The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-10

The President was greeted with cheers as
he arose. He said:
Mr.. Toastmaster and Gentlemen II am
glad TO join you 3lsextending sincere well
come to- the distinguished statesmen and
tries adictaing US on the south and north
Ne-are bound 20 them both by ties of mJi-
tual I,ra go9a neighborhood We rejoice in their
the pathway or progress they are so ener-
getieaily and successfully pursuing.
on the reverse side of the great seal of
the United States authorized by Congress
June 20 11S2. and adopted the seal of
the United States of America after its for
nation under the federal Constitution Is
the pyramid signifying strength and dura-
ton. The eye over Ii and the motto allude
TO the many signal interpretations OF Provi-
date Observation-Disclosures that of the Declar-
alton OF independence, and the words under
It signify the beginning of new Amer
ut Is impossible TO trace our history
since without feeling. that the Providence
nntin which was - with I'm US IN the beginning has
terposition. When, unhappily, we have been
engaged in war He has given the victory.
Fortunate, indeed, that 1t can be said we
have had no clash of arms which has ended
In defeat, and no responsibility resulting
from war Is tainted with dishonor In peace
We have been signally blessed, and our
progress has gone on unchecked and ever
increasing In the intervening years. Ir
boundless wealth of soil and mine and forest
men. of every nationality and climate, have
contributed their good blood to make the
Nation what ii is.
grown to upward of 60 900 600 In 1890, and our
estimated population to-day, made by the
Governors of the States; Is q, sos 2S We
We have annexed every variety or terri
tory, from the coral reefs and cocoanut
groves of Key West to the Icy regions OF
northern Alaska-territory skirting the At
lantic the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific and
the A1ctic,. and the islands of the Pacific
and Caribbean sea- and we have ex-
tended still farther our jurisdiction to the
far-away islands in the Pacific. Our terri
tory is more than four times larger than
it was when the treaty OF peace was signed
I'm 17s3 Our industrial growth has been
even more phenomenal than that OF popH;;
iation or terrtory.o 20 coz our wealth, esimatto 20
IS. 600 600. 600.
Education has not been overlooked. The
mental and moral equipment OF the youth,
on whom will, in the future, rest the re-
sponsibilities of government. have had the
unceasing and generous care or the state
and the Nation. We expended, In 1928. In
public education. open to all. 500, 115.5iS: for
secondary education, s2S,4a,6S2, and for
higher education for the same period, $So,-
public schools in 1862 was 14,652.4s2 or
more than - per cent. of our population.
Is not this pillar Of strength 10 the Re-
Our national credit. often tried has
been ever upheld 1t has no superior and no
stain. The United States has never repudi-
ated a national obligation. either to its
creditors or 10 humanity. II viii not now
begin to do either. II never struck blow
except for civilization, and never struck its
cOlors-
Has the pyramid lost any of its strength?
Has the Republic lost any of its virility?
Has the self-governing principle been weak
ened? Is there any present menace 10 our
stability and duration? These questions
bring but one answer. The Republic Is
sturdier and stronger than ever before. Gov
eminent by the people has been advanced.
Freedom under the nag is more universal
than when the Union was formed. Our steps
| have bees forward. not backward. From
Plymouth rock to the Philippines the grand,
triumphant march of human liberty has
never paused.
Fraternity and union are deeply i'm
bedded In the hearts of the American peo-
pie. For half century before the civil war
disunion the fear of men OF all
| tions. That word has gone out OF the Amer
lean vocabulary. 1t is spoken now only as
| a historical memory. North. South. East
and West were never so welded together.
and while they may diner about internal
policies. they are all for the Union and the
| maintenance OF the integrity of the hag
Has patriotism died out in the hearts OF
the people? Witness the 10000 men spring
| Ing to arms and in thirty days organized
into regiments for the Spanish war, and a
/ million more ready TO respond; and the
more recent enlistment OF Sc. enty thousand
men. with many other thousands anxious
| TO enlist, but whose services were not
| needed.
Has American heroism declined? The
shattered and sinking fleets OF the Spanish
navy at Manila and Santiago, the charge
| OF San Juan and El Caney, and the intrepid
valor and determination OF our gallant
| troops In more than forty engagements In
| LuZon. attest the fact that the American
soldier and sailor have lost none OF the
qualities which made our earlier army and
| navy illustrious and inyincible.
After one hundred and twenty-three
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