Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-03-09

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Of justice will not abate under tropic
suns I'm distant seas. As heretofore. SO
hereafter will the nation demonstrate its
fitness 10 administer any new estate
which events deyolve upon IL. and in the
fear OF God will take occasion by the
hand and make the bounds of freedom
wider yet. if there are those among us
who would make our way more difficult.
we must not he disheartened. but the
more earnestly dedicate ourselves to the
task upon which we have 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 are i-nconvenient. They
cost us something But are we not mad
better Tor the effort and sacrifice. and are
not those we serve lifted up and hleSsed3
I'VE will be consoied. too, with the fact
that opposition has confronted every on
ward movement OF the republic from its
opening hou untii now, but without sue
cess. The republic has marched on and
on. and its every step has exalted free
dom and humanity. We are undergoing
the same ordeal as did our predecessors
nearly a century ago. We are following
the course they hlazed. They ~triumphed.
VIII their successors falter and plead or
ganic impotency In the nationY Surely,
after 125 years of achievement for man.
kind we viii not now surrender our
equality with other powers on matters
fundamental and essential 70 nationality.
With no such purpose was the nation
created. In no such spirit has 1t devel-
oped Its full and Independent sovereignty.
We adhere to the principle of equality
among ourselves. and by no act of ours
will we assign to ourselves a subordinate
rank in the family of nations.
MY fellow citizens. the public events OF
the past four years have gone into his
tory. They are too noar to Justify recital.
Some OF them were unforeseen; many Of
them momentous and far reaching in
their consequences TO ourselves and our
relations with the rest Of the world. The
mart which the United States bore SO hon
sorably In the thrilling scenes IN China.
while new to American life: has been IN
harmony with its true spirit and best
traditions. and In dealing with the re-
suits IT'S policy VIII be that OF moderation
and fairness.
ant question-that of the future relations
of the United States and Cuba. With our
near ~neighbors we must remain close
friends. The declaration OF the purposes
OF this government In the resolution of
April 20. 1898. must be made good. Ever
since the evacuation of the island by the
army. of Spain the executive. With all
| practicable speed. has been assisting It's
people in the successive steps necessary
TO the establishment of a free and inde-
pendent government prepared to assume
and perform the obligations of interna-
tionai law which now rest upon the Uni
ted States under the treaty of Paris. The
convention elected by the people 70 frame
a constitution Is approaching the com
Pile ion CT its labors. The transfer Of
American control to the new governmea
IS OF such great Importance, involving an
obligation resulting from our interview
ton and the treaty OF peace, that ! am
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government rests shoulu pe auapn
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