Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-05

"ii SiNc W me generous sup
port IN my duties to Preserve. protect
anu oetend the constitution of the
.hiteu States and to care that the
laws be faithfully executed" The ma
'iotlal purpose is indicated through a
national election. 1t is the constitu-
tlolal method of ascertaining the pub
iit VIII. When once it is registered it
Is law to us all and faithful obsery-
ahce should follow it's DEGREES.
Strong hearts and helpful hands are
needed. and fortunately, we have them
IN every part of our beloved country.
we are reunited. Sectionaiism has
disappeared. Division on public cues
ions can no longer be traced by the
war maps of 1861. These old differ
ences less and less disturb the III ly-
'nent. Existing problems demand the
! thought and quicken the conscience of
the country and the responsibility of
lhelr presence as well as for their
righteous settlement rests upon US all.
no more upon me than upon. you. There
are some national questions in the So
iutlon of which patriotism should ok
clnde craftsmanship. Magnifying their
dlfncultieS will not take them off our
hands nor facilitate their adjustment
DlStfust OF the capacity, integrity and
ElEh purpose of the American people
VIII not he an inspiring theme for fu-
ture political contests. Dark pictures
and gloomy forebodings are worse han
| useless.
These only be-Cloud: they do not help
TO point the way of safety and honor
Hope maketh not ashamed The
prophets of evil We're not the builders
OF the republic. nor in its crises have
they saved it. The faith of the fathers
was mighty force in it's creation and
the faith of their descendants has
wrought its progress and furnished its
defenders. They are obstructionists
| VINO despair and who would destroy
confidence in the ability of our people
| 10 solve wisely and for civilization the
mighty problems resting upon them
| The American people, entrenchel in
freedom at home, take their love cor il
| 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
VIII not deteriorate by extension and
our sense of justice will not abate un-
| der tropic suns in distant seas As
heretofore. so hereafter will the nation
demonstrate its fitness to administer
any new estate which events devolve
| upon it and in the fear of God will
take occasion by the hand and make
bounds Of freedom wilder yet
If there are those among us who
would make our way more difficult we
must not he disheartened but the more
!
! upon which we have rightly entered
| The path of progress is seldom smooth.
New things are often found hard to
| do. We find them so. They are incon-
venient 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?
We will be consoled, too, with the
fact that opposition has confronted
every onward movement Of the republic
from its 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 cen
fury ago. We are following the course
they blazed. They triumphed. Will
! their successors falter and plead or
! ganic impotencY in the nation? Sure
| ly after 1875 years of achievement for
mankind we will not now surrender
our equality with other powers on
matters fundamental and essential to
| nationality: 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
to ourselves a subordinate rank in the
family of nations.
My fellow citizens, the public events
of the past four years have gone into
| history. They are too near to justify
recital. Some of them were unfore-
seen many of them momentouS and
Ifar-reaching in their consequences to
ourselves and our relations with the
rest of the world. The part which the
United States bore so honorably 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 pol
icy will be that of moderation and fair
ness.
We face at this moment a most i'm
portant 9uestion-that of the future
relations of the United States and
Cuba. With our near neighbors we
must remain close friends. The decla-
ration of the purposes of this govern
ment in the resolution of April 20, 1898,
F, must be made good. Ever since the
evacuation Of the island by the army
! of Spain, the Executive, with all prac-
ticabe speed. has been assisting its
people in the successive steps neceS-
sary to the establishment of free ana
independent government. prepared to
assume and perform the obligations OF
| international law, which now rest up
on the United States under the treaty
| of Paris The convention elected by
| the people to frame constitution is
| approaching the completion OF It's
! labors The transfer of American con-
troll to the new government is of such
grave importance, involving an obllga-
| tion resulting from our Intervention
and the treaty of peace, that am glad
| TO be advised by the recent act of Con-
| gress of the policy which the legisla-
tive branch of the government deems
| essential to the best interests OF CUBA
| and the United States. The principles
which led to our Intervention require
that the fundamental law upon when