The age-herald., 1898-05-19
TRIBUTE 10 OUR
 GREAT REPUBLIC

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 --~~-~-------~---c~~~~-~~ strong, magnanimous towards the feeble, deeply convinced that justice and right are the cornerstones of the state and fairness the measure of international dealings; in- dustrious, intelligent, law-abidng and peace loving your nation can well be proud of it's achievements and no one has bet ter opportunity than I to satisfy himself by a careful observation of men and laws, of your steady advancement and progress. I lave seen your country in it's days of joy and sorrow
 Past Master of War
 .I saw at the celebration of the centen- -ial of your independence the postmaster in the art of war open the great falr or the arts of peace, and reveal to the world the double greatness of the nation wnleh in ten years had transformed swords and guns into implements of industry I saw the great hero laid to rest in the heart of your great metropolis, amid the mourning of the whole land, and witnessed his apotheosis celebrated by the voice of the entire union. I saw the chief magistrate of the nation felled by an assassin's hand. and observed the republic remain firm and serene under the empire of the law. In it's joy or sorrow the nation did not depart a moment from the confidence In its high destiny.
 q have visited different regions of yaur broad land. I know the active men of the east, the open-hearted inhabitants of the west. and the chivalrous southernor. It has been my fortune to meet the statesmen, the scientists the artists, the manufactur- CT, the farmer and the workman Their common ideal is the honor and greatness of their country. May yours be an inspir- ing example to the whole continent. It has been my aspiration, before leaving your country, to sit again at table around which all the American republics would re- enact, on more solid basis, the agreement outlined by the unratified treaty of the 2eth of April, 1890. distributing the responsbili- ties of the policy of Monroe by the mem bers of the compact as 1t is due to their sovereign character. Blessed be they who shall witness the meeting of such con- gress-the first step for the establishment of an American diet. high court of interna- tionaI affairs of the continent. Wherever the duty to my beloved country will call me- can assure you that my heart and sympathy will be with your noble people, and with the standard bearer of the repub- lican America who Is advancing the out posts of human freedom into the last en- trenchments of the past"
 The Presidents Reply
 The president replied as follows:
 'sFor nearly a quarter of a century you nave uWtlt tiuoiiB uSt d Spcttdtoi ol oui domestic development and an interested student of the great social and political problems which have so seriously confront ed all nations during these closing years of an eventful century. and from which the United States. while steadily keeping to their own self-appointed path. have nor been exempt However sore the passing trial or hard the problem of the hour you have seen 1t met by the calm reason and hardy fortitude of our people, furnishing additional evidence of the wisdom of those who founded the republic on the immuta- ble mass of union. justice. self-control and charity toward all.
 sIn thus bidding you farewell. ask you to be the messenger of the earnest fra ternal greetings of this government and the people to Brazil and It's citizens and Of their trust that they may long reap the fruits of their devotion to the cause of self government and that the blessings of peace. advancement and plenty may ever he their lot and I beg you to assure the president of the republic of my cordial wishes for his personal welfare"