Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-10
56th CONGRESS-.
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holds for us all the profit, all the glory.
all the happiness possible to man. we
are trustees of the worlds progress;
guardians of its righteous peace. Inc
judgment of the Master is upon us:
"Ye have been faithful over lew
things. | viii make you ruler over
many things"
What shall history say of us? Shaii
| ii say that We renowned the hoiy
| trust left the savage to his base con-
f, dition. the wilderness to the reign OF
waste. deserted duty. abandoned glory.
| forget out sordid profit even. because
| we feared our strength and read the
| charter of our powers with the doubt
ers eye and the auibbers mind?
Shall it say that. called by events to
| captain and command the proudeSt.
| ablest. pureSt race Of history in his
| tory's noblest work. we declined that
| great COMMISSION? our fathers would
not have had it so No They found
ed no paralytic government, incapable
| of the simplest acts Of administration.
They planted no sluggard people. pas
| siye while the worlds work calls them
They established no rcactionary ma
ton. They unfurled no retreating flag.
ward march. Who dares halt it now
now when history's largest events are
carrying it forward-now when we are
at last one people, strong enough for
any task. great enough for any glory
destiny can bcStow. How comes it that
our first century closes with the pro-
cess of consolidating the American peo-
pie into unit just accomplished. and
TIL 81 al Of hat
hour presses upon us our world oppor-
tunity. world duty. and the world
glory which none but n people welded
into an indivisible nation can achieve
or perform?
Blind. indeed. is he who sees not the
hand of God in events 50 vast. 50 har-
monious. so benign. Reactionary. in
deed is the mind that perceives not
that this vital people is the strongest
of the saving forces of the world:
that our place. therefore, is at the head
of the constructing and redeeming ma
tons Of the earth; and that. to stand
aside while events march on is a sur
render of our interests a betrayal Of
our duty as blind as ii is base Craven,
indeed, is the heart that fears to per
form a work so golden and so noble;
that dareS not win a glory so immortal.
Do YOU tell me that it will cost us
money? When did Americans ever
measure d,,ty ~ 6n,rci.I standards,
Do you tell me of the tremendous toll
required to overcome the vast difficult
ties of our task? What mighty work
for the world. for humanity. even for
ourselves, has ever been done with
ease? Even our bread must we eat ny
the sweat of orr faces Why ar. we
cbor,rod vim n,,,nr .u,b ~ ~ ro,,1..
.var knew # ~ arn nnt IA HUI II il
!, work .ucb ~ ~ naonIn ,.,.nr
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ia vou remind ~. If IN rr.,.f,is
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toric any ya havo done every achieve
mont We have ACCOMPLISHED has been
bv the sacrifice of our noblcst sons.
Every holy memory that gloriticS the
da~ is nf those heroes WHO have lied
thar its onward march might not he
e,avad II i4 the nations dearest
Ii,-ee yiaIded fo,. tho flag that makes
If dear Ia us. il is tho nations most
rrecinus blood pourad ont for If that
makes if nrecinus to IL.
That ea.r il ,,nv.n of heroiStu and
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earth. Americans con; ider wounds the
noblest decorations man can win anu
count the giving OF their lives H'ah
and precious duty Fray ''oh thft
enir;t mayor fails PRAY God the tim"
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blood that we VIII Tear 70 S"'h :. ~
the flag and it's imperial destiny. Fray
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