Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-03-11
PRESIDENT RO0SEVELT'S
INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Ny Fellow Citizens-No people on
earth have more cause % be thankful
than ours, aud this 10 said rcverently,
aud In no spifh OF hoastiulneas Ia our
own strength. bur with gratitude 20
the Oiv0r of Good who has blessed
us with the conditions wAich have
enabled us 20 achieve so large a meas
ure OF we'll being and of happiness. To
az as a people 1t hRs been granted 10
hay the foundations OF our national
nie 10 a new continent We are the
heirs OF the agcd, and yet we had 90
pay few of the penalties which IN old
countries are exacted by the dead hand
81 a bygone civilization. We have not
been obliged 20 fght for our existence
against any alien race aud yet our
life has called for the vigOr and ehort
without which the manller and harder
virtues wlther away. Under such CON
ditiOns Il would be our own fault n
we failed. aud the success which
we have had Ia tho past, the success
which we confidently believe the fu'
ture will bring, should cause In no
wise a feeling OF vain glory, nut
rather a deop and abiding realization
Of all which life has offered as, full
acknowledgment " responsibility
which Is ours. and a fixed determln'
alton % show that under a free gov
eminent n mighty people can thrive
best ALIKE a. regards as the things
of the body aud the thinga uf tho SOU.
Much has been given 20 Us, and
much will rightfully be expected from
ua. We have duties n others, and
duties 10 ourselves. and we can ahirk
neither We have hecOmo a great ma.
tiOn, forced BY the fact OF It's great
ness into relations with the other ma.
tons of the earth, and we must be
have az heacems a people with such
responsibilities. Toward all other ma.
tons, large aud small. our attitude
must be one of cordial and sincere
friendship We must show not only
IN our worda hut Ia our deeds that
We are earnestly deElrous % securing
their good will hy acting toward them
In spirit of Just and generous reoog-
milton OF an their rights. But justice
and generosity IN a nation, as ia an
Individual. count most when shown
not BY the weak bat by the strong.
While ever careful 90 refrain from
wrOnginR others We must be- no less
in1istent that we are not wr0nged our
selves. We wish peace; but we wish
the peace Of Justice, the peace OF right
oouaness. We wish Il because we
think Il il right and not because we
are afraid No weak nation that acts
maufuliy and justly should ever have
cause 10 fear US, and no strong power
should ever be able 10 single Ms out es
q subject for insolent aggression.
Our rotations with the other paw.
ers Of the world are important but
slill more important are our relations
among ourselves. Such growth IN
wealth. IN population. and In power a.
fhis nation has seen during the cen
fury and a quarter OF rs national llfe
ls Inevitably accomplished hy like
growth ln the problems which are
ever before every nation that rises 10
greatness. Power Invariably means
both responsibility and danger. our
fOrciathers faced certain perlls which
we have Outgp0wn. Wa now face other
perllN the very existence of which "
was Impossible that they should fore
see. Modern life % both complex ami
intense, ana the tremendous changes
wrought BY tbs extraordinary indus.
trial development OF the laFt half
century are felt In every fibre of our
social and political being Never be-
fore have men frled sO vast and for
midahle an experiment a. that 0f ad
mlnlsicrlns the Affairs OF a continent
under tho forms 81 q democratic re
pnDlic. The conditions which have
told Tor our marvellous material we'll
being. which have developed a. a very
hiFh degree our enarey, SELF reliance
and Individual initiative, have also