Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-08

naopYe,s question, and will pc un.ii 80
5otarm;naticn is written out IN their en-
,;rh+ened verdict. We must choose De
+4gaan manly doing and base desertioh.
~ nil, never be the latter. It must NC
soherly settled in justice ana goou ~
so;ance and it will be. Righteousness
,rh;ch exalteth a nation must contfoi -
it's solution. n;so,, in This
matthias history and progress when nas
not been met by the sovereign peop.e
i with high capacity, with ample stiens. -
and with unfaltering fidelity to every non,
orable obligation. Partisanshlp can NY Wla
few Of us against solemn public uuls. W. :
| have seen this so often demonslia.eu =. :.
/ the past as to mark unerrinsiy
will be in the future Inc hationai
timent and national conscience were ne'
or stronger or higher than now.
There has been a reunion OF tue peopie
| around the altar consecrated 10 coun'iS
| newly sanctifed by common sacrinces
/ The followers of Grant ana Lee na ~.
fonobt under the same flag and fallen TOT
40 Same faith. Party lines have loosen
al and the ties Of union have peen
stron cthened. Sectionalism has disap-
reared and fraternity and union nave
noon rooted in the hearts of the Amerl-
can people. Political passion has alto
eether subsidized and patriotism sioWs
With unextinguishable fervor in every
home of the land. The flag has been sus-
| tanned on distant seas and islands by the
men Of all parties and sections ana
| creeds and races and nationalltles, ana
| it's stars are only those of radiant nope
to the remote peoples over whom 1t noats.
| 81 al iSn1.
! There can be no imperialism. Those
/ who fear if are against it. Those who
have faith in the republic are against It.
/ So that there is universal adherence for
| it and unanimous opposition to it. Our
| only difference is that those who do not
agree with US have no confidence IN the
virtue or capacity or high purpose or good
faith of this free people as civilizins
agent, while we believe that the century
/ of free government which the American
people have enjoyed has not rendered
/ them irresolute and faithless, but mas
| fitted them for the great task of lifting
| up and assisting to better conditions and
| larger liberty those distant peoples who
! have through issue of battle become our
| wards.
| Let us fear not. There is no occasion
| for faint hearts; no excuse for regrets.
| Nations do not grow in their strength
and the cause of liberty and law is not
advanced by the doing of easy things.
| The harder the task the greater Will be
/ the result the benefit, and the honor.
/ To doubt our power to accomplish is 10
| lose faith in the soundness and strength
| of our popular institutions. The liberia
tors will never become the oppressors.
| A self-governed people will never permit
| despotism in any government which they
| foster and defend,
| Gentlemen, we have the new care and
cannot shift it, and, breaking up the
camp of ease and isolation, let us brayey
and hopefully and soberly continue the
march of faithful service and falter not
until the work is done. 1t is not possible
that 100000 of American freemen are
unable to establish liberty and justice
and good government in our new posses
sions. The burden is our opportunity
The opportunity is greater than the bur-
den. May God give US strength to bear
the one and wisdom so to embrace the
other as to carry to our distant acquisi-
| tions the guarantees of ''life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness"
At the conclusion of the Presidents
speech the diners arose and cheered
! him vigorously. Gov. Nash, of Ohio,
was next introduced. He spoke on the
Governors of Ohio, going over the his
torical list beginning with the first
| Governor Of the Northwest territory.
When he came to the name Of McKin-
ley there was again cheering for the
President. Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff re-
sponded to the toast. "The Empire
| State.''
In response to repeated calls Gov.
| Roosevelt arose and spoke briefly.
| These three years that our President
has been in the White House, Gov.
Roosevelt said, have been three great
years. President Mckinley found the
nation stumbling in some of the darkest
paths it had encountered in its history.
He undertook to defend its honor at home
| and abroad, and every pledge that he
made he has kept to the very letter. If
| you approve Of what he has done for our
| finance, if you approve of his placing the
| flag where it never stood before, then
stand by him in the future as you have
| in the past. | speak to you as Ameri-
cans, and ask you to stand with me
| when | tell the guest of the evening that
| New York stands to-day where it did
| four years ago. 1t stands behind Presi-
dent Mckinley, as he works for the hon
orable solution of the problems that con-
front us abroad, so that our flag will
be the symbol of honesty wherever it
| floats.
| Following the dinner the President
held an informal reception for about
| fifteen minutes and then retired.
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Training Master Tom.
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