Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-02

throne Is might. Her hope is bright.
Her aim Is right.
The trinity of her triumph has been
power, position, purpose. These have
forged the steel links in her unbroken
chain Of advance. These links have
been tempered In the furnace of ma
tional confidence. Trust-not the un-
righteous accumulation of power by
the few to oppress the many, but trust
in the guiding hand,in the integrity and
wisdom and righteousness Of him who
held the reins of government, but who
now, alas, sleeps the sleep Of the saints
in the quiet grave yard but a few miles
from this very place. His life ana
deeds, however, live after him as an
inspiration to his successor, as an i'm
mortal legacy to the sons and daugh-
ters of the Republic which he sowed
with such signal disinterestedness of
character, with such purity of pur-
pose, with such genuine altruism ana
devotion to duty and honor.
1t was the confidence reposed in this
gifted son of Columbia, endorsed by
the undivided moral support Of her
other children that much of that pow
er which Is now felt in almost every
vein of the working world, has come to
us as determining factor in inter
national affairs.
We are a power. We are mighty
power; world-power. Our power, too,
is flexible and co-extensiye with the
universe. Our influence Is sea-spun-
ming, our greatness bridging the dis
tance between the beating of the tur-
bulent sea on the East, and the surging
of the Pacific rollers on the West; from
chain of silvery streams on the North
across and beyond the confines of ma
tional territory, the power of Columbia,
is felt, dashing against foreign lands
with every turn of the tide, with every
flash of the electric wire, with every
message travelling under water-the
power of the Republic is predicated.
Her power Is not alone commercial.
seen floating from the masts of Amer
lean vessels in every corner and eli
mate of the world, carrying American
Drawn produce and brain product al
though the white wings of liberty may
he seen sailing into every foreign port
of Importance conveying American
genius and greatness importan
IL the industrial power which has stop
ped the barking of the dogs of war ant
instead, the mighty mechanical earth
quakes, the rumblng boilers are hare
at work 1t is the human mind man
ifcsting itself in labratory and work
shop, in the mine and in the mountain
under the water and above the clouds
in the mill and In the market. BY this
power have we earned first place IL
the vanguard of the nations. Ours II
the position of the prophets: to preaci
and practice the ideal OF those VIII,
moulded the noblest proportioned Zig
ure of moral government which tn,
world has known. .a a.
And what of our purpose? We woult
nccentuate In clarion tones entoned up
on the harp of the highest luman sen
timent-the inalienable rights of man
True to our prophetic power and pur
pose and position, we would preach un
to the world the principles of pater
nalism. A fathcrland would we estat
llsh for the many step.children In tn
household of the stricken nations
Ours shall be n home for all peoples
is the inscription we have engrave
ON the arch of the national temple
Enter, ye slave-drven and soul-mar
acled children of Ham and Shem, an
give full freedom to your God give
powers, and receive a fair return fo
service rendered which you shall ei
joy In peace and quetness in tn
. shade of your own vine and true in tn
| bosom of your family.
} For what, then, have we to be thanh
full? For much; for great materi,
power; for vast material resources
, for position, for purpose, for peac
+ and plenty, for health and wealth, fC
r much material mastery.
q But preached the Moses of Deuteroi
4 omy: Man doth not live by brea
{ only, but by everything that procee,
\ eth out of the mouth of the Lord"
I This is trulsm which the Amer
: can people have not yet learned. b
{ the might of my own hand have
gotten this wealth and power and p
h sitlon and purpoSe--is the athelsticl
J. anthem which we have reclted befol