The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-01

meet ti,e aetdaI sexistlng needs; hs r !, BY
HsYtnF RSSSn ,hs sy1]eatD q J soms
sIss as|lke oW
Over fa ut The Rajor part tMe ter
t s SSwsyed ung s s paeur spfee The
build ap state after State, each With *
ai Sey tne ali fa tiers fSeoiIhs purely ta
Original thirteen States. ach owing. the
psss,s isGty e tns Yn0 or e al
thirteen States also 4 o. and finally
each having tho Same proporti onntl right
TO Is share n shaping and reoting the {
81 tic original tbirteetitio not
Z. This process now seems to us part OF
WROTE unkno at peo Ts
D. But this way of8loekinE. at the matt
Purely ana II s afs
ths Gsion On lootns y eomplsto eaual:
XIII he oa RuroRHa naea
5mother-country treated tho colotlst not
as 70 self governing equal. but as "a
b WAS WHOLLY NEW. 4
A The process which We began has since
been followed BY NIL the great peoples
who were capable both Of .expansior .a I,
OF tsclf-government. and now the world
rule !; but q century and g quarter ago
IT was not merely exceptional; It was Us
unknown 5 III. u, ]. d, IN 4, .LsSi
nfeance n 81 the g aos Il oonnests
chase was the most striking &, q, single.
lief even among tho feats OF a nation OF
from the beginning been, picked out BY
the most enterprIsing Individuals OF the
lsition OF the territory is a credit to the
nsea ere aad q
3mediately d ue Y and above all to the ag-
'gressivo and inasterful character Of the
hardy pioneer folk to whose restless t.. en- =;
iergy& these sta tesmer gave exiO cssOn and
direction. whom they followed rather
n this great region ,acqulred for our
son.. this region stretching from the, Gulf
TO the Canadian border, from the Missis.
sippi to the Rockies. the material and 20 so
for veal and 4 for WOO It's 81 people y now
share the 3opportunities and bear the bur-
dens common to the entire ciyilized World.
The problems be fore us are fundamental
slppi, In the new States and In the Old
and exactly the same qualities are re-
squred for their successful solution.
GREAT EVENT. If .gt5
We meet here to-day to commemorate
"a great event, an event which marks
an era in statesmanship no less than IN
ID p Y our Homage 4 In words; but We must
In honor make our words good by deeds.
We have every right to take a. just pride
in the great deeds Of our forefnthers:i
their descendants II we make what they
did an excuse for our lying supine in-l
stead OF an, Incentive to the effort to,
ey eets wert sStS
State and nation In the nagementa Of
our home tllfeFand the conduct OF our
business and social rela lions, we are
qualities OF character unde penalty Of
seeing the whole heart OF our clvilza-5
ton eaten out while the body still lives
5 We Justly pride ourselves on our MAJ
sperity must exist in order to establish
IA foundation upon which a . higher life
Gan be built we 90 n fa;et
fIa es H tsef tor But Very
little. 81 Now, in 1903, in the TERED con-
iditions. we must meet the changed and
changing problems with the spirit shown
Sthe men who.ln 1903 and In the sub
ed and settled this vast territory. then a
desert now filled with thriving and pop
iulous States.
The old days were great because the
men who lived In them had mighty quail
ties: and we mrft make the new, days
great by showing these same qualities.
9lutlon upon hardIhood, tenacity. and fer
tillty In ource; we must insist upon
the strong yirile virtues; and we must ms
sist no less upon the yirtues>of self-re-
Of. Int f. a
rights Others: we must show our abs
ihorrence OF cruelty. brutality, and cor
5ruption. in public and In private life
qualities we X shall measurably fall and
sif..as I believe we surely shall we de-
5yelop these qualities in the future to an
then then il 4 the ncentury now beginning we
shall make of this republic the freest and
most orderly. the most Just and most
f nfhsy from M the the Womb Womb Of time
4 Following the Presidents address the
chorus rendered Unfold Ye Portals
MR.. CLEYELAND's ADDRESS.
* Senator Carter introduced ex-P President
Grover Cleveland. W 81 III ts
Mr.. Cleveland said in Ills scholarly adj
dress 7i5s 6 &
Thomas Jefferson never furnished bets
ter evidence of his greatness than when
Just before the submission Of the treaty
tss sfoatg 70 G Sffsred
IS this question: II confess that Iithink
1t important in the present case to set
an example against broad construction,
iby appealing for new power to the peo-
pie t, however. our friends, shall think
differently. certainly. shall ac:quiesce
with satisfaction, confidlng that the good
sense Of our country will correct the evil
OF construction when 1t shall produce III
Tvs are glad at this hour that Jeffer-f
son was wrong In his adverse conlstruc-
ton Of the CONSTITUTION; and glad that he
was liberal minded enough to see that
he might be wrong And yet may we not
profitably pause here. long enough to
contrast in our thoughts the careful and
reverent manner In which the restrictions.
Of our fundamental laws were scrutinlzcd
a hundred years ago, with the tendency
often seen In later times to flippantly att
tempt the adjustment OF our Cons titutlon,
to- the purposes Of interest and conyen-
fence? q *, ~ ti All. s55 \.
ted to suggest that our thoughts and
surroundings on this occasion should lead
us to humble recognition Of the Provi-
denco OF God In all &that has made lis
a great nation From = our eginn!ng@
az. a people our course has been marked
by occurrences and Incidents so strlk-
ing, SO significant, and so constant. that
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