The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-03-08

tach TO this renewed honor aud
commission, promising unreserv-
ed devotion on my part To their
faithful discharge and rev erently
invoking for my guidance the di
reciion and favor of Almighty
God. | should shrink from the
duties this day assumed if | did
not feel that i'll their pc. torrance
| should have the cooperation
of the wise aud patriotic men of
all parties. 1t encourages me for
the great task which | now uu.
deTtake TO believe that those
who voluntarily committed 10 me
the trust imposed upon the Chief
Executive of the republic will
give to me generous support in
my duties to preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution of
the United States. aud to care
that the laws be faithfully exc
Cuied.' The national purpose
is indicated through a national
election. 1t is the constitutional
method OF a>certainiug the public
will. W hen once it is register
ed it is a law to us all. and faith
full observance should follow its
DEGREES.
Strong hearts and helpful
hands are needed, and fortunate
~. We have them in every section
of our beloved country. We are
reunited. Sectionali>m has dis.
appeared. Division on public
questions can no longer he traced
by the war maps Of 1851. These
old differences less and less dis.
turb the Judgment Existing
problems demand the thought
and quicken the conscience of
the country, and the RESPONSE.
blllty of their presence as we'll as
for their righteous settlement
rests upon us all-no more upon
me than upon You.
DlSCOURAGES FUTURE OPPO-
NENTS.
There are some national ques.
tions in the solution of which pa
triotism should exclude partisan
ship. MagnifSing their Difficult
ties will not take them Oft our
hands nor facilitate their adjust
ment. Distrust Of the capacity.
integrity, and high purposes of
the American people will not be
an inspiring theme for future 20.
litical contests. Dark pictures
aud gloomy iorebodings are worse
than useless. These only be
cloud, 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
III its crisis since have they saved
or served. The faith of the
fathers was a mighty force in its
/ creation. and the faith OF their
/ descendants has wrought its
progress and furnished its de-
tenders. They are obstruction.
lists who despair aud who would
destroy confidence in the ability
OF our people to solve wisely and
i for civilization the mighty prob.
lens resting upon them.
/ The American people, in
/ trenched in freedom at home. take
their love for it with them where
ever they go, and they reject as
mistaken and unworthy the doc
trine that we lose our own liber-
ties by securing the enduring
foundations Of liberty to others.
Our institutions will not deteri.
crate by extension aud our sense
of justice will not abate under
tropic suns i'll 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 oc.
casion by the hand and make the
bounds of freedom wider YETI
If there are those among US who
would make our way more diff
cult, we must not be dishearten-
ed, but the more earnestly dedi-
cate ourselves to the task upon
which we have rightly entered.
WORTH ALL THE SACRIFICE.
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 inconveuient. They
cost us something. But are we
not made better for the effort and
sacrifice, and are not those
that we serve lifted up and
blessed!
1--WE will be consoled, too,
with the faith that opposition
has confronted every onward
movement of the republic from
its opening hour until now, but
without success. The republic
has marched on and on, and its
every stem has pXaltpd Freedom