South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-31

reasoning Of Marshall and the ar
gument and eloquence Of Webster
were necessary 70 bring the people
TO an appreciation OF the trust which
they had in their keeping. but when
the blow fell in 1851 the union had
become so deeply imbedded in their
hearts that they rose up in It's de-
Tense and the soldiers OF the civil
war took their places on the field Of
battle.
Recalls White Tribute.
The close OF the civil war
brought on the problems OF recon
, strucuon and reconciliation. They
were tremendous problems requir-
ing great forbearance and great
skill in their solution. The one
arose out OF the change that the war
had made in the status OF the slaves
and the other arose out Of the Bit
terness that the struggle had engen-
dered Differences arising out OF
problems OF a like importance have
kept peoples in other countries
apart and living in a state OF
hatred for centuries. but devotion TO
the two fundamental principles OF
American institutions made possible
mutual forgiving and forgetting
that has made our union one in fact
as well as in name.
The bitterness existing between
the sections a half century ago has
so completely disappeared that il is
difficult 10 appreciate what a change
has been made until we remember
that at the close Of the war some
northern statesmen proposed hang
ing all OF the officers Of the confed-
crate army. and yet just few days
ago, when all OF the dignitaries OF
the government gathered 10 express
their sorrow and their sense of the
great loss the entire country had
sustained in the death OF Edward J.
White. the chief justice OF the
| United States supreme court. they
were gathered in the memory of one
who had served as brigadier general
in the con federate army Further
more. he was appointed C/-ef jus
tee by a president of the same
party that was in power when the
war was fought. On the day af his
funeral. Americans without regard
10 party or section, united in pro-
nouncing him one of the nOblest and
greatest that ever occupied a seat
on the greatest court OF the country.
While the work Of reconstruc-
ton was going on, a menace TO lib
erty everywhere and particularly in
our country arose out of the oppres-
sion practiced in the Spanish LOS
sessions just off the coast of the
United States. The wrongs perpe-
trated there shocked the American
part of those conditions in Cuba
would bring tolerance Of like con-
ditions here. Overtures on the part
of our government 10 bring about
better conditions failed; an explo-
sion sent the Maine TO the bottom
Of Havana harbor, and once more
the call OF war came. Once more
the young manhood OF the country
I responded and this time il was the
manhood of a united country. The
grandson of Robert E. Lee and the
-
side by side Never did the spirit OF
liberty rise up in brighter flame.
The triumph of American ideals
over those of the old world mon
archy gave a new impetus to liberty
all over the world. New govern
ments in Australia. South Africa.
China and other countries were
modelled after our own. Even in the
monarchies Of Europe liberal ten
denotes began manifesting them
selves so strongly that their in
fiuence was felt in the laws and in
stitutions of those countries. Fur
thermore, European statesmen I'M
der the leadership Of Lord Grey
were attempting to build up a unity
in Europe that would be based on
our two principles of government,
\ in that each nation would be free
to settle it's own internal affairs, but
| that all questions affecting the peace
/ Of Europe as a whole, all questions
/ having TO do with intercourse of the
nations with each other should be
settled in conferences of representa-
I tives OF all of the nations. But this
policy was not approved by Ger
/ many. The spirit Of autocracy and
conquest guided her purposes. Lib
erty and peace would not serve the
/ ends her rulers had in mind. The
\ assassination of the Austrian arch
! duke set the machinery Of war in
motion. Ruthlessly. heedlessly and
arrogantly she rejected the appeals
of France and England to hold
conference and plunged Europe
/ into war.
Grateful TO Soldier.
Its magnitude. its cost, and the
misery il has caused are too fresh
/ in our minds TO need recital here.
| Let il suffice to say that Americans
saw in the triumph of Germany the
/ building up of a colossal. conquer
ing. autocratic power that would
| trample liberty under foot every
where. Once more the battle cry Of
| freedom was sounded and 100000
American soldiers took 10 the field.
Never did soldiers fulfill higher ex-
pectations or serve a greater need.
Confronted with influenza and
pneumonia in the camps, with long
range artillery. night airplane
bombing attacks. high explosives Of
titanic power. and that most fiend-
ish invention of war. poisonous gas.
men never faced death in more ter
rifying forms. and never did men
face il more bravery. From first TO
last. whether in American camps or
on French battlefields. they sus-
tanned the imperishable glory Of the
American flag. And so it was that
when the battle which had its be-
ginning in the shots which were
fired at Lexington and Concord.
which rang out in the bugles Of Shi-
Ion and Chickamauga which hlazed