The daily tribune., 1905-03-04

esly IN ear uords bet In oar 6ssds
that vs ars sarpessly dssiress Of -
esrisg their rood will By arsipg TO-
ward them In . spirit Ct 5sss asd
esssroas rscognitloe of all their
rishss- But 3ssties and ge.ssrosisy
In . nation. - IN ~ irdividssl.
coans noss Whes shown not By the
vsak bst By the ssrosa. While
ever carsfsl to refrain from wrong.
ing ethsrs. ve nsss b no les In
sistent that We are not wrongsd our
selves We wish peacs; bot We wish
the psaoe Of justice. tho pcaoe Of
riahtsossssss. We wish IL because
We tnink II 10 right and not because
vs are afraid. No weak nation that
scts manfsily and Justly should ever
have cssss to fear NJ and no strong
power should ever be able to single
o, out - . subject for insoient AZ
gressor.
''Our relations with the other
powers Of the world are important;
bus still more important are our reIa-
tione among ourselves. Such growth
In wealth. in population and in power
- this nation bas seen during the
can't ury and . quarter Of its national
life 10 inevitably accompanied by .
like growth in the problems which
are ever before every nation that rises
to greatness. Power invariably
means both responsibility and danger.
Our forefathers faced certain perils.
tho very existence Of which it was
impossible that they should foresee.
Modern life 10 both complex and in.
tense. and the tremendous changes
wrought by the extraordinary indus
trial development Of the last hal:
century are felt in every fiber of our
social and political being. Never be-
fore have men tried 30 vast and
formidable IN experiment ~ that Of
I'D nistering the Affairs Of . conti-
nent under the forms Of . democratic
republic. The conditions which have
told for our marvellous material we'll
being which have developed to .
very figh degree our energy. self
reliance and individual initiative
have also brought the care and
/ anxiety ipseparable from the aoou.
mutation of great wealth in indus
trial centers. Upon the success Of
o>r experiment mIch depends; not
as regards our own welfare. but as re.
CARDS the welfare Of mankind. II We
fail. the cause Of free self-Rovernment
throughout the world will rock to its
foundations; and therefore our respon-
sibility Ia heavy, to ourselves. to .he
world. rs it Is today and to the gen.
erations yet unborn. There 10 NO
good reason why we should fear the
future. but there is every reason why
we should face It seriously. neither
hiding from ourselves. the gravity Of
the problems before us nor fearing to
approach these problems with IN
bending. unfiinching purpose to solve
them right. Yet after all. though
the problems are new. though the
tasks set before our fathers who
founded and preserved this republic,
the spirit in which theee tasks must
be undertaken and these problems
faced IL our duty Is to be we'll done
remains essentially unchanged. We
know that self government IS diff
cult. We know that no people need
suoh high traits Of character "a that
people which seeks to govern its AFFAIR."
Alright through the freely expressed
will Of the freemen who compose 1t.
But we have faith that We shall not
prove false to the memories of the
men of the mighty past. They did
their work, they left rs the splendid
heritage We now enjoy. We in oul
turn have an assured confidence thai
we shall he able to leave this heritage
unwasted and enlarged to our chill
dren and our children's children