The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-03-09

Prssidsnt Roosevelt on Conditions that
Confront the United States.


Confront the United States.
Following IL the text Of President
Rooseyelt's Inauguration address:
MY fellow citizens: No people on
earth have more cause 20 be thankful
than ours. and this Ia said reverently. In
no spirit Of boastfulness In our own
Of good who has blessed us with the con.
ditions which have enabled us 10 achieve
40 large a measure Of wellbeing aud Of
happiness To us ~ q people IL has
been granted to lay the foundations Of
our national life In a new continent. We
are the heirs Of the ages, and yet We
have had TO pay few Of the penalties
which IN old countries are exacted by
the dead hand Of a bygone civilization.
I'VE have not been obliged to fight for
our existence against any alien race. and
yet our life has called for the vigor and
effort without which the manlier and
harder virtues wlther away. Under
such conditions Il would be our own
fault II we failed: and the success which
we have had in the past. the success
which we confidently believe the future
'rill bring. should cause In Us no feeling
~ vainglory, but rather a deep and abld
ing realization IL all which life has of.
fered US: n full acknowledgment Of ~
sponsibility which Is ours. and a fixed
determination 20 show that under a free
government a mighty people can thrive
best. alike as regards the things 81
the body and the things Of the soul.
Duties To Others and Ourselves.
"Much has been given 10 Us and much
will rightfully be expected from us. We
have duties 10 others aud duties TO our
selves; and we can shirk neither. We
have become n great nation, forced by
the fact Of Its greatness into relations
with the other nations Of the earth,
and we must behave as becomes a people
with such responsibilities. Toward al
other nations. large and small, our nj
titude must be one Of cordial and sln
cere friendship. We must show not only
In our words but In our deeds that W,
are earnestly DESTROYS Of securing their
good win by acting toward them In spirit
OF just and generous recognition OF all thsh
rights.
But justice aud generosity In a nation,
n In an Individual. count most when
shown not By the weak but By the strong
While ever careful 10 refrain from wrong
Ing others, we must be no less inslstent
that we are not wronged ourselves We
wish peace: but We wish the peace OF jus
,lee. the peace OF Righteousness. We wish
II because we think Il IL right aud not be
cause we are afraid. No weak nation that
acts mAafully and Justly should ever have
cause TO fear us, and no strong power
should ever be able to single us out rs .
subject for lnsolent aggression.
Internal Relations Important.
"our relations with the other powers OF
the world are important. but still more im'
portant are our relations among ourselves.
Such growth In wealth. In population and
In power rs this nation has seen durin.
the century and a quarter OF Its national
life IL Inevitably accompanied by a like
growth In the problems which are ever be
I fss. sTSsy s9n msan.
and danger. We now face other perlls the
very existence OF which u was impossible
that they should forrsee. Modern life !,
both complex aud Intense aud the trench
dous changes wrought by the extraordinary
Industrial development Of the last half cen.
fury are felt Ia every nber of our social
aud political eeing Never before have men
ment rs that Of administering the affair
OF a continent under the forms OF demo
cratic rrpublic.
Care and Anxiety Wealth Brings.
The conditions which have told for oct
marvellous material welibeing. which have
developed 70 n very high degree our energy,
self.reiiance and individual Initiative, haV,
also brought the care aud anxiety inScp
arabic from the accumulation OF great
wealth In Industrial centers. Upon the sue
cess Of our experiment. much depends: not
only AZ regards our own welfare. but as re
CARDS the welfare OF mankind.
''if we fail the cause OF free self gov
eminent throughout the world will rock &c
tie foundations, aud therefore our responsi
blllty II heavy. to ourselves, TO the WORLD
a. Il Is today aud 10 the generations JET
unborn. There Is no good reason why we
should fear the future. but there IL ever
reason why we should face Il seriously,
neither hiding from ourselves the gravity
OF the problems before Us nor fearing 70
approach these problems With the unbend.
Alright.
Must Face New Tasks In Old Spirit.
Yet, after oil. though the problems are
new. though the tasks set before Us differ
from the tasks set before our fathers who
founded aud preserved this republic. the
spirit In which these tasks must be under
taken Hnd these problems faced, n our duty
Is 10 be well done. remains essentially un.
changed. We know that self government
Is difficult. We know that no people needs
such high traits Of character as that people
which seeks 10 govern its Affairs arigh,
through the freely expressed viii OF the
free men TO the memories % the men OF the
mighty past. They did their work. they
left Us the splendid heritage we now rli.
Joy. We. In our turn, have nm assured
confidence that We shall be able TO leave
this heritage unwAatcd and enlarged To ouI
children aud our childrcn's children.
TO do SO We must show, not merely In
great crises. but In the everyday Affairs Of
life, the qualities OF practical Intelligence
81 courage. OF hardihood aud endurance
and above all. the power OF devotion 10 q
lofty Ideal. which made great the men who
founded this republic IN the days of Wash.
ington. which made great the men who pre-.
served this republic In the days % Abraham
Lincoln"
- H. @:Sle