The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1901-05-22
PAN.AMERICA'S NEEDS.
Brilliant Dedication Speech BY
Vice President Roosevelt.

BUFFALO, May 20.-Thc following is
the speech Of Vice President Roosevelt
delh cred in the Temple OF Music at the
Pau-Amcrican exposition, during the ded-
ication exercises:
To-day we formally open this great ex-
position by the shores OF the nightly in
land seas Of the north, where all the peo-
pies OF the Western Hemisphere have
joined to show what they have done in
art, science aud industrial invention,
what they have been able to accomplish
with their manifold resources and their
infinitely varied individual and national
qualities Such an exposition, held ut
the opening of this new century, inevita'
bly, suggests two trains OF thought. II
should make us think seriously and sol
emnly OF our several duties to one an
other as citizens Of the different nations
Of this Western Hemisphere; and also OF
our duties each to the nation TO which
he personally belongs.
"'rhe century upon which we have just
entered must inevitably he one Of tre-
mendous triumph or Of tremendous fall
ure for the whole human race; because,
TO an infinitely greater extent than ever
before humanity is knit together In all
its parts. for veal or for woe. All about
us there are innumerable tendencies that
tell for good and innumerable tendencies
that tell for evil 1t is Of course mere
truism to say that our own acts must de-
termine which set OF tendencies shall
overcome the other. In order to act
wisely we must first see clearly. There
Is no place among MS for the mere pes
simist; no man who looks at life with
vision that sees all things black or gray
can do aught healthful in moulding the
destiny OF mighty and vigorous people.
But there is just as little use for the fool
ish optmist who refuses to face the
many and real evils that exist and who
fails to see that the only way to insure
| the triumph Of righteousness In the fu-
ture is to war against all that is base,
weak and unlovely in the present.
There are certain things so obvious
as to seem commonplace, which, never
theless, must be kept constantly before
us il we are to preserve our just sense Of
proportion. This Twentieth Century is big
with the fate Of the nations OF mankind.
because the fate of each is now interwo-
ven with the fate of all to degree never
even approached in any previous stage
OF history No better proof could be
given than by this very exposition.
century ago no such exposition could
have even been thought Of. The larger
nations of the territory represented here
today by so many free nations was not
even mapped, and very much Of 1t was
unknown to the hardest explorer The
influence Of America upon old world ar
fairs was imponderable. World politics
still meant European politics.
Giant Changes Have Been Wrought.
"All that is now changed, not merely
by what has happened here in America,
but by what has happened elsewhere. Ii
is not necessary for us here to consider
the giant changes which have come else
where in the globe; TO treat OF the rise in
the south seas of the great free common
wealths Of Australia and New Zealand;
Of the way which japan has been reju-
yenated and has advanced by leaps and
bounds to a position among the leading
civilized powers; OF the problems Affect
ing the major portion OF mankind, which
call imperiously for solution In parts of
the old world which century ago were
barely known to Europe even by rumor.
Our present concern is not with the old
world. but with ont own Western Hemis-
phere. America. We meet today, repre-
senting the peoples Of this hemisphere,
from the dominion Of Canada in the
north to Chile and the Argentine in the
south; representing peoples who have
travelled far and fast in the past century,
because in them has been practically
shown that il is the spirit Of adventure
which is the maker of commonwealth; /;
peoples who are learning and striving to
put in practice the vital truth that free
dom is the necessary first step, but only
the first step, in successful free govern
ment.
During the last century we have on
b the whole made long strides in the right
direction, but we have very much yet
,, TO learn. We all look forward to the day
when there shall be a nearer approxima-
ton than there has ever yet been to the
: brotherhood of man, and the peace of the
world. More and more we are learning
that TO love ones country above all 9TH
FRS is in no way incompatible with re-
specting and wishing well to all others,
and that, as between man and man, so
, between nation and nation, there should
| ,.-e the great law Of right. These arc
D the goals towards which we strive; and
D let us at least earnestly endeavor to real
lie them here on this continent. From
Hudson's bay to the Straits of Magellan,
we. the men Of the two Americas, have
been cOnquering the wilderness, carving
il into state and province, and seeking
10 build up in state and province govern
ments which shall combine industrial
nrosperity and moral well-being. Let us
oyer most yividly remember the falsity
of the belief that any one Of us is to be
pcrmapently benefited by the hurt OF an
. other. Let us strive to have our public
men treat as automatic the truth thatit !:
- for the interest of every commonwealth
in the Western Hemisphere to see every
other commonwealth grow In riches ant
), in happiness. in material wealth and il
The sober. strong self-respecting manli
ness without which material wealtl
avails so little.
Benefit For One; Benefit For All.
, "Today. on behalf Of the United State
| welcome you here you, our brothers o
the North, and you, our brothers Of tn
South; we wish you well; we wish yo'
all prosperity; and we say to you that w
- earnestly hope for your wellbeing, no
only for your own sake, but also for ou
:. own; for it is a benefit to each Of us I
y have the others do well. The relation
between MS now are those of cordia
friendship. and it is to the Interest Of a
N alike that this friendship should eve
remain unbroken.
"Nor is there the least chance OF II
being broken provided only that all