Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-07

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for the coming Of the chief executive
President Roosevelt advanced from
the door Of the capitol, arm In arm
with Chief Justice Fuller. Instantly
from all parts of the eight acres Of
humanity, arose a prolonged, tumul-
tuous shout. At a distance 1t might
have been mistaken for a chorus OF
colossal fog horns; close by 1t filled
and deafened the ears. Behind the
president and his white-haired COM
panion came James H. McKenney
clerk of the supreme court, bearing 6
ponderous Bible. When the demonstra-
ton ceased, Chief Justice Fuller, hit
snowy locks falling to his shoulders
in feeble tones pronounced the oath
President Roosevelt's voice was easily
audible at some distance when he re-
peated the formal declaration pre-
scribed in article II of the constitution:
'T do solemnly swear that will faith
fully execute the office Of president oi
the United States, and will to the best
Of my ability. preserve, protect ane
defend the constitution Of the United
States"
A second later he bowed and press
ed his lips upon the open pages OF
Holy Writ. Again erect, he faced the
people, and for an instant perfect 81.
lence held. A signal had been flashed
from the dome Of the capitol to the
navy yard, whence came the boom OF
a ten-inch gun, first Of twenty
fired in honor of the newly inaugural
ed chief executive. The tension was
broken, and a roar Of cheers resound-
ed far and wide across the plaza. Ir
fruitless competition there was heard
by a few the strains Of 'The Stal
Spangled Banner" from Professor Fos-
ter's big chorus. On the outskirts OF
the crowd bands were playing; cannon
in the Virginia forts across the river
and batteries in the city were join
ing the big guns Of the monitor "Puri-
tan" in the salute to the president
For many minutes the jangle Of sounds
continued before the president could
find q chance to begin his Inaugural
address.
Presidents Address. -,
My Fellow Citizens: No people or
earth have more cause to be thankfu
than ours, and this is said reverently
in no spirit Of boastfulness in our owr
strength, but with gratitude to the
Giver Of Good who has blessed VI
with the conditions which have ena-
bled us to achieve so large measure
of well-being and Of happiness. 'Tc
us as a people 1t has been granted tc
Law the foundations Of our nationa-
life in a new continent. We are the
heirs Of the ages, and yet we have hac
to pay few of the penalties which In
old countries are exacted by the deao
hand of bygone civilization. We
have not been obliged to fight for oui
existence against any alien race; and
yet our life has called for the vigol
and effort without which the manliel
and harder virtues wither away. Un.
der such conditions 1t would be oul
own fault If we failed; and the sue
cess which we have had in the past
the success which we confidently be-
lieve the future will bring, should
cause In us no feeling Of vainglory
but rather a deep and abiding realiza-
tion of all which life has offered US;
full acknowledgment Of the RESPONSE
bility which Is ours; and fixed de-
termination to show that under a free
government mighty people can thrive
best, alike as regards the things or the
body and the things Of the soul.
Much has been given to u.s. and
much will rightfully be expected from
us. We have duties to others and du-
ties to ourselves; and we can shirh
neither. We have become a great ma
tion, forced by the fact Of its great
ness into relations with the other ma
tions of the earth, and we must be-
have as beseems a people with such
responsibilities. Toward all other ma
tions large and small, our attitude
must be one Of cordial and sincere
friendship. We must show not only
in our words, but in our deeds, thai
we are earnestly desirous Of securing
their good will by acting toward them
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milton of all their rights. But justice
and generosity in a nation, as in ar
individual, count most when shown
not by the weak, but by the strong
While ever careful to refrain from
wronging others, we must be no less
insistent that we are not wronged our
selves. We wish peace; but we wish
the peace of justice, the peace Of
righteousness. We wish 1t because
we think it is right and not because
we are afraid. No weak nation thai
acts manfully and justly should ever
have cause to fear us, and no. strong
power should ever be able to single
US out as a subject for insolent ag-
gression.
Our relations with the other powers
Of the world are important; but still
more important are our relations
among ourselves. Such growth In
wealth, in population and In power as
this nation has seen during the centu-
ry and a quarter Of its national life is
inevitably accompanied by a 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 which
we have outgrown. We now face 9TH
er perils the very existence Of which
it was impossible that they should
foresee. Modern life is both complex
and intense, and the tremendous
changes wrought by the extraordinary
industrial development Of the last half
century are felt in every fiber of our
social and political being. Never be-
fore have men tried so vast and form
idable an experiment as that Of ad-
ministering the affairs Of a continent
under the forms of Democratic re-
public The conditions which have
told for our marvellous material we'll
being. which have developed to a
very high degree our energy. self-re-
lance, and individual initiative. have
also brought the care and anxiety in
separable from the accumulation of
great wealth in industrial centers.
Upon the success Of our experiment
our own welfare, but as regards the
welfare Of mankind. If we fail, the
cause of free government through
out the world will rock to its founda-
tions; and therefore our responsible
ty Is heavy, to ourselves, to the world
as it Is today, and to the generations
yet unborn. There Is 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 the unbending un-
ninching purpose to solve them Alright.
Yet. after ALL though the problems
are new, though the tasks set before
us differ from the tasks set before our
fathers who founded and preserved
this republic, the spirit in which these
tasks must be undertaken and these