The New York herald., 1921-04-20
HARDING ADDRESS
Washington and Southern
Liberator Compared by
the President.
TWO GREAT FATHERS
Each Wealthy and Wrought
Empires of Freedom for
DemOcracies.
BOTH RICH IN WISDOM
Preferred Rep0se Of Private
Life After Military Tasks
Were Finished.
BOTH RICH IN WISDOM

President Harding in his speech yes
terday at the unveiling of the statue
of Cen. Simon Bolivar said:
There is significance In dates. as
though some days were destined for a
high place in the history of human prog
affections. This day is the anniversary
OF the Battle of Lexington. when the
colonies of North America made their
first sacrifice in blood Tor independence
same day, generation later. Venezuela s
struggle for freedom had its immortal
beginning.
To-day. in befitting celebration OF
freedoms triumphs, we are met to unveil
this monument to Simon Bolivar, In
whom the South American movement for
liberty found its soul and inspiration
and TO whom the liberty loving heroes Of
Venezuela turned for triumphant leader
ship. just as the North American colo
nies pinned their faith in Washington.
There is further and highly interest
ing coincidence in dates and signif-
canoe in achievement. Bolivar was born
in 1888. the year in which our North
American Revolutionary War was ended
by the treaty which recognized our
national independence. and the independ-
ence OF VeneSuela was formally pro-
ciaimed on July s. 1911. on the day
following the anniversary OF q like
proclamation by the North American
colonies thirty-fve years earlier. April
and July have valid claim to our liberty
loving reverence.
EpochaI for Both Americas.
II wish April 10 might have an added
significance from this day on. SINH
larly born and dedicated to new world
freedom, I would like this date to mark
a new epoch for North and South Amer
lea not alone the avowal of mutual trust
In the fellowship Of freedom and de-
mocracy. but a new confidence and
new mutually of purpose in achieving
the things which independence and fell
lowship so naturally inspire.
Having sacrificed in arms to estab-
lish the human inheritance belonging to
free men, the American republics may
well touch elbows to prove their unset
1shness and show to mankind that
righteous achievement does not mean
anybodys destruction. individually or
nationally, but that real victory lies in
that human progress wherein every con-
tender, individual or national. may share
as 1t is sought to merit 1t.
TT is an interesting thing to compare
the careers OF the two great fathers OF
American liberty--these stalwart found
ers of representative democracy in the
western Observation-Disclosures and wash
ington Each wrought an empire OF
freedom and build ed more vastly than
he dreamed. Each was brilliant and
heroic in war, but vastly more concerned
with the constructiveness OF peace.
Their concept OF liberty was not in
spired in individual unrest. Each was
wealthy. each rated among the person
ally fortunate, but peoples freedom
was irnpelling. Each. was accused of
undue ambition. but ii was a peoples
welfare that ever inspired.
Each knew the essentials of freedom,
that liberty itself is the state OF just
restraint. and the fruits OF revolution in
the cause of freedom are garnered only
in constitutional establishment and pre-
served only when government is strong
enough TO guarantee them.
Both Bolivar and Washington were
eminent on the field Of battle. both
were rich in wisdom when II came to
the difficult problems of peace. War
has it's inspirations, when patriotism Az
af1ame. Peace has its problems. where
construction or reconstruction must be