Had
from the memories of the American
revolution. but the American revolu-
ton was a beginning. not consumma-
ton; and the duty laid upon us by that
beginning Is the duty Of bringing the
things then begun to noble triumph
Of completion. For 1t seems to me that
the popularity of patriotism in Amer
lea is that it 10 not a mere sentiment.
II ia an active principle of conduct. 1t
is something that was born into the
world. not to please it. but to regen-
crate 1t. 1t Is something that was porn
into the world to replace systems that
had preceded It and to bring men T Cus
glory of the mon whose memories you
honor and perpetuate is that they saw
this vision, and 1t was a vision OF the
future. 1t was q vision OF the great
days to come. when little handful
Of Z. ZOO, 900 people upon the borders OF
a single sea should have become a
great multitude of free men and wom-
en-. spreading across great continent.
dominating the shores Of two oceans
and sending west as well as east the
influences OF individual freedom.
Example to Be Emulated.
These things were consciously in their
| minds as they framed the great gov
eminent which was born out OF tho
American revolution; and every time
we gather to perpetuate their menu
cries it is incumbent upon us that we
should be worthy of recalling them
and that we should endeavor by every
means in our power to emulate their
example.
The American revolution was the
| birth Of a nation; it was the creation
Of a great free republic based upon
| traditions of personal liberty which
| heretofore had been confined to sin
gle little island, but which 1t was pur-
| posed should spread to all mankind.
| And the singular fascination OF Amer
| lean history Is that 1t has been proc
ess Of constant recreation. OF making
|
thing which was conceived at first.
| You know how peculiarly necessary
| that has been in our case because
| America has not grown by the mere
multiplication OF the original STOCK.
| II IL easy to preserve tradition with
| continuity Of blood: It IL easy IN sin.
| gle family to remember the origins OF
| the race and the purposes OF lts Or
| ganisation; but 1t Is not 80 easy when
| that race Is constantly being renewed
and augmented from other sources
| from stocks that did not carry or orig
mate the same principles.
Infection Generously Easy"
So from generation to generation
strangers have had to be indoctrinated
with the principles Of the American
family, and the wonder and the beauty
Of It all has been that the Infection
has been SO generously easy. For the
principles Of liberty are united with
the principles of hope. Every moi
to realize the best thing that Is in
him, the best thing that can pc CON
| ceived out Of the materials OF Whicn
| his spirit is constructed. IT mas nap
the Imagination that we have not only
been augmented by additions IRON
outside, but that we have been greatly
| stimulated by those additions:
Living in the easy prosperity OF :
free people, knowing that the sun has
| always been free to shine upon us ano
prosper our undertakings. we did mol
realise how hard the task OF iioerty
is and how rare the privilege OF hoerty
IL: and men were drawn out OF every
climate and out of every race because
| OF an irresistible attraction OF theiI
spirits to the American ideal: They
thought Of America as lifting. like that
| great statue in the harbor OF New
York. torch to light the pathway OF
men to the things that they desire. and
men OF all sorts and conditions strug'
gisd toward that light and came to to
our shores with an eager desire e
as some Of US no longer felt. for We
| were as IL we were satiated and stated
and were INDUCING after fashion
that did not belong to the ascetto de-
votton Of the early devotees OF those
great principles. So they came 70 re-
| mind US OF what we had promised our.
selves and through ourselves had
promised mankind. All mon came to
us and said: where 10 the bread OF
US? and have you partaken OF 1t your
| selves?"
Constant Source Of Reminder.
For my part. I believe that the con-
slant renewal OF this people out OF for
eign stocks has been q constant source
Of reminder to this people Of what the
Endorsement was that was offered to
men who would come and be Of our
number. Now we have come 70 . time