River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-03-07

without party division, provided money in
anticipation of the crisis and in prepara-
ton to meet it. 1t came. The result was
signally favorable to American arms and
in the highest degree honorable to the gov
eminent 1t imposed upon us obligations
from which we cannot escape, and from
which it would be dishonora BILE to seek to
| escape. We are now at peace With tHe
world and 1t is my fervent prayer that If
differences arise between US and other
powers they may be settled by peaceful ar
bitration. and that hereafter we may be
spared the horrors of war.
VIII BE True to His Trust
Entrusted by the people for a second
time with the Office of president, 1 enter
upon its administration appreciating the
great responsibilities which attach TO this
renewed honor and commission, promising
unreserved devotion on my part TO their
| faithful discharge. and reverently invok
ing for my guidance the direction and the
favor of Almighty God. l should shrink
from the duties this day assumed If die
not feel that in their performance / should
have the cooperation of the wise and patri-
otto men of all parties 1t encourages me
for the great task which ] now undertake
to believe that those who voluntarily COM
mitted to 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 consti-
tuition of the United States, and to care
that the laws be faithfully executed. The
national purpose is indicated through
national election. 1t is the constitutional
method of ascertaining the public will,
When once it is registered it is a law TO
us all, and faithful observance should fol-
low 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 disap-
peared. Division on public questions can
no longer be traced by the war maps of
| 1861. These old differences less and less
disturb the judgment Existing problems
demand the thought and quicken the con-
science of the country, and the RESPONSE
| bility for their presence as well as for their
| righteous settlement rests upon us all-no
more upon me than upon you.
Patriotism Excludes Partisanship.
There are some national questions in
! the solution of which patriotism should
/ exclude craftsmanship. Magnifying their
! difficulties will not take them off our hands
/ nor facilitate their adjustment. Distrust
of the capacity. integrity and high pur-
| poses of the American people will not be
| an inspiring theme for future political con-
tests. Dark pictures and gloomy forebod
inGs are worse than useless. These only
4, cloud. they do not help to point the
/ way of safety and honor. Hope maketh
u
| not the builders of the republic, nor in its
crisis since have they saved or served It.
The American people, intrenched in free
/ dom at home, take their love for it with
them wherever they go. and they reject as
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.
Relations with Cuba.
1--WE face at this moment a most i'm
lions Of the United States and Cuba. With
! our near neighbors we must remain close
/ friends The declaration Of the purposes
I OF this government in the resolution Of
April 70. 1898, must be made good Ever
since the evacuation OF the island by the
1 army of Spain the executive with III prac-
ticabe speed has been assisting its peo-
pie in the successive steps necessary to
7 the establishment OF free and ndepend
ent government prepared to assume and
| perform the obligations Of International
/ law which now rest upon the United States
under the treaty of Paris
Free Cuba Must BE n Reality
leave to the Cuban people must carry with
{ 1t the guarantees Of permanence. We be
came sponsors for the paci6cation Of the
island. and We remain accountable to the
Cubans. no less than to our own country
and people, for the reconstruction Of Cuba
as a free commonwealth on abiding foun-
datious Of right. justice. liberty and as
sursd order. our enfraHchisement Of the