The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-03-05

powers they may be settled by peace
full arbitration and that hereafter we
may be spared the horrors Of war.
Entrusted by the people for sec
ond time with the office Of president.
/ enter upon its administration sppre-
clating the great responsibilities which
attach to this renewed honor and com
mission, promising unreserved devotion
on my part TO their faithful discharge
and reverently invoking for my guild
ance the direction and favor Of the
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
patrlotlc men OF all parties. II en-
courages me for the great task which ]
now undertake, to believe that those
who voluntarily committed to me the
great trust imposed upon the chief ex-
ecutiye Of the republic will give to me
generous support In my duties to pre-
serve, protect and defend the coEstitu-
ton OF the United States, and to care
that the laws BE- faithfully executed.
The national purpose is indicated
/ through a national election. II is the
constitutional method OF ascertaimng
the public will. When once 1t is reg
lstered II is a law to all OF us and faith
ful 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 dis
appeared Division on public sentiment
| can no longer be traced by the war
maps Of 1861. These old differences less
and less disturb the judgment. Exist
ing problems demand thought and
quicken the conscience as well, for their
righteous settlement rests upon us-not
more upon me than upon you. There
are some national questions in the So
luton Of which patriotism should ex-
clude partisanship,
"Aiagnifying the difficulties will not
take them off our hands nor facilitate
their adjustment. Distrust of the ca
pacity, integrity and high purposes Of
the American people will not be an in
spring theme for future political con-
tests. Dark pictures and gloomy fore
hodings 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 re-
public, nor in its crisis since have they
saved or served it. The faith OF the
fathers was a mighty force in its ere
alton and the faith Of their descendants
has wrought its progress and furnished
its defenders. They are obstructionists
who despair and would destroy con-
fidence in the ability Of our people &c
solve wisely and for civilization the
mighty problems resting upon them.
The American people, intrenched ir
freedom at home, take their love force
with them wherever they go and they
reject as mistaken and unworthy the
doctrine that we lose our own libertie:
by securing the enduring foundation Of
liberty TO others. Our institutions vii
OF detariorate by invasion and Oursenst
of Justice will not abate under tropit
suns in distant seas. As heretofore
so hereafter. will the nation demon
strate its fitness to administer any new
estate which events devolve upon 1t
and in the fear of God will take oc
casion by the hand and make th'
bounds of freedom wider yet If thert
are those among us who would max,
our way more difficult we must not b
disheartened but the more earnestl!
dedicate ourselves TO the task which W,
have rightly entered, The path o
progress is seldom smooth. New thing
are oftea found hard to do, Our faith
ers found them so. We find them Sc
They are inconvenient. They cost u
+ something. But are we not made bette
, for the effort and sacrifices, and ar
not those we served lifted up an,
: blessed?
1--WE will be consoled, too, with tn
fact that opposition has confronted ev
ery onward movement Of the republi
! from its opening hour until now, bu
J. without success. The republic ha
E marched on and on and its every ste
has exalted freedom and humanity
We are undergoing the same ordeal a
, did our predecessors nearly a centur
ego. We are following the course the
blazed. They triumphed. Will thei
successors falter and plead organic i'm
potency in the nation? Surely after Il
/ years of achievement for mankind W
will not surrender our equality wit
other powers in matters fundamenta
} and essential to humanity. With n
such purpose was the nation created
In no such spirit has it developed ii
full and Independent sovereignty. w
adhere to the principle of equalit
among ourselves and by no act Of our
will we assign to ourselves a subord
nate rank in the family Of nations.
My fellow citizens, the public event
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