Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-07


ard eNtravagance. Honesty, capacity
and Industry are nowhere more mdiS-
penSable than in public employment.
These should be fundamental reQuiS-
ties TO original appointment and the
guarantees against removal.
-Four years ago We stood on the
brink Cf war without the people know
ing it and without any preparation or
effort ~ preparation for the impsnd,
ing peril. | did all that in honor could
be done 10 avert the war, but without
avail. 1t became inevitable; and the
congress at its first regular session,
without party division, provided mon
ely in anticipation of the crisis and in
preparation to meet it. 1t came. The
result YVES signally favorable to Amer
lean arms and in the highest degree
honorable 10 the government. 1t inn
posed upon us obligations from which
we cannot escape. and from which it
would he diShonorable to seek to eS-
cape. We are now ut peace with the
world, and it is my fervent prayer that
If differences arise between us and
other powers they may be spared the
horrors ut war.
Entrusted by the people for a second
time with the office of president l en-.
ter upon its administration appreciate
ing the great responsibilities which at
tach to this renewed honor and COM
mission, promising unreserVed devotion
on my part to their faithful discharge,
and rcvCrCntly invoking for my guild
ance the direction and favor of AL
mighty God | should shrink from
the duties this day assumed If | did
not feel that in their performance |
should have the cooperation OF the
wise and patriotic men of all parties.
1t encourages me for the great task
which | now undertake to believe that
those who voluntarily committed to
me the trust imposed upon the chief
executive of the republic will give TO
me generous support in my duties to
"preservc, protect. and defend the con.
stitution of the United States" and to
care that the laws he faithfully ex-
ecuted." The national purpose Is indi"
Gated through n national election. 1t
is the constitutional method of aScer-
tanning the public viii. When once 1t
is registered It is law to US all, and
faithful observance should follow its
DEGREES.
Strong hearts and helpful hands are
needed, and fortunately we have them
in every part of our beloved country.
We are reunited. SectionaliSm has dis
appeared. Division on public questions
can no longer be traced by the war
maps of 1861. These old differences
less and less disturb the Judgment
Existing problems demand the thought
and quicken the conscience of the coun-
try. and the responsibility for their
presence as we'll as for their righteous
settlement rests upon us all-no more
upon me than upon you. There are
some national questions In the Solu-
ton of which patriotism should ex-
clude partiSanship. Magnifying their
difficulties will not take them Off our
hands nor facilitate their adjustment
Distrust of the capacity, integrity
and high purposes of the American
people will not be an inspiring theme
for future political contests, Dark
pictures and gloomy fOrebOdingS are
worse than useless. These only hecloud,
they do not help to point, the way OF
safety ana honor. "HOpe maketh not
ashamed" The prophets of evil were
not tho builders of the republics, nor
in its crisis since have they saved or
served it. The faith of the fathers
was n mighty force in its creation,
and the faith of their descendants has
wrought its progress and furnished It's
defenders They are obstructionists
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 people, intrenched in
freedom nj home, take their love FOR
II with them wherever they go, and
they reject ms mistaken and unworthy
the doctrine That we lost our own lib
critics by securing the enduring founda-
tions of liberty to others. Our insti'
buttons will not deteriorate by extern
sion. and our sense of Justice will not
abate under tropic suns In distant
seas. As heretofore so hereafter will
the nation demonstrate 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
vet" If there are those among us
who would make our way more diff
cult we must not be disheartened, but
the more earnestly dedicate ouselves
ia the task which we have rightly en-
tered. The path Of progress is sell
dom smooth New things are often
found hard to do. Our fathers found
them so. We find them so. They are
inconvenient. They cost us something.
But are we not made better for the eff
fort and sacrifice, ard are not those
we serve lifted mp and blessed?
We will be consoled. too, with the
fact that opposition has confronted
every onward movement Of the repub-
lie from its opening hour until now
but without success. The republic
has marched on and on, and its every
step has exalted freedom and human
ity. We are undergoing the same or
deal as did our predecessors nearly a
century ago. We are following the
course they blaZed. They triumphed
Will their successors falter and plead
organic imnotency in the nation? Sure
" after 125 years OF achievement for
mankind we will not now surrender
our equality with other powers on
matters fundamental and essential to
nationality. With no such purpose
was the nation created. In no such
spirit has it developed its full and in