Arizona republican., 1921-05-31
PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN HEROES OFF EVERY WAR IN MEMORIAL
 ADDRESS AT ARLINGTON
HARDING PICTURES LOYAL NATION NEVER FAILING TO MEASURE UP TO DEMAND OF ADVANCING CIVILLZA- TON: PROTECT OWN INTEGRITY FIRST

due time would be achieved. They were right then; in the end slavery
 received it's decree of banishment from this continent and at last from the world Tt was the same in the more re- cent war of the free peoples against the autocracies of the world In its beginnings men fought to protect that which they already had. Their countries lives were at stake: their rights as free men were menaced; and for these they went forth to battle. There was no thought of cru
 sading for the freedom of the world of emancipating distant peoples, of l rendering a noble service to the enemy who had attacked them. They | had no time and small disposition to l indulge in altruism
 l Passing of Divine Riah& Doctrine Yet. as in the case of our Civil
 war, they won far more than they
 had sought in the beginning. They ! won for themselves their homes. their countries; and in doing so they destroyed well-nigh the last in- trenchments of the mistaken doctrine of divine right to rule. They gained I the victory for their own grateful
 countries and with it they won, for l those whom they defeated, the op-
 portunity of establishing free insti- tutions. True. they were able only. to afford opportunity for this great advance. Freedom is not to be
 crowded upon those who will not
 have it. We do not yet know cer-
 tainly that the defeated and unwill- ing beneficiaries will be able to grasp this boon. We cannot tell whether
 they will pay the price required to maintain the freedom to which the
 door has been opened. We do know. and we take pride, that our sons and
 brothers offered them the oppor- tunity.
 Thus we see that whether in our YCivil struggle or in the world war. the
 triumph of the right inevitably im-
 plies gains that sweep far beyond the immediate issue Those heroes of the
 Civil war who sleep about us here
 wrote that lesson in symbols Of blood and fire, where all men might read. Wars had largely been professional affairs, in the hands of trained peo- pie, waged by conscripts whose knowledge or concern for the cause
 they served was of necessity limited
 and doubtful Here was found a na-
 tfon which for four years gave it's
 very all of human resources. or in
 | >~ ~-~'>- ~~<A RCfF VI VI ldltn HI llS HIS
 sion and tis future, in order that it might maintain an ideal. It defied the edict that economic exhaustion
 and financial disabilities must pre- vent decisive victory It demon strated that the wealth and resources of nation lie not in acres and bush els. in bank balances and tonnaxes : In taxable wealth and going business But rather in the sinews and souls ! n ir4c cr.f PV&r- ' example of our fraternal struggle ! taught the lesson which later moved agonized civilization to reject an in- decisive peace.
 ! Can Never Repay Debt "So much, and vastly more we owe ! to these who won the peace of unior ? and liberty. It is a debt on whicf :, every succeeding generation can hope ! only to pay it's installment We
 never will yield aught of what the, won for us. Forbidden by the law o, :, life and institutions. we cannot stand stiH We must always move forward . along the upward paths they mark ed :. Tor eIs- We look about us on world 2 troubled and torn. groping for a wa,
 back to light and opportunity.
 We have heard much about tn, danger of winning the war and los . ing the peace. But there is not. i, :, the example of those who made tn !, ultimate sacrifice, lofty inspiratio, f to the same singleness of purpose r the same readiness to sink individua . Tor the general good, that move, ' them? Surely there is no reason | why peace may not achieve discipIin . unification, directness of purpose, a . war does. It requires the same sub ! mergence of selfish ends, the sam r relinquishment of the merely per
 sonaI qualifications. the same regar 1 for the common interest. I am no if counselling surrendered independ n ence- Our maintained freedom is tn l. source of our might. Only the Amer e ican conscience may command thi . republic.
 if Patriotism in Peace A = ''It is. indeed. very different mat 2 ter to achieve the discipline tha ,- peace demands. There is not the urg if of instant danger. the rigor of au n thority to ovaocome that danger e. is needful to bring into subjugatio ,e the thoughtless mind, the indulger If disposition. the easy quest of pleas ,e ure, the lust of gains. the aspiratio ,e for power and personal satisfaction if It is required to substitute saving fo 10 thoughtless spending, thrift for vast aft unceasing productive effort for th ir simple habit of spending the shorte. 1e time and the least energy on the jo to We need patriotism resolute il no peace as well as patriotism allan D. in war.
 st Nowhere were men prepared he cope with the new problems of peace i'll nowhere were they less prepared tha ty in this country. But if we had faile
 to set up the machinery for liquids
 ton of war conditions, we neverth, lis less came out with our producir he organization less wrenched and shs SC ken than was that of the Europea nd countries.
 ly Though our sorrows seemed mea, sir ureless, we were more lightly toucht ti- and for griefs incurable there W; lal compensation. We found the soul on America; we have the reborn spin ri- of the republic.
 on T know the acheing hearts. at requires nearness to measure th on burden of grief. Only a few days ai to saw more than five thousand fIs
 a draped collins, tenanted with the IT. heroic dead Theirs was mute ell