Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1919 — SAGAMORE HILL TO BECOME SHRINE OF HONESTY AND TRUTH [ARTICLE]

SAGAMORE HILL TO BECOME SHRINE OF HONESTY AND TRUTH

QUALITIES EXEMPLIFIED IN THE, PERSON OF ROOSEVfeLT ADD 1 WEIGHT TO MEMORIAL. What does it mean to the nation, this organization which proposes to erect memorials’ for Roosevelt It means the same thing "that wat when thoaa.„ .whaJ..~foUawed. Washington, laboredtomakethejde* of love of liberty universal. It means the same thing that was meant when those who followed Lin coin did all in their power to further national unity. ’ It means that those who understood and believed the Roosevelt doctrine of progress are now beginning a campal gn forthe propagationof nation a I purity, honesty and courage. ' There will be no miracle of swift understanding among the people, no sudden acceptance of ideas. The upbuilding of the nation along these lines must come through gradual education. There may be, and no doubt will be, sporadic cases of the old revival spirit that will sweep certain sections. Under the fervor of such excitement many will swear allegiance to truth, honesty, unselfish loyalty and higher Americanism, who will later fall before the onslaught of expediency, timidity and cupidity, but many will abide. This war has taught much of national duty and has wakened many a soul that was still in the fog and darkness of an old life it sought to leave. Now is the time to take up the task of showing to these souls that what they have seen is not merely a flash of vanishing light, but the first gleam of a better day in America. —From the foundation already laid, it is proposed to ’builiLa more solid and“permanent structure of national life. Through a steady, unswerving devotion to an idea, to bring about righteousness through education, until it will become the national habit. No man whose soul is clean will ever deny the advantage of plain understandings and honesty in public as well as private life. The square deal will be urged and taught until dishonesty has been driven out of municipal, state and national life. No real American will ever dispute the wholesomeness of the idea that those permanently in America must be Americanized. So will the ideal* and ideas of our nation at. its best be taught by the society and induced by having the life and words of one who was long the apostle of true Americanism constantly presented. The monument and the park will be reminders, to every thinking person who views them, of the faith of Roosevelt in his nation and his love for her. As Mt. Vernon has been the shrine of liberty, so will Sagamore Hill become the shrine of public honesty and truth. | It is good to remember the good. It is helpful to reekllthe men who stood for the best in t)ielr day. David stands out like a giant among the puny of his day. St. Paul’s record shines like the glory of the morning sun. Luther, Knox, Washington, i Idncoln, Roosevelt, stand as beacon i lights, warning against the shoals and rocks, beckoning to the safe harbors I This organization means the strengthening of the nation through the promulgation of truth arid right- : eousness. Courage, honesty, truth, purity of life. as exemplified in the of Theodore Roosevelt, will - p4d in t he- immortali z.at ion of America. Rome died of immortality. The United States of America has been shown life everlasting, through a strict code of morals. The Roosevelt Memorial Association will do its part towards the national acceptance of th'at code.