Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22

Senate came to us not as tho result
of a crusade of conquest, but as tho
reward of temperate, faithful and
fearless response to the call of con-
science, which could not be disre-
garded by q liberty-loving and Chris
tian people. - ...
eve have 30 borne ourselves in
the conflict and in our intercourse
with the powers of the world as to
escape complaint or complication
and give universal confidence of our
high purpose and unselfish sacrifices
for struggling peoples,
"The task is not fulfilled. Indeed,
it is only just begun. The most
serious work is still before us, and
every energy of heart and mind
must be bent and the impulses of
craftsmanship subordinated to it's
faithful execution. This is the time
for earnest, not faint, hearts.
OUR NEW DUTIES.
"'New occasions teach new duties.'
TO this nation and to every nation
there come formative periods in its
life and history. New conditions
can be met only by new methods.
Meeting these conditions hopefully
and facing them bravely and wisely
is to be the mightiest test of Ameri-
can virtue and capacity. Without
abandoning past limitations, tradi-
tio-s and principles, but by meeting
present opportunities and obligations,
we shall show ourselves worthy of
the great trusts which civilization
has imposed upon us.
CAT Bunker Hill liberty was at
stake ; at Gettysburg the Union was
the issue before Manila and Santi-
ago our armies fought not for gain or
revenge, but for human rights. They
contended for the freedom of the
oppressed, for whose welfare the
United States has never failed to
lend helping hand to establish and
uphold, and, I believe, never will.
The glories of the war cannot be
dimmed, but the result will be in
complete and unworthy of us unless
supplemented by civil victories,
harder possibly to win, in their way
no less indispensable.
eve will have our difficulties and
our embarrassments. They follow
all victories and accompany all great
responsibilities. They aro insepara-
bio from every great movement or
reform. But American capacity has
triumphed over oil in the past.
Doubts have in the end vanished.
Apparent dangers have been averted
or avoided, and our own history
shows that progress has come 80
naturally and steadily on the heels
of new and grave responsibilities
that as we look back upon the acqui-
sitions of territory by our fathers
we are filled with wonder that any
doubt could have existed or any ap-
prehension could have been felt of
the wisdom of their action or their
capacity to grapple with the then
untried and mighty problems.
THE REPUBLIC OF TODAY.
"The Republic is to-day larger,
stronger and better prepared than
ever before for wise and profitable
development in new directions and
along new lines. Even if the minds
Of some OF our own people are still
disturbed by perplexing and anxious
doubts in which all of ue have shared
and still share, the genius of Ameri.
can civilization will, I believe, be
found both original and creative and
capable of subserving all tho great
interests which shall be confided tc
our keeping.
"Forever in the right, following
the best impulses and olinging tc
high purposes, using properly and
within right limits our power and
opportunities, honorable reward must
inevitably follow. The outcome car
not be in doubt. We could have
avoided all the difficulties that liz
across the pathway of the nation if &
few months ago we had ooldly
ignored tho piteous appeals of thu
starving and oppressed inhabitants
of Cuba. If wo had blinded our
selves to the conditions SO near tt
our shores and turned deaf ear tt
orr suffering neighbors, the issue O
territorial expansion in the Antille,
and The East Indies would not hay,
been raised. ...
"But could we have justified sucl
a course ? Is there any one wht
would now declare another to hay,