The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-03-07

SAAl@E IL
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 nave they saved or served it.
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 defenders. There are OBJ
structionists 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 free
dom at home, take their love for it with
them wherever they go, and they reject az
mistaken and unworthy the doctrine that
we lose our own liberties by securing the
enduring foundations of liberty to others.
Our institutions will not deteriorate by eX-
tension, and our sense of justice will not
abate under tropic suns in distant seas.
"As heretofore, so hereafter will the ma
ton demonstrate its fitness to administer
any new estate which events devolve upon
IL, and in the fear of God will take occasion
by the hand and make the bounds of free
dom wider yet If 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 progress is seldom smooth. New
things are often found hard to do. Our
fathers found them so. We find hem so.
They are inconvenient. They cost us
something. But are we not made better
for the effort and sacrifice, and are not
those We serve lifted up and blessed?
I'VE 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 on and
on, and its every step has exalted freedom
and humanity. We are undergoing the
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a century ago. We are following the
course they blazed. They triumphed.
Will their successors falter and plead or
ganic impotency in the nation? Surely
after 125 years of achievement for man
kline we will not now surrender our equal
ity with other powers on matters funda-
mental and essential 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 principle of equality among our.
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 event
Of the past four years have gone into his
tory. They are too near to Justify recital.
Some OF them were unforeseen; many OF
them momentous and far-reaching in their
consequences to ourselves and our rela-
tions with the rest of the world. The part
WnlCn the United states DOTe so nODOTaDly
in the thrilling scenes in China, while new
to American life, has been in harmony
with it's true spirit and best traditions, and
in dealing with the results its policy will
be that of moderation and fairness.
Relations with Cuba.
I'VE face at this moment a most i'm
portant question-that of the future rela-
lions Of the United States M Cuba. With
our near ~neighbors We must remain close
friends. The declaration of the purposes
Of this government in the resolution Of
April 30, 1888, must be made good. Ever
since the evacuation of the island by the
army of Spain the executive with all prac-
ticable speed has been assisting its peo-
pie in the successive steps necessary to
the establishment OF a free and independ-
emit government prepared to assume and
perform the obligations of international
law which now rest upon the United States
under the treaty of Paris. The convention
elected by the people to frame a consti-
tuition Is approaching the completion of its
labors. The transfer of American control
to the new government is Of such great i'm
~portance, involving an obligation resulting
from our Intervention and the treaty OF
peace, that / 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 princi-
pies which led TO our Intervention require
that the fundamental law upon which the
new government rests should be adapted
TO secure a government capable Of per-
forming the duties and discharging the
functions OF a ssparae nation. OF observing
It's International obligations Of protecting
life and property, insuring order, safety
and liberty. and conforming TO the estab-
ushed and historical policy Of the United
states in It's relation TO Cuba
Free Cuba Must BE a Reality.
a'The peace which we are pledged to
leave 10 the Cuban people must carry with
Il the guarantees Of permanence. We be-
came sponsors for the pacihcation Of the
Island. and we remain accountable to The
cubans, no less than to our W country
and people, for the reconstruction OF Cuba
as a free commonwealth on abiding foun-
cations OF right. justice, liberty n as
sured order. Our Acknowledgement OF the
people will not be completed until free
Cuba shall be q reality. not a name; a per-
feet entity. not a hasty experiment bearing
within Itself the dement's Of failure