Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-15
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sentiment has been poured out in
honor of the flag of the United States.
Sometimes we have been charged with
| being a sentimental people, fond OF
expressing in general rhetorical
phrases principles not sufficiently de-
lined In action and | dare say there
have been times of happy and careless
case In this country when all that II
has been necessary TO do for the hon
or or the flag was to pour our senti-
rnents into poetic expressions, into the
| words that for the time being satis-
fled our hearts. But this is not a day
OF sentiment. Sentiment Is a propul-
sve power, but it does not propel In
the way that is serviceable to the ma
ton, unless it have a definite purpose
before 1t. This is not merely a day
of sentiment 1t Is a day Of purposes.
symbol OF Unity.
ut is an eloquent symbol of the
unity of our history that upon this
monument which commentaries the
man who did most to establish the
American union, we should have
hoisted those stars that have so null
tiplied since his time, associated with
those lines of red ana white which
and all that Is red in our blood in the
service of nation whose history has
been full OF inspiration because of his
example. But Washington was one
Of the least sentimental men that
America has ever produced. The
thing that thrills me about Washing
ton is that he was impatient of any
sentiment that has not got definite
NJ, in, latf o1n
the line Of action, not merely along
the lines Of mere sentiment, and the
most inspiring times that this nation
has ever seen have been the times
when sentiment had to be translated
into action.
May Be Tested Again.
Apparently this nation is again
and again and again, to be
tested, and always tested in the
same way. Thee last supreme test
this nation went through was the test
Of the civil war. You know how deep
that cut. You know what exigent is
sues of life We're at issue in that strug-
gle. You know how two great sec
tons of this union seemed to be NOV
ing in opposite directions and for a
long time it was questionable wheth-
er that flag represented any one unit
ed purpose in America. And you
know how deep that struggle cut into
The sentiments OF this people, and
how there came whole generation
that great struggle when
mems hearts were bitter and sore, and
hurt as well as exalted, and
how it seemed as if a rift had come
in the hearts of the people of Amer
lea.
Blue and Gray United.
"And you know how that ended.
While it seemed q time of terror. 1t
has turned out u proof of the validity
Of our hope. Where are now the di-
visions of sentiment which cut us
asunder at the time of the civil war?
Did you not see the blue and the
gray mingled this morning in the pro-
cession? Did you not see the sons of
q subsequent generation walking to-
gether in happy comradeship? Was
there any contradiction of feeling or
division of sentiment evident there for
1 moment? Nothing cuts so deep as
4 civil war, and yet all the wounds of
that war have been healed. Not only
hat. but the very passion of that war
seems to have contributed to the |
strength of national feeling which !
now moves us as a single body polite. /
CAS- yet again the test is applied,
my fellow countrymen, new sort of
diversity of feeling has sprung up |
us You know that we are !
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