Show GERAL MilES I IO I O UN N Have Been Read REia Banquet OF WORTH WORTHAl Al A q qt t Washington Wahington March larch General Nell A retired for C or of t DX ed any arm a letter letter O t refet tn In the cb ot oi Grand Id Mich wa w to have given gaven a b ut at t to t the In that oo regIon the b was abandoned enerI Ies authorizes wa the pu tion or of the leter letter which 11 Is as a r J Pj Ir 1 r MY I airi rege that owing to n n very vety res fr I Ui my lay I find It t to be you U on tle the occasion beings fb tb me of your club an DI o It frint parts ot at the countr country t tog th the I als regret tha that I it Is Impo for Jo Joto je jeto to Del fl my co de In the theo o n Patriotism m of V ter Having 1 8 ak 81 t of 01 n I I 1 t there bh u W O nearest t pe n not ot of our ur r republic I it le an ally t fit Ing t give It lt at this Ume when we ae are by serious 18 we ae are approaching DP t n im crisis In our political ry the weal wel or woe or of this thin H UI depend upon the intelligence and or of the s eig vota Their action during duping tili ot of the comIng wi will or the future ot or countr country In fact te the perpetuity ot of our government depends u uthe up the I he prees 01 ol the Ui J Ji i ot of a a d despot 0 or the of Ax p r ruler but tut ot of our cl m cannot heart eurt or 8 a depraved ed s ul It l lU U ns pure a a the light 0 of y and an ou bE be dominated o nao by evil en motives Th The patriot ca cai Q le Inspired only by y th the no no noblest bles blest that the th spirit ot of man Je Le be J a au unholy The 1 I oJ O 2 loi dU in ta relt p In In t n quest pU g and tion ar are not triot Als Alas top toe often otten inder the or of nen men bave degraded It In ruthless c naton rather than thai rathEr uton 1 of mt I have b been n fe y moUe of mst most tb o mercle under th p plea e or of civilization Zt on On Oa tf other hand we find ia e ot of heroic s throughout the ot of history A As fr fM Ick back u sa the of oC tego the great law liv civer r who ankI ald th tb ra of a an E Eylan lan pr to Wf eouse ou the cau cause qt hl own peoPle even though th were ere In a humble condl thin tiun we example t t that of th Roman and general who e In t the h bands of t nem cM bet JIl nf aft th be ida r f death He hero y refu c edun un foll w W f 40 the at QS or of submitted elC to to a Ir d m I in the sets uta ur r fur fath r f o Inspired by be love loved d f liberty contended the th thea 11 most nation or of tha wor to 1 fita out our was 4 an heroic 8 when men In every section of th the ipa parsey y populated colonies of the At Uc co st Dou m mth th the cause of freedom it II f for r ward Wa from among sturdy turdy rate race the noblest and the bray brav z Pt et the and the t best representative en taUVE men ot of aR ay age aga or or of spy coun countr tr Ir scholars scholar sot were t the spirits There re never Jeer hu hiLs been Ii a U wh t both In war aud d Ui pe this coultry hau not prod s strong rong a claM clasa of o men and D rally as the men or of that ge as a Patriot I The t noblest and rand randIf nd If C them a aU that who was only first Ia War but first firs In Th nien Dlen of 01 need not look else elie elsewhere where than the Father ot of their ro fo an xam lar and true patriotic t ter No fo more InGre 1 live i e lesson leuon couk be 1 to the generations than to t em t the act the tate state papers t V VOU OU the th p Ji and the sage warnings of the 1110 n th 5 oZ 0 tv Wiman haman he the dangers DiM would environ Uta republic lic iii that he and his compatrIots had es He desired to prevent our nation from running the coure that ad hitherto eked the ie destiny of usa flon and It ft was prayer tie 1 h be fer J arnd nd I it con with 1 nd A V t tt t lie he of tl tt the of liberty be cf coma and that they nt have the Clory of reco U it to tUe tion and adoptIon natios that was t as e t r 10 Jr Yet Uw the or of t l of o ot t hat great man was when he set t the ex exa example a mph ample for Il 1 time lat IA declining c nUD authority The h powers t ha t were within 1 did not SI al ure hini hi the th paUl or of duty Hay I 1 nd his hla an I Ible We ble service like ke Ite was waa J ro roud d to t tI e I his place amid the I zens of 01 his country ac one or of them a title and IUt t that e te JUS as the h amO Dut Duty of o Citizens A renowned k admiral saI at the tle et 01 0 one of II he D t events England ingland expects try man maD title tO 0 do 10 k hs dut duty It ItI I equally k Iw that cit elt 1 tui n vf Qt this his 40 o his hl w woe e duty cuty and 00 to that o re es ci 14 fortitude We e Ia have ve to 1 look ulon In lIberty rt fU u ae ot of Ute the enl of ou We give It as little concern SF AI it if our ancestOrs W neve cant m d to light or die for tor It It ur or It If there be no po of ourselves or Our children being of Its leua So Inti go CO we e feel he bur Ut f O and so t tart art are our etl that we Ii U le the fur great t ces her acts We r lo Ye more than thant t I ago the gre grea mass ot of the human family were serfs errs slaves or ab j t of some despotic power a g t but intelligence ancl w U oo ti t maill n those n d to Us UP by the fathers Tike wn waru n Ings guard care that which was priceless to our fathers father and Is IJO 0 to it and nd to our children I cannot better define patriotism than by bringing the illustration ho hoto horna to every cItizen en You have the oppOrtunity durIng the thc autu n to o benefit your country by your IndivIdual t p act or m massing Its prosperIty by lo iii difference to or o of Its tw tri In 1 i The First 1 te It IL II s the themen men who exercise the power r 1 or of citizenship tt are for I honesty and In our r to g good gOv g J ern ent is 18 l anti patriotic earnest devotion to the wel ur Thi republic must continue In Its march ot of pr prOgress gr s or It must lapse Into decay by the acts o apathy ot of Its own citizens There is a sacred duty devolving upon every cUi citi citiZen I Izen I zen You can oan t 16 I as an you will tie be it or n tonal n and d our only hope r rss t In t the e true trues devotion to the principles of oC out g gov v n and re responsibility o of he t citizens or of MIchigan and o of the fhe whole t Union ale aFe now great greater or er and more mere 1 than they have be been n at any perIod or of our his ar many litany vexed q and in ih Which b th the e mt md l be an honest honet dUr ditth i nce of there thare 18 one ut nt pIe far above aboe aU all otIer Vl ther or of econom economIcs economIcs Ics or In individuals and that Is whether th tiui spirit of the Declaration of Ind peri ence and or of Our aur brier brief a 0 pure or perish The te lIberty Is Ie wroUght rough by bj vIo violence nce but the democracy to despot despotIsm despotism Ism Is quiet insIdious s subtle bUe and fatal May the patriotism ot of our country be awakened n d and be ot of the hIghest i may may the In Influence u or of It t b ry IJ de lt bl a 0 athe toe the w re h and prope s Q o ir r oWn on people ft all l the me l land V rv truly yours NELSON A MILES |