Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-03-11

! assumed if L did not feel that in their
performance l should have the CO.
operation of the wise and patriotic men
Of all parties. The national purpose
is Indicated through a national election
It is the constitutional method of ascer-
tanning the public will. When once it
Is registered it is a 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
disappeared. Division on public ques~
lions can no longer be traced by the war
maps of 1861. These old differences
| less and less disturb the judgment. EX-
| listing 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
| promising unreSeryed devotion on my
| part to their faithful discharge, and
reverently invoking for my guidance
the direction Of Almighty God. [
should shrink from the duties this day
upon me than you. There are some ma
patriotism should exclude partisanship
Magnifying their difficulties will not
take them off our hands nor facilitate
their adjustment. DiStruSt of the
capacity, integrity and high purpose Of
the American people will not be an in
spring theme for future political con-
tests. Dark pictures and gloomy fore
bodings are worse than useless. These
the way of safety and honor.
"Hope maketh not ashamed The
prophets of evil were not the builders
of the republic, nor in it's crisis have
they saved it. The faith OF the ia
theirs was a mighty force in its creation,
and the faith of their descendants has
wrought its progress and furnished its
defenders.
Must Adhere to Our Principles
The American people, entrenched in
freedom at home, take their love for it
with them wherever they go, and they
reject as mistaken and unworthy the
doctrine that we lose our own liberties
by seeing the enduring foundations of
liberty TO others. Our institutions will
not deteriorate by extension, and our
sense of justice will not abate under
tropical suns in distant seas. AS here
tOfOre, so hereafter will the nation dcn-
onstrate its fitness to administer any
new estate which events devOlve upon
it, and in the fear of God will take Oc-
caSiOn by the hand and make the bounds
Of freedom wider yet
If there are those among US who
would make our way moro difficult, we
must not be diSheartened, but the more
earnestly dedicate ourselves to the task
upon which we have rightly entered.
We will be cOnsOled with the fact that
opposition has confronted every onward
movement of the republic from it's
opening hour until now, but without
success. Surely after 125 years of
achievement for mankind we will not
now surrender our equality with other
powers on matters fundamental andes
sentiaI to nationality. With no such
purpose was the nation created. In no
such spirit has it developed its full and
independent sovereignty. We adhere
to the principal of equality among orr
selves, 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
history. They the too near to Justify
recital. Some of them were unfOre-
seen; many Of them momentUOuS 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 tie
thrilling scenes in China, while new to
in
with it's true spirit and best traditions,
and in dealing with the results its policy
will be that Of moderation and fairness.
ssFree Cuba'' VIII Be Reality
We face at this moment a most i'm
portant QuestiOn-that of the future
relations OF the United States and Cuba.
With our near nefghbors we must re-
main close friends. The declaration
of the purpose of this government, in
the resolution of April 20, 1898, must
be made good. Ever since the evacua-
ton 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 eS-
tablishment of a free and independent
government, prepared to assume and
perform the 0bliga tons of international
law which now rests upon the United
States under the treaty OF Paris. The
convention elected by the people to
frame a constitution is approaching the
completion of it's labOrs.
The transfer of American control to
the new government IS of such great i'm
portance, involving an obligation re-
sulting from our intervention and the
treaty of peace, that I am glad to be
advised by the recent act Of congress of
the policy which the legislative branch
of the government deems essential to
the best interests of Cuba and the
United States. The principles which
led to Our intervention require that the