Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18

have accomplished in the forty years of
peace which followed. For forty years
the south has made not merely cour-
ageous, but at times a desperate strug
gle, as she has striven for moral and
material well-being. Her success has
been extraordinary, and all citizens OF
our common country should feel JOY and
pride in it; for any great deed done, or
any fine qualities shown, by one group
of Americans, of necessity reflects cred
ii upon all Americans. Only "A heroic
people could have battled successfully
against the conditions with which the
people of the south found themselves
face to face at the end of the civil war.
There had been utter destruction and
disaster, and wholly new business and
social problems had to be faced with the
scantiest means. The economic and po-
litical fabric had to be readjusted in the
midst of dire want, of grinding poverty.
The Task Confronted.
The future of the broken, war-swept
south seemed beyond hope, and If her
sons and daughters had been of weaker
fiber there would in very truth have
been no hope. But the men and the
sons of the men who had faced with un-
faltering front every alienation of good
and evil fortune from Manassas to APP
pomattox, and the women, their wives
and mothers whose courage and endur-
ance had reached an even higher heroic
level-these men and these women set
themselves undauntedly to the great
task before thems For twenty years the
struggle was hard and at times doubt
full. Then the splendid qualities of your
manhood and womanhood told, as they
were bound to tell, and the wealth of
your extraordinary natural resources be-
gan to be shown. Now the teeming rich
es of mine and field and factory attest
the prosperity of those who are all the
stronger because of the trials and strug-
giles through which this prosperity has
come. You stand Loyalty TO your tradi-
"A ria al gta
ally for our great common country Of to-
day and for. our common flag, which
symbolizes all that is brightest and most
hopeful for the future of mankind; you
face the new age in the spirit of the age.
Alike in your material and in your spir-
itual and intellectual development you
stand abreast of the foremost in the
worlds progress.
Problems of the Future.
And now, my fellow citizens, my fell
low Americans, exactly as all Of us,
whether we live in the east or the west,
in the north or the south, have the right
merely as Americans to feel pride in ev-
cry great deed done by any American in
the past, and exactly as we are knit to-
gether by this common heritage of mem-
ories, so we are knit together by the
bond of our common duties i'm the fut-
ure. Many and great problems are be-
fore us, If we treat the mighty memo
ries of the past merely as excuses for
standing aside from the rough work of
the world, then these memories will
prove curse instead Of blessing. But
if We treat them as / believe We shall
treat them, not as excuses Tor inactton,
but as incentives TO make us show that
We are worthy of our fathers ana of our
fathers fathers, then in truth the deeds
of the past viii not have been wasted,
for they shall bring forth fruit a hund-
dred fold in the present generation. We
Of this nation, we the citizens of this
mighty and wonderful republic stretch
ing across a continent between the two
privileges, and as our opportunity Is
great, therefore our responsibility is
great. We have duties to perform both
abroad and at home, and We cannot
shirk either set of duties and fully re-
tain our self respect
Foreign Affairs TO Meet.
In foreign affairs We must make up
our minds that whether We wish IL or
not, We are a great people and must
play a great part in the world. II Is not
open TO us TO choose whether We Will
play that great part or not. We have 10
play it: all we can decide Is whether we
shall play II well or IN. And l have too
much confidence in my countrymen to
doubt what the decision VIII be. our
mission in the world should be one OF
peace. but not the peace OF cravens, the
peace granted COutemptuOusly 20 those
who purchase Il by surrenderlng the
right. NO. our voice must bt tLAttllNN
for peace because il is raised for right
eousness first and for peace only as a
handmaiden of righteousness. We must
be scrupulous I'm respecting the rights OF
,the weak and no less careful 10 make II
evident that we do not act through fear
Of the strong. We must be scrupulous In
doing justice TO others and scrupulous
i'm eXacting justice for ourselves. We
must beware equally of that sinister ana
cynical teaching which would persuade
us TO disregard ethical standards In In
ternational relations, and Of the no less
hurtful folly which would stop the whole
work OF civilization by . we'll meant but
silly persistency in trying TO apply 10
peoples untitled for them those theories
Of government and Of national action
which are only suited for the most ad-
vanCed races. In particular We must
remember that I'm undertaking TO build
the Panama canal We have necessarily
undertaken to police the seas az either
end Of II. 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
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