2i 8 Brotherhood and 



how this spirit of brotherhood can be made a living, 

 a vital force. 



In the. first place, you have left us the right of 

 brotherhood with the gallant men who wore the gray 

 in the ranks against which you were pitted. At the 

 opening of this new century, all of us, the children of 

 a reunited country, have a right to glory in the count 

 less deeds of valor done alike by the men of the 

 North and the men of the South. We can retain 

 an ever-growing sense of the all-importance, not 

 merely to our people but to mankind, of the Union 

 victory, while giving the freest and heartiest recog 

 nition to the sincerity and self-devotion of those 

 Americans, our fellow-countrymen, who then fought 

 against the stars in their courses. Now there is 

 none left, North or South, who does not take joy and 

 pride in the Union; and when three years ago we 

 once more had to face a foreign enemy, the heart of 

 every true American thrille^ with pride to see vet 

 erans who had fought in the Confederate uniform 

 once more appear under Uncle Sam's colors, side 

 by side with their former foes, and leading to vic 

 tory under the famous old flag the sons both of 

 those who had worn the blue and of those who had 

 worn the gray. 



But there are other ways in which you have taught 

 the lesson of brotherhood. In our highly complex, 

 highly specialized industrial life of to-day there are 



