The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-28
PROUD OF HIS STATE.
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people. We shall endeavOr TO cultivate
and maintain with all powers feeling of
good neighborhOod We have raised aloft
the flame of liberty upon the Western con-
tinent and we trust that seeing our ex-
ample. others may learn to extend the
bounds Of human freedom and TO enlarge
the zone of republican institutions.
PROUD OF COUNTRY.
I'VE are proud of our country. not cnly
because it is great. but because above all
else it is just. Justice must keep pace
with our increasing material strength and
expanding power if we. would attain the
highest possible development Without
justice no state is great; ii is but q hol-
low mockery
I'VE must never lose sight of the rights of
the lowliest individual. They must be safe
guarded and sacredly preserved. For the
individual is, in the final analysis the unit
or our strength and our power. 1t is a
wholesome truism that in the symmetrical
oeveiopment OF state, the weakest indi-
Vldual must stand upon a plane of entire
equality with the strongest in the eye of the
law
THE manifestations of industrial growth
need not create any sense OF alarm. We
should not mistake evolution for revolu-
tlOn, because we cannot fully comprehend
the forces operating i'm the industrial world
we should not strike out blindly against
Doth good and bad. with like impartiality
should study and become familiar with the
important laws of cause and effect and
Wherever abuse exists, is liable to ex-
=, ISL provnae a rational remedy and enforce
IL, resolutely and effectively, to the end
tnat legitimate trade and wholesome COM
merce may be preserved and developed.
we recognize the influence of labor and
capltal on our commercial, social and ma
tionai development, and deprecate all mis-
chievous efforts to incite antagonism be-
tween them. We indulge the hope-yes,
h0l of hot ~,
or time We shall gain larger wisdom and
That these vital forces in our civilization,
instead OF being driven apart, viii be
brought nearer and nearer together, and
! that each will come to recognize I'm full
measure the fact that each has rights and
mat the best and highest development of
both must come through the generous and
just cooperation of each. We should study
how to bring them into harmonious fellow
snip, rather than to drive them asunder
into contendfng and warning camps
eve should ever bear in mind the fact
that political party, to be successful,
must meet well the needs of the hour, and
that no parry which does not justify the
public confidence, can expect to retain
power. We must not only advocate but
practice economy In public administration.
we must adhere with infiexible determine
tlon TO those monetary and economic pol
| icies whose virtues have the sanction of
| the best experience. No suggestion of
temporary party advantage should swerve
us from the maintenance of those princi-
| pies which are the essential foundation
| or successful administration and good gov
| eminent. Good government is not the enid
OF cnance. II is not the fruit Of unreason-
| ing ignorance. 1t Is the sure result of the
operation OF fixed rational policies.
OUR INSTITUTIONS.
Our institutions are not being under
mined by subtle and destructive forces, nor
are they weaker than when they left the
| hands Of their immortal authors They are
stronger to-day than they were yesterday.
| We are not in the midst of an evolution
from which we will emerge with our func-
tions impaired and our national character
altered. We have passed through many
periods which were dark and apparently
full OF evil portent, but there famed out
of the darkness one star-the star of hope
| God Almighty set IL there. There IL re-
mains. and all the prophets of evil cannot
| pluck 1t away.
Our duty toward new peoples. which
| providence has imposed upon us, will serve
| 10 stimulate, not to deaden our sense of
liberty. we shall help Others and In doing
SO we shall not become denationalized, but
| we shall establish more firmly the founda-
| tons OF our Institutions in the hearts OF
the people. good deed done blesses the
| doer. He who uplifts the unfortunate is
| not thereby degraded.
There is destiny that makes us brothers
None goes his way alone:
And all we send into the lives of others
1--WE should neither forget our civic obli.
| cations nor fail to faithfully discharse
| them. Although we may not be clothed
with the responsibility of official position
State. We should uphold the hands ' ot
those charged with official authority when.
ever they we'll and faithfully perform their
pubic functions We should have a con.
science for our civic duties and should not
| neglect them and thereby lose the abundant
and precious fruit which has been gathered
upon the battleields of the Republic.
| I'VE want good public servants and goof
| laws. We want good administration anC
good government. We can secure them in
but one way. and that is by an intelligent
and faithful discharge OF our civic obliga
| tons.
PRACTICE HOMELY VIRTUES.
I'VE should be proud to voice and prac
tice those homeiy virtues Of our fathers
who laid so well the foundations of the Ma
ton and the State. Time has justified
them. What We have and what we are W.
owe to them. Let recur often to tn,
teachings of George Washington, Abraham
Lincoln and William Mckinley The,
wrought arduous and mighty deeds in tn,
sublime cause of humanity They had al
unfaltering faith in the destiny of the Re
public and in the triumph Of the funda
mental principles of justice among men
courage and with sublime faith. In tn,
midst of the storm they were the personifi
cation of the patience and majesty and Jus
tice OF the Republic.
"Fellow-citiZens, compared with the eide
States we have made tremendous progress
in industry. commerce, education, litera
ture, art and science. We stand yet at TIL
morning of our career. The hour of higl
noon has not struck. No finite mind car
set the boundaries of our development
during the years which stretch before u
with such splendid promise. The future il
mighty: full OF opportunity and full o
hope. Weighty and important domestic
and foreign problems will press for solu
ton. They will tax to the utmost our vigi
lance and our highest and best endeavor
but we shall bring to their consideration
an optimistic philosophy. We shall NEE
them with stout hearts and solve then
honoraby and well. and leave to our chill
dren and 10 their children, forever, a coun
| try strengthened in all the elements which
constitute the real power and grandeur of
mighty Republic.
MY friends. l covet nothing beyond you
| appreciation. There is no honor which lie
beyond that. Again. thank you"
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