The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-24
DUTIES OF AMERICANS
President In Speech at Rich
mond Praises the South For
Its Progress.
OUR MISSION IN THE WORLD

One Of Peace, but Not the Peace of Graz
vens-We Must Do Justice to Others
and Exact 1t For Ourselves--says It
Is Idle to Try to Prevent conbina-
tions of Capital and Labor.
President Roosevelt left Washington
on Wednesday for a tour of the south
Atlantic states. His first stop was at
Richmond, Va, where he delivered a
speech in part as follows:
Our mission in the world should be one
of peace. but not the peace of cravens,
the peace granted oontomptuously to those
who purchase 1t by surrendering the
right. No Our voice must be effective
for peace because 1t is raised for right
eousness first and for peace only as the
handmaiden Of righteousness.
We must be scrupulous in respecting
the rights of the weak and no less care
full to make 1t evident that we do not act
through fear Of the strong. We must be
scrupulous in doing justice to others and
scrupulous In exacting justice for our
selves.
In particular we must remember that
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we have necessarily undertaken to police
the seas at either end of it, and this
means that we have peculiar interest In
the preservation of order in the coasts
and islands of the Caribbean.
firmly believe that by little wise and
generous aid we can help even the most
backward Of the peoples In these coasts
and islands forward along the path 'of
orderly liberty SO thar they can stand
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help the result viii be bad both for them
and for us and will in the end in all prob
ability cause us to face humiliation or
bloodshed.
The problems that face us abroad are
important, but the problems that face us
at home are even more important. The
extraordinary growth Of industrialism
during the last half century brings every
civilized people face to face with the
gravest social and economic questions.
This is an age of combination among
capitalists and combination among wage
workers. It is idle to try to prevent such
combinations. Our efforts should be to see
that they work for the good and not for
the harm Of the body polite.
New devices of law are necessary from
time to time in order to meet the changed
and changing conditions.
But, after all, we Will do we'll to remen-
Der that. although the problems to be
solved change from generation to- genera
ton, the spirit in which their solution
must be attempted remains forever the
same 1t is in peace as 1t is In war. Tao
tics change and weapons change.
This government was formed with as
its basic idea the principle of treating
each man on his worth as man, of pay
ing no heed to whether he was rich or
poor no, heed to his creed or his, social
standing, but only to the way in which he
performed his duty to himself, to his
neighbor. to the state. From this princi-
pie we cannot afford to vary by so much
as hands breadth.
Many republics have risen In the past,
and some OF them flourished long, but
sooner or latter they fell, and the cause
most potent In bringing about their fall
was in almost all cases the fact that they
grew to be governments In the interest of
a class instead of governments in the in
terest of ALL
On Thursday he visited Roswell, Ga,
and went to see the old homestead
where his mother spent her girlhood.
At Atlanta the president was given
great ovation, and he spoke to a
crowd of 10000 His address was
chiefly devoted to the subject Of the
trusts. with strong plea for honesty
IN politics ana business.
AT Raleigh. N. c., the regulation of
railroad rates by the United States
government was urged in a reinarxa-
Bile speech in the presence Of thousands
Of Representatives Of the new south,
Mr. Roosevelt in his speech also urged
the preservation of forests. which, he
declared, were vital to the welfare Of
the country. He said these forests
especially in the mountain heights,
should be put under national control
and declared their perpetuation should
be one of the first objects Of all public
men.
The president spent quiet Sunday
at st. Augustine. Fla. and then pro-
ceeded to Mobile Ala, where he re-
ceIved brilliant reception He said
he favored the Panama route, as he
wanted to see canal built, and point.
ed out the advantages 1t would bring
to the people of the south,