Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-05
Governor White, President Mckin.
ley and Vice President
Roosevelt.

Aut uoLOQ w bAC PCOPAC ~ ~
ond time with the office of President, |
enter upon its administration appreci-
ating the great responsibilities which
attach to the renewed honor and COM
mission, promising unreserved devo-
ton on my part to their faithful dis
charge and reverently invoking for
my guidance the direction and favor OF
Almighty God. l should shrink from
the duties this day assumed if did not
feel that in their performance l should
have the cooperation of the wise and
! eatriotic men of all parties. 1t encour-
ages me for the great task that l now
| undertake to believe that those who
voluntarily committed to me the trust
/ imposed upon the chief executive of
the republic will give to me generous
support in my duties to preserve, pro-
tect and defend the constitution of the
United States,' and to care that the
laws be faithfully executed. The ma
| t,onal purpose is indicated through a
national election, and it is the consti-
t~utional method of a~seertaining the
| public will. When once it is registered
il is a law to us all, and faithful OBJ
servance should follow its decree.
Strong hearts and helpful hands are
needed, and, fortunately, we have them
in every part of our beloved country.
We are reunited.
Sec%tionaIism Has Disappeared.
Division on public questions a 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 conscience of the country
and the responsibility for their pres
ence as we'll as for their righteous SET
tlement rests upon is all-no more
upon me than upon you. There are
some national questions in the solu-
tion of which patriotism should ex-
clude partisanshiD. Magmfying their
difficulties will not take them off our
hands nor facilitate their adjustment.
Distrust of the capacity, Integrity, and
high purposes Of the American people
will not be an inspiring theme for fu-
ture political contests. Dark pictures
and gloomy forebodings are worse than
useless. These only becloud, they do
v[O+ l1I,> 10 pnirt tho trroN of cofntU
and honor. Hope maketh not asham-
cd" The prophets OF evil were not
the builders of the republic, nor in its
crises since have they saved or served
it.
The faith of the trainers was a
mighty force in its creation, and the
faith of descendants has wrought its
progress and furnished its defenders.
1lhey are obstructlonists who despair
and who would destroI confidence in
the abaility OF our people TO solve wise
ly and for civilization the mighty
American people, i~ntrenched in free
dom at home, take their love for it
with them wherever tfey go, and they
reject as mistaken and unworthy the
doctrine that we lose our Cwn liberties
by securing the enduring foundations
of liberty to others. Our institutions
will not d~eteriollate by extension, and
our sense of justice will not abate
under tropic suns in distant seas. AS
heretofore, so hereafter, will the a
tion demonstrate its fitness to admin
lister any new estate which events de-
volve upon it, and in the fear of God
will take occasion by the hand and
make the bounds of freedom wider
yet" If there are those among us who
would make our way more difficult,
Must Not be Disheartened,
but the more earnestly dedicate, our
selves 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. They are inconven-
lent. 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 repub-
lie from its opening hour until now,
but without success. The republic has
marched on and on and its 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
impotency in the nation? Surely after
one hundred and twenty-five 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
DurnoSa u-ns tho nation crcofad In