The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-05
MCKINLEY IS INAUGURATED,
He is Sworn Into Office Amid Great Military
and Civic Display.
PRESENT POLICIES TO Be CONTINUED.

slant care to avoid waste and cxtra7a-
gance.
Honesty capacity, and industry are no.
wncre more indispensable than in public
employment. These should be fuEda-
mental requisites to original appoin tment
and the surest guarantees against remoI :
al.
ON THE BRINK OF WAR
Four years ago we stood on the brink
Of war without the people knowing it and
without any preparation or effort at Prep
aration for the impending peril. / Id
all that in honor could be done to avert
the war, but without avail. 1t became
inevitable; and the Congress at its first
regular session, without party division
provided money in anticipation of tn:
crisis and in preparation to meet ii. II
came. The result WAS signally favorable
to American arms and in the highest
degree honorable to the Government It
imposed upon us obligations from which
we can not escape and from which il
would be dishonorable to seek to escape.
We are now at peace with the world, and
it is my fervent prayer that if differences
may be settled by peaceful arbitration
and that hereafter we may be spared the
horrors of war.
Entrusted by the people for secoHi
time with the office of President. | enter
upon its administration approaching the
great responsibilities which attach to this
renewed honor and commission, promIs-
ing unreserved devotion on my part to
their faithful discharge and reverently
invoking for my guidance the directions
and favor of Almighty God. l should
shrink from the duties this day assumed
if ! did not feel that in their l'rfornance
j should have the co operation Ct The wise
and patriotic men of all parties. 1t en-
courages me for The great task Hnich |
now undertake TO telieea that tnose vi .
voluntarily comntitted 10 me- III. trust
imposed upon the Chief Executive of
the Republic will give 10 me generous
support in my duties to preserve. pro-
tect. and defend the Constitution of the
Unitcd States and TO care that the
laws be faithfully executed The nation
al purpose is indicated through national
election. 1t IS the constitutional method
of ascertaining the public will. When
once it is registered it is a law to us
all, and faithful Observance should follow
its DEGREES.
A REUNITED COUNTRY.
Strong hearts and helpful hands arc
needed, and. fortunately we have them
in every part Of our beloved country We
are reunited. Sectionalism has disa3-
peared. Division on public questions CT II
no longer be traced by the war maps CT
1861. These old differences less and less
disturb the judgment Existing problems
demand the thought and quicken the con
science of the country, and the response
bilty for their presence as well as for
their righteous settlement rests upon us
all-no more upon me than upon you.
There are some national questions in the
solution OF which patriotism should ex-
clude craftsmanship. Magnifying their diff
cultes will not take them off our hands
nor facilitate their adjustment. Distrust
CT the capacity, integrity. and high pur
poses Of the American people will not
be an inspiring theme for future political /
contests. Dark pictures and gloomy fore
bodngs are worse than useless. These |
only becioud, they do not help to point |
the way of safety and honor. Hope !
maketh not ashamed. The prophets ct |
evil were not the builders Of the Re-
public, nor in its crisis since have they |
saved or served it. The faith of the |
fathers was mighty force in it's creation, |
and the faith of their descendants has |
wrought its progress and furnished its |
defenders. They are obstructionsts who |
despair and who would destroy confidence |
in the ability of our people to solve wisely |
and for civilization the mighty problems
resting upon them. The American peo- |
pie intrenched in freedom at home take |
their love for it with them wherever |
they go, and they reject as mistaken and |
unworthy the doctrine that we lose our |
own liberties by securing the enduring |
foundations of liberty to others. Our in
situations will not deterorate by extern |
SIGN, and our sense of Justice will not |
abate under tropic suns in distant seas |
AS heretofore, so hereafter will the ma |
ton demonstrate its fitness TO administe.
any new estate which events dcvolve |
upon it, and in the fear of God will take |
occasion by the hand and make the bounds |
of freedom wider yet" Ii there are
those among us who would make our way
more difficult, VIC must not be dishearten-
ed, but the more earnestly dedicate our
selves to the task upon which we hav: |
rightly entered. The path of progress is
seldom smooth. New things are often
found hard to do. Our fathers found |
them SO. We find them So They ar.
inconvenient. They cost us something |
But are we not made better for The effort
and sacrifice. and are not those who serve
lifted IN and blessed?
THE WAY OF PROGRESS.
we VIII DC consoled, too, with the tact
that opposition has confronted every or
ward movement Of the Republic from is
opening hour until now, but without sue,
cess. The Republic has marched on aaG
on and its every step has exalted fr..o-
dom and humanity. We ore ,nder4 oio.;
the same ordeal as did our predecessors
nearly century ago. We r.re rolIowinS
the course they biazcd. Thev trum2 d.
Will their successors fater and plead or
ganic impotency in the nation? SHltir
after one hundred and twen'g- FIVE ycars
OF achievement FOR maniil1 We vii! bot
now surrender our equality with other