The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
THE DEDICATION ADDRESS.
~PrestSsnts Oratisn Deals With the
AnaArieAn Expansion Idea,

PreetSsnt's Grafton Deals With thl
American Expansion Idea.
Hon- Thomas ID. Carter, former sen.
ator Montana and president Of ths
natdonai commission. was presented az
presiding ofaesr OF the day. He theu
introduced PFeGdAat Roosevelt, opatoz
of tbs ~ooeastOo. to deliver the dsdica-
upa addrsss. Ths president was re-
cNvsA WITH . wondsrfNleovati by the
great AAne1nb8Ase. When the applause
had oabsk6sd h began speaking. He
said:
Nj. Pnaadsat, Ladies' and Genelen1sn:
A. the outset Ut nay address let me recall
that The esti UPON which We stand. before
don Il spain md Francs. h som
made . dsathisss record 0f heroism In the
early annals Of the new world. No history
S Seod ns to $3.50 K part s ssssry b ssa soldiers IA witn ms.s
s!eoartea. sxplerees and traders, who dtd
their wort far the honor of France and
G G naa' ss sas . q nnx arsRn Dutch M :
stu oiinsAaS to tSs ssstsrn esaboard, the
pioneer. q Spain End France had pene-
trsxsd dssD ins. tas weet, and wanAsrsd
New Orisans, Santa Re, New Nexico-
witness: ~ their titles the natioraltttss
os,e ehTs se IN, r. l. Tss not pnt!l u.
tiers pushsd across the Ailesheniss. md
not until q century ago thai they entered
in to posssss the land upon which We now
We have INST hare today to oomnaetn-
crate the hundrsdth anniversary Of tha
event which Determines that we should b
a great nation Instead Of small
ot ooxrss It was not with the Louisiana
purchase that our expansion began. IN
miao a1.a rss.on Va ~ . rsssa' 81 9orse II sra tn.
a. . sequel to the expedition of Claire
~ his rtaemen. Later the treaties Of
Lss .od Pinssasy extended our real
WIS 70 striking As to NIX the popular i'm
aGsnAdon: The old thirteen colonies had
Alwayu claimed westward to the Missts-
stpra. Bat thsrs could be no Illusion about
tho ac4usdtlon sof the vast territory be-
yond TIE Mississippi to tho Pacific. This
was aAmtttsdly the territory OF a Euro
e~sr laid claim - 1t. When We acquired
It We made sytdsnt h a we had embarked
on expAnAaod.. that We had taken our
with tho hope OF winning high position.
Work Of Two Generations.
This expansion was by far the sfsss-
work OF our people during the years
bctweea the adoption of the constitution
and the civil war. There were other ques-
OF thcaa generations was the deed Of the
InSo Who pushed the frontier ever west
ward across the continent.
kind Of national expansion. The greatest
landmark in 1t was the Louisiana pur-
ehase; ovr triumph in this expansion
peculiar kind OF FEDERAL government; ana
this s1ccsss has bean 30 complete that we
now Sometimes fail to appreciate the Diff
noaity OF the problem with which Pal ma
When OFF ~1orsssthers called into being
this nation, they undertook a task for
which there wal little encouraging pre-
from the earliest period seemed to show
nd slvsys proved difficult to secure both
aad. ssosad. it hed aiways proved Wei.
nigh impossible for q nation to expand
without either breaking up or becoming q
ttonal union. I haye not ny to deal. This
soccess was all-importa--. but not un-
prscsdsntsd a. our sspansion was spn.
Greece Illustrates well the two types Of
sKpAnston which had taken place in an
Giant time. and which had been univer-
The Grsclan states performed remarkable
feats OF colonization, but each colony be-
came independent. Local self-government
wa secured by the sacrifice Of national
was unable to Withstand a formidable
foreign foe. save spasmodicaliy. AS soon
a. powerful; permanent ns empires arose on
tioual power and greatness were sacrificed
to local liberty.
The Power Of Rome.
with Rome the opposite occurred. Tho
Imperial city rose to absolute dominion
over Italy and expanded over the civilized
world BY q process which kept the melton
strong, but gave no room for local liberty.
AL other cities and countries We're sub
teot to Rome. In consequence tkAs RAGS
OF warriors, rulers. road builders and al
nainistrator1 stamped their Impress Noon
all tho after life OF our race, and yet let
an decentralization eat out the yitaIs
&C thslr empire until it became an EMMY
shsll; 10 that when the baIioarians came
they destroyed only what had already be-
ooMS worthless 70 the world.
The vicietlsasss Of each type Of expan-
slon wa plain and the remedy seems sim-
PIE enough. Nut when the fathers Of the
popIbln Formulated the constitution thts
remedy vas untx1sd. They bagan this *
parimsaat BY adding new states. EkoSt-
laat 4S0p@e tn thS sAst viewed this oIpea-
O with DPeAt alarm. xAct2y az dur
lag the COLONIAL psx4ed many rood people
shs.lA b kept out OF the Ohio valley In
thu iatsr1s4 e the fur companies, 20 aftor
v. hAA bsseas \ nation naany people on
tko ~ q Apprehension lest thoy
HNaeAt - hart by The westward growth.
YhaeA sod Dsopls shock their heads over
the Sf states In tbs Ohio val
~. NOW the hsATt OF our ~natien; apd
had kssn accomplished when tho LouiStana
pHrcaess acquired nearly half tho re-
nab&c's tsrrttoFy. Nor was their feeling
unnatural. Only the Adventurous and far
sosG1G oAn - eIpeetsd heartily to W0loanas
aK1efiAcn< fer thu nation that expands
Ia sntsEing upon a great career. and with
greatness there must come perils which
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