The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-03-05

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them i'm every part of our beloved
country. We are reunited. Section
alism has disappeared. Division on
public questions can no longer be
traced by the war maps Of 1861. Elk
isting problems demand the thought
and quicken the conscience of the
country and the responsibility for
their presence, as well as for
their righteous settlement, rests
upon us all-no more upon mo
than upon you. There are some na-
tional questions In the solution of
which patriotism should exclude par
tisanship. Magnifying their difficul.
ties will not take them Off our hands
nor facilitate their adjustment. Dis
trust of the capacity, integrity aud
high purposes of the American people
will not be an inspiring theme for fu
iire political contests. Dark pictures
and gloomy forebodings are worse
than useless. These only becloud.
they do not help to point the way of
safety and honor. Hope maketh not
ashamed" The prophets Of evil were
not the builders Of the republic, nor
in its crisis since have they saved or
served It. The faith of the fathers
was a mighty force in itss creation
and the faith of their descendants has
wrought its progress and Furnished.
its defenders. They are obstruction.
lists who despair and who would de.
stroy confidence in the ability of our
people to solve wisely and for civil
zation the mighty problems resting
upon them. The American people
entrenched In freedom at home, take
their love for 1t with them whereve.
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 institutions will not de.
teriorate by extension and our sense
of justice will not abate under tropic
suns in distant seas. AS heretofore
SO hereafter, will the nation demon,
strate its fitness to administer any
new estate which events devolve 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, we mus
not be disheartened, but the NOR
earnestly dedicate ourselves to til
task upon which we have rightly eI
tered. The path of progresses seldor
smooth. New things are often. foun
hard to do. Our fathers found then
so. We find them SO. They are in
convenient. They cost us something.
But are we not made better for the
effort and sacrifice, and are not those
We serve lifted up and blessed?
Opposition Ever Present.
owe will be consoled, too, with the
fact that opposition has confronted
every onward movement of the re
public from its opening hour until
now. but without success. The re-
public has marched on and on, and
its every step has exalted freedom
and humanity. We are undergoing
the same ordeal as did our predeces
sors nearly century ago. We are
following the course they blazed
They triumphed. Will their success
sors falter and plead organic impo-
tency in the nation? Surely after
125 years Of achievement for man
kind we will not surrender our equal
ity with other powers on matters fun
damental and essential to nationality.
With no such purpose was the ma
tion created. In no such spirit has
it developed Its full and independent
sovereignty. We adhere to the prin-
ciple of equality among ourselves
and by no act of ours will we assign
to ourselves subordinate rank IN
the family Of nations.
My fellow citizens, the public events
Of the past four years have gone into
history. They are too near to justify
recital. Some Of them were unfOre.
seen; many of them momentous AMI
far-reaching In their consequences to
ourselves and our relations with the
rest of the world. The part which
the United States bore so hOnorably
in the thrilling scenes In China, while
new to American life, has been In har-
mOny with its true spirit and best
traditions, and in dealing with tho
results its policy will be that of mod
Grafton and fairness.
Face Important Question.
We face at this moment most i'm
portant question-that of the future
relations of the United States and
Cuba. With our near neighbors we
must remain close friends. The dee
Iaration of the purposes Of this gov
ernment in the resolution Of April 20
1893, must be made good. Ever sinca
the evacuation of the island by the
army of Spain the executive with all
practicable speed has been assisting
its people In the successive steps nee
essary to the establishment Of free