The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-06-24
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vclt's administration does the opposition
dare even TO propose the rcpealG And
when has the record of any President
won greater approvalr
And 50 the people trust him a. .
statesman. Better than that, they love
him as a man. lie wins admiration ia
vain who wins not affection also. IL
the American home that temple OF
happiness and virtue where dwell the
wives and mothers Of the republic cher
ishing tho beautiful in life and guard
ing the morality Of the nation-in ;ae
American home the name of Theodore
Roosevelt Is not only honeted but he
loved And that is greater triumph
than the victory of bottleships, greater
credit than successful craftsmanship.
greater honor than the presidency Itself
would be without it. Life holds no &c.
ward 50 noble as the confidence and love
Of the american people.
The American people! The misaticst
force for good the ages have evolved.
They began as children OF liberty Thcy
believed in God and His providence They
took truth and justice and tolerance a
their eternal ideals and marched fear.
lessly forward Wildcrnesses stretched
before them--they subdued them. Noun
tains rose-they crossed them. Deserts
obstructed- they passed them. Theii
faith failed them not and continent
was theirs. From ocean to ocean citic'
rose fields bossomed, railroads ran; but
everywhere church and school We're FER
manent proof that the principles Of their
origin were the life OF their maturity.
American methods changed but Amer
Jean character remained the same. They
outlived the stage coach, but not The
Rible They advanced but forgot not
their fathers They delved i'll earth. but
remembered the higher things. They
made highways of the oceans. but dis.
lance and climate altered not their
Amcricanism. They began as children
of liberty. and children of liberty they
remain. They began as servants Of the
Father OF Lights. and His servants they
remain. And 80 into their band, is daily
given more of power and opportunity
that they may work even larger right
cousness in the world and scatter over
ever widening fields the blessed see l.
Of human happiness.
Wonderful beyond prophecy's forecast
their progress; noble beyond the vision
OF desire their future In 1901 Jefferson
said the United tSatcs tthcnl had room
enough for our descendants 10 the thou.
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three generations behold the oceans ON,
boundaries. Washington never dreamed
Of railways. Today electricity aui
steam make Maine aud California house,
hold ne:gbbors This ADVANCE which no
seer could have forctoid. We made be.
cause We are Americans because a free
people with unfettered minds and I'm.
qucs tioning belief joyfulIy faced the mi
verse OF human possibilities. These pos
sibilitics are not exhausted: We have
hardly passed their boundaries. The
American people are not exhausted; VIC
have only tested our strength. God'-
work for us in the world is not finished;
Ills future missions for the American
people will he grander than any He has
given rs. uoblsr than We now can com
pretend And these tasks as they come
We win accept and accomplish as uiI
fathers accomplished theirs. And when
cur ecusraticn shall have passed an.
our children shall catch from orr aging
hands the standard we have borne It
win still be the old nag of Yorktown
ana Appomnttox and Manila Bay; the
music to which they in their turn viii
then move onward will still be the
strains that cheercd the dying Warren
on Bunker Hill and inspired the mcr
who answered Lincoln's call; and the
ideals that will be in them triumphant
as they are in us, will still be the o!d
ideals that have made the American peo.
pie great and honored among the nations
of the earth.
This is the Republican idea of tina
American people; this the thought We
have when we nominate today our can
didate for the nations chief; this the
quality Of Americanism a Republican
standard. bearer must have. And this j.
just the Americanism OF Theodore Rooze.
yclt. Full of the old-time faith in tho
republic and its destiny; charged witt
the energy OF the republics full man
hood; cherishing the ordinances Of the
rcpublic's fathers and having in hiil
heart the fear of God; inspired by the
sure knowledge that the republic
splendid day IS only in is dawn, Theo'
dCre Roosevelt viii lead the American
people in paths Of safety to still greater
welfare for themselves, still broader bet
torment OF The race and to the addee
honor Of the American name. Indiana
seconds abe nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt"