The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05
SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1905: 1905.
gThe Presidents Doctrine

TIE Presidents Doctrine.
f53 II Ills brief but pol1 ted inaus NY.
$50 1,,csident r. roosevelt spoke 9 ou tl
K ~ ourselves aud to our nels llpola
IA IL summed 1t all up wien she su.u
bat ,"while We must ever DC c cay
,.,r "a 4, from wronging others VIC ' nesS
=, "A las inslstent that We are not out.
solves ,yrongcd.'' THAT Is the he SUN a
n a ana lance Of national duty. we i''Ye
Z, rIp ht to wrong others; we l NY -
n :, 1T to wrong ourselves;s@o i1tlSe =
a ,,rbt - submit 10 wrongs. While 10 snow
G, nr Justice to others We must 'li ue' -,
Il ll,,stlce for ourselves. we cah ca no. ~
otherwlse and yet maintain our own $! se'l-
respect. We must neither 'nii ~ ~ ~.
nor permit injury to be inflicted upon ll -
Il selves. s.5l FIJI n. III 8 {,
$.!S ,Ir r Roosevelt did well also to en- pll''-
s,,c that this nation is an eSe'npllttiir
+he high art OF self-govcrnment ana "a 3'i,.'e
trere is a responsibility upon On vi I: us Is az
II, 1, ia 4 tho world that Dem ocla'i'u
:. GO 81 &qovernment IS the best form 9! OF
government and that popular RUE 1l l 4 ty
10 successful If 'we fail, salo 4 ~ l-'
az cause VI Of free 81 self -governnlHent
t,,.o,, pho,t the world will Srot " TO 3si's
foundations, and therefore our res POI. pons.-
,,i,,ty Is heavy, TO ourselves, to the 1yorld 10
3 = n is to-day, and to the genera ll Nl
g, Il ,,nborn.,' Thus far our ftePuuItsNlle
mas been In the main successlIuuAl ~ any ~. =
would be a disgrace to US as q ' =.
Il Ma should suffer it to fall B 'u icy 70
4 remember that self government Is a MAJ "a
5ss Is ~ of Individual concern ne s.'ea"'
cannot rise higher than It's source t' 49, ~
,,avernment cannot be better th IA tli ~
as az neoplc as a whole cannot DC
,,.t,.r sthan The individuals in the col
lection. scf-governments implies ina CIV y
ual sef-control National charac tef y - :
not ing more than the sum UP ana en-
,,,,ression Of individual character. we
AZ individuals cannot control ou ll:'
&, f we do not deal justly with one aiao WY
. q hetwecn man and man. If We 3ca aalh
s59 control our personal affairs. II we mus !
,,.ve ..I,ittle Father in Washington
.sss to be our guardian and 70 keep us ir '''
q tearing one another to pieces, we are
INCAPABLE as nation Of self-governneH'
ana we must have a Car 10 rule over US
# There can be no compromise no l''uule
ground between monarchy and democracy
We must be the y United States Of a.. America
~ The form ana character youchsafed- Z
us by the forefathers. or we must DC
Russia. II. Is for the people 'hcmse l'
to decide.
One word, greater than all, In con
clusion. Thomas Jefferson, in his inauEu
raj address delivered one hundred year
ago closed in these striking words
a5 III shall need, too. tho favor OF that he
ing in whose hands We are, VINO le'
our fathers as Israel OF old, from thel
native land and planted them in coun
try flowing with all the necessities ~
comforts of life; who has covered on
infancy with His providence and our ripe
years with His wisdom and power. an
An whose SOod,les s j ask You to JOINT
s,ipplications With mo that lie Will $
lj cnlighten the minds of yourS servants
guide their councils and prosper thei
55E5s measures that whatsoever they DO sha
result in Your good, and shall secure
sou the peace, friendship and approbatio
~ OF all nations"
% Theodore Roosevelt, in his inaugural &C
dress. delivered yesterday, put the sam
thought nrst: mo people OH earth,
said he have more cause to be thanh
ful than ourselves and this is said reve
entity. in no spirit OF boastfulness in o,
Sl own strength but with gratitude TO II
Giyer of Good, who has blessed us wi,
conditions which have enabled US
& achieve SO large Il measure Of Well beir
&i and of happiness,
This nation has prospered because
t has been a God-fearing nation, Decay
&s ii has maze the Bible the basis of
n code of morals and Of government, b
cause 1t has recognized God as the S
# prense ruler and because i has de-
with itself and with the nations of
earth according 10 tho divine princil
OF justice, Blessed is that nation who
God IS the Lord.