The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-08

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mission, promising unreserved devo'
ton on my part to their faithful dis.
charge and reverently invoking for my
guidance the direction and favor of Al
mighty God. | should shrink from the
duties this day assumed If ] did not
feel that in their performance | should
| have the cooperation of the wise and
patriotic men of all parties. 1t encour-
| ages me for the great task which l
| now undertake 10 believe that those
who voluntarily committed TO me the
| trust imposed upon the chief eXecu-
tive of the republic will give to me
Generous Support in My Duties
The prophets of evil were not the
constitution Of the United States land
to care that the laws be faithfully ex.
ecuted" The national purpose is indi-
Gated through a national election 1t
is the constitutional method of ascer-
tanning the public will. When once it
is registered it is 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-
tions can no longer be traced by the
war maps of 1861. These old differ
ences less and less disturb the judg-
ment. Existing problems demand the
thought and quicken the conscience of
the country, and the responsibility for
their presence as well as for their
righteous settlement rests upon us all
no more upon me than you. There
are some national questions in the So
luton of which patriotism should eX-
clude craftsmanship. 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 inspiring them 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
slope Maketh Not Ashamed"
The PROPHETS of evil were not the
builders of the republic, nor in its
crisis since have they served or saved
it. The faith of the fathers was a
mighty force in it's creation, and the
faith of their descendants has wrought
its progress and furnished its defend
ers. They are obstructionists who de-
spair and who would destroy conf
dence in the ability of our people to
solve wisely and for civilization the
mighty problems resting upon them.
The American people, intrenched in
freedom at home, take their love for 1t
with them wherever they go, and they
reject as mistaken and unworthy the
doctrine that we lose our own liberties
by securing the foundations of liberty
TO others. Our institutions will not de-
teriorate by extension and our sense
of justice will not abate under tropic
suns in distant seas. AS heretofore,
so hereafter will the nation demon
strate it's 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 more difficult we must not be
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 inconvenient. They
cost us something. But are we not
made better for the effort and sacri-
flee, and are not those we serve lifted
up and blessed?
We will be consoled, too, with the
fact that opposition has confronted
every onward movement of the repub
lie from it's opening hour until now
but without success. The republic has
marched on and on, and it's every step
has exalted freedom and humanity
We are undergoing the same ordeal as
did our predecessors nearly a century
ago. We are following the course they
blazed They triumphed. Will their
successors falter and plead organic i'm
potency in the nation? Surely after
l25 years of achievement for mankind
We Will Not Now Surrender
our equality with other powers on mat
ters fundamental and essential to ma
tionality. With no such purpose was
the nation created. In no such spirit
has it developed it's full and independ
ent sovereignty. We adhere to the
/ principle of equality among ourselves
, and by no act of ours will we assign tc
: ourselves a subordinate rank in the
family of nations.
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: portant question-that of the future
= relations of the United States in Cuba
, With our near neighbors we must re
main close friends. The declaration
of the purposes of this government in
the resolution of April 20, 1898, must
be made good. Ever since the evacu
alton of the island by the army OF
Spain the executive with all practic
able speed has been assisting it's peo
: pie in the successive steps necessary
to the establishment of
Free and independent 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 con
stitution is approaching the compile
. ton of its labors. The transfer Of
American control to the new govern
ment is of such great Importance, in
volving an obligation resulting from
!. our intervention and the treaty o.
D peace, that | am glad to be advised by
the recent act of congress of the pol