The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-06

n The Presidents inaugural address, de-
liyered to the. great mass of people who
| witnessed the inaugural ceremonies, end
| through the press to those who did not
witness them, was necessarily a review
| Of the four years just past, and reiter-
alton of what he has said in his messages
! to Congress, both as TO industrial condi
| tons Of the country, and results of the
, Spanish-Amcrican war. The foime" is
naturally of more interest tc the people
of the United States. What he was
able to say, what it was his privilege to
point to as the achievements ofhis admin
istration, furnish the grandest yindica-
ton Of the principles of which he is the
representative and the party of which
he is the executive. What was promised
in the campaign of 1896, and more, has
been attained. When the President was
inaugurated in 1897, our industries We're
DEPRESSED commerce was languishing and
inc NdiIolliil lTtusuTy IclutiNciS tHipts.
The people We're idle, and poverty and
suffering everywhere painfully apparent.
In four short years that has not only
been changed, but the material inter
ests Of the people have been enhanced,
promoted. to Il degree hitherto unknown.
Not only is business booming in our own
domestic markets, but commerce, which
our Democratic friends contcnded could
not be promoted under the Republican
tariff idea, has grown to wonderful vol
umc, startling the world and exciting
the livelest speculations as to its prob
able conquest Of the markets of the
world. The President had good reason
for calling attention to this, and his
Democratic critics have likewise good
reason for avoiding reference to that part
of his inaugural address.
As to the results of the Spanish war,
the President, assured of the sllstenance
of Congress, of its approval of his course,
and its authority to proceed along lines
clearly indicated by his messages and by
congressional approval, he accepts the
responsibility, and confident both as to
purpose aud the methods of attainment
collrageOusly aliirms what he expects to
do and what he expects to bring about.
He rcnews all his former promises to
give the people Of Cuba and the Philip
freedom that implies sclf-governmcnt,
and Il stability Of government that i'm
plies supervision and protection until |
perfect freedom and sclf-government is |
possible. This, the President, Congress |
and the people of this country, hold to
be the measure of our duty to these
people who have been liberated from
Spanish misrulc.
Because the President accepts this
responsibility and because he declares
that the obligation to these people shall
be met, and the duty performed, and
does not shrink from the acceptance and
use of the power necessary for the per-
Torrance Of his duty, and the Nations
duty under the circumstances, the Demo-
Gratis are pretending to fear a misuse Of
power in the abrdgment Of the rights
of the Cubans and the Filipnos. This
is their criticism.
In this, as in his economic and indus
trial policy, the President is right. His
successes for four years, his conscrva-
tive respect for law, his hesitancy in the
use of power for compuson where it
could be avoided, his frmness and
in its use when unavoidable.
and the successful determination of the
anticipated desirable results of his use Of
the war power Of the nation, assure the
people that he not only Is capable but
that he is worthy of their trust and con.
Iidcnce.
This, we think is the condition pro-
noted by the Presidents inaugural adj
lress, in which both his statement Of
fact and of future policy are verified by
history that is part Of the history Of the
people to whom he spoke.
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