The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-13
|" BOB" INGERS0LL ON
 GERMAN AMERICAN
(By W. Coyney)


 of the interior of New York state con ceived the idea of commemorating the first great international arbitration and at the same time cementing the friendship of Great Britain with the United States. To accomplish this she commissioned an artist named Carpenter to cover large canvas with the portraits of the joint high com mission in session, the result of the efforts of this high commission being the historic Alabama award. The painting was to be presented to Queen Victoria with the request that it be hung in Windsor Castle as a memor. ial to the first successful step toward the ardently hoped for millennium when wars shall be no more"
 The immense picture was duly com. pleted and to celebrate the occasion of it's unyeiling a grand banquet was held at Delmonico's, which was at 1 tended by the president, several mem. bers Of his cabinet, and many disting- uished men. including the then lead ing after dinner speakers. Chauncey NJ. Depew, General Horace Porter, Jos. Cheate and Colonel Robert Inger. soll.
 The text of all speeches was natur- ally and necessarily peace" and if the brilliant eloquenc4 expended then upon the subject could be reproduced, l it would be more than of passing in- terest and, indeed. might prove of in fluence
 1 It chanced that on this occasion that ] famous national orator Bob" Inger- soil found himself way below the salt both at the table and on the toast list, so many distinguished speakers be- | ing around the board. But his turn came at last. All the many previous speeches at this banquet were more or less memorable, as most of them had been specially prepared for this memorable occasion, it being known that I had been commissioned to re- produce them in an elaborate book form, copy of whcih was to be pre- sented to Queen Victoria with the pie ture.
 1 With his characteristic quick-wit- tedness and forensic ability, Colonel Ingersoll took entirely new ground and presented the subject of peace" from standpoint differing as widely from the proceeding oratory as an eagle differs from a dove. I have never come across this speech in any of the published orations of Ingersoll and as it seems of peculiar usefulness at the present time, when the quest. ion of German-American patriotism has become so absorbing, I here give from memory that portion referring to this subject.
 Peace and patriotism" said Colonel Ingersoll, have been the text of all the masterly speeches delivered here tonight, and in adding my modest quota I must take issue with some oi my distinguished predecessors. Fol ages poets have sung of peace, of the days when wars shall be no more; of patriotism and the love and loyalty one owes to the country one happen ed to be born in.
 "Of peace, gentlemen. and particu larly of the universal disarmaments so hopefully referred to this evening I assert that the olive branch of peace may only be held forth in the mailed hand. You cannot stay war with words. You cannot demand or ever defend your rights unless backed by sufficient strength to enforce them We shall have peace only when we car enforce it.
 Now as to so-called patriotism, ask you to look at this picture: Over in Europe there is a little woman ir a little home to whom has been borr a man-child. But short distance away, across an imaginary boundary there IS another little woman to whom has been born a man-child As these boys grow up and ebgin to toddlt around their mothers knees, the moth CT on this side takes her son in hel arms with loving caress and says tt him: Sonny do you see that boy ovel there? Yes. That is French boy, m! son, and when you grow to be mar you must kill him. Another time tn, little mother on the other side that i'm aginary boundary line, comes out int the sunshine and says to her loved of spring: My son. do you see that littl rascal over wonder? Yes. That is German boy, and when you grow t be man you must kill him. Those boys began to grow up an