The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-03-08

time with the office OF president. ENTER
upon its administration appreciating 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 direction
and favor of Almighty God should
shrink from the duties this day assumed
II did not feel that In their performance
/ should have the cooperation of the wise
and patriotic men of all parties. II en-
courages me for the great task which I
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 preserve, protect and de-
fend the constitution of the United
States" and TO care that the laws be
faithfully executed" The national pur-
pose is indicated through national cleo
ton. II is the constitutional method of
ascertainlng the public will. When once
It is registered II is a law to us all and
faithful observance should follow its de-
crees.
Strong hearts and helpful hands are
needed and, fortunately, we have them in
every part of our. beloved country. We
are reunited. Sectionalsm has disap-
peared. 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 prob
lens demand the thought and quicken
the conscience of the country and the re-
sponsbility 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
solution of which patriotism should ex-
clude partsanship.
Magnifying their difficulties will not
take them off our hands nor facilitate
their adjustment. Distrust OF the capac-
ftV integrity and high Of 40
American people will not be an inspiring
theme for future 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 mighty
force in its creation and the faith of their
descendants has wrought us progress and
furnished its defenders. They are OBJ
structionists who despair and who would
destroy confidence In the ability OF our
people to solve wisely and for civiliza-
ton the mighty problems resting upon
them. The American people. intrenched
in freedom at home. take their love for
It with them wherever they go and they
reject as mistaken and unworthy the doc
trine that we lose our own liberties by Sc
curing the enduring foundations of lib
erty to others. Our institutions will not
deterioriate by extension and our sense
of justice will not abate under troplc suns
in distant seas. AS heretofore, so here
after will the nation demonstrate its fit-
ness to administer any new estate which
events devolve upon II. and I'm the fear of
God will take occasion by the hand and
make the bounds of freedom wider vet"
II there are those among us who would
make our way more difficult we must not
be disheartened. but the more earnestly
dedicate ourselves to the task which we
have rightly entered The path of prog
ress is seldom smooth. New things are
often found hard to do. Our fathers
found them so. We find them so. They
are inconvenient. They cost us some
thing. But are we not made better for
the effort and sacrifice and are not those
we serve lifted up and blessed?
| We will be consoled. too. with the fact
| that opposition has confronted every on
ward movement of the republic from Its
| opening hour until now but without sue
| cess. The republic has marched an and
on ana It's every step has exalted freedom
| and humanity. We are undergoing the
| same ordeal as did our predecessors near
| ly century ago We are following the
course they blazed. They triumphed.
! VIII their successors fail, falter and
| plead organic impotency in the nation?
| Surely after 1876 years of achievement for
! mankind we Will not now surrender our
| equality with Otner powers on InalleTS
| fundamental and essential to nationality.
With no such purpose was the nation
created. In no such spirit has it devel-
| oped it's 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 near to Justify reel
| tai. 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
| part which the United States bore so
honorably in the thrilling scenes in Chi
ma, while new to American life, has been
In harmony with its true spirit and best
traditions and in dealing with the results
its policy will be that Of moderation and
| fairness.
We face at this moment a most impor-
tant question-that of the future rela-
tons Of the United States and Cuba.
With our near nelghbors we must re-
main close friends. The declaration of
the purposes of this government in the
resolution OF April 90 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 assist
ing its people In the successive steps
necessary to the establishment of free
and Independent government prepared Ia
assume and perform the obligations OF