Connecticut western news., 1898-10-27
M'KINLEY ON THE WAR.
The Presidents Address mt Chicago's
 Peace Jubilee.

President Mckinley, accompanied by several members of the cabinet, was the guest of honor at the Chicago peace tu- bilee last week and was received with great enthusiasm.
 At banquet held at the Auditorium the president. in response to toast, "Our Country" said in part:
 With no feeling of exuitation. but with profound thankfulness. we contemplate the events of the past five months. They have been too serious to admit of boast ing or vain glorihcation. They have been so full Of responsibilities. immediate and prospective, as to admonish the soberest judgment and counsel the most conserva- tive action. This is not the time to fire the imagination, but rather to discover in calm reason the way to truth and jus tice and right, and when discovered to follow 1t with fidelity and courage, with out fear, hesitation or weakness.
 The war has put upon the nation grave responsibilities. Their extent was not an- ticipated and could not have been we'll foreseen. We cannot avoid the serious questions which have been brought home to us by the achievements of our arms on land and sea. We are bound in conscience to keep and perform the covenants which the war has sacredly sealed with man. kind. Accepting war for humanity's sake, we must accept all obligations which the var in duty and honor imposed upon us. The splendid V1ctOrleS we nave ac0leNeu would be our eternal shame and not our everlasting glory if they led to the weak ening of our original lofty purpose or to the desertion of the immortal principles on which the government was founded and in accordance with whose ennobling spirit 1t has ever since been faithfully ad- mnistered.
 The war with Spain was undertaken not that the United States should increase its territory, but that the oppression at our very doors should be stopped. This noble sentiment must continue to animate us and we must give to the world the full demonstration of our purpose.
 Duty determines destiny. Destiny which results from duty performed may bring anxiety and perils, but never failure and dishonor. Pursuing duty may not always lead by smooth paths. Another course may look easier and more attractive, but pursuing duty for duty's sake is always sure and safe and honorable.
 It is not within the power of man to foretel the future and to solve unerring- ly its mighty problems. Almighty God has his plans and methods for human progress. and not infrequently they are shrouded for the time being in impene- traAle mystery. Looking backward we can see now that the hand of destiny builded for us and assigned us tasks whose full meaning was not apprehended even by the wisest statesmen of their times. Our colonial ancestors did not en- ter upon their war originally for inde- pendence. Abraham Lincoln did not start out to free the slaves, but to save the Union. The war with Spain was not of our seeking, and some of it's consequences may not be to our liking. Our vision is often defective Short sfghtedness is a common malady. but the closer we get to things or they get to us the clearer our view and the less obscure, our duty. Pa- triotism must be faithful as we'll as fer vent: statesmanship must be wise as well as fearless-not the statesmanship which will command the applause of the. hour, but the Judgment of posterity.
 The progress of Q nation can alone pre-.