Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-06
PRESIDENT IN
HIS OWN RIGHT.
Roosevelt Acclaimed Chief Of the
Nation at Washington His
inaugural Address.

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United States by the voice of the PEG
PIE. lie has passed, self reliant and
aggressive. into the category of chief
magistrates who have been elected by
the popular vote,
Standing bareheaded in Il nipping
! northwest wind on the east portico OF
the capitol, facing Il great concourse
of admirers from all over the Union,
Mr.. Roosevelt typified the active and
impulsive figure that his admirers
worship and his enemies decry.
Mr.. Roosevelt sworc, with uplifted
hand. 10 uphold the constitution anu
| obey the laws of the United States
Then in an address us remarkable LOT
its brevity as for its scope he dedicat-
ed the next four years Of his life 10 the
solution of those great economic prop
lens which have been thrust mo Tue
very foreground of American polltlcs
and the Importance of when nc has
emphasized. lie said:
NV Fellow CITIZENSHIP people on
earth have more cause to be thankful
thun ours. and this is said reverently'
in no spirit OF boastfulncss in our own
strength but with gratitude to the
Giyrr of Good. who has blessed us with
fhc conditions which have enabled us
io achieve 50 large u measure of well
| being and Of happiness. To us as a PEG
| ME it has been granted to lay the Il
| .laiions 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
| arc cxacted by the dead hand Of by.
! gone civilization. We have not beer
obliged to fight for our existence
against any alien race, and yet u life
has called for the vigor and effort
without which the manlier and harder
virtues wither away. Under such con
ditions it would be our own fault if we
failed, and the success which we have
had in the past, the success which we
confidently believe the future will
bring, should cause in us no feeling of
vainglory, but rather a deep and abid-
ing realization of all which life has
offered us-a full acknowledgment of
the responsibility which is ours and Il
| fixed determination to show that under
| Il free government a mighty people can
thrive best, alike as regards the things
of the body and the things of the soul
"Much has been given to US, and
! much will rightfully be expected from
us. We have duties TO Others and
duties to ourselves. and we can shilk
neither. We have become Il great ma
ton. forced by the fact of its great
| ness into relations with the other ma
| lions of the earth, and we must behave
rs bcseems a people with such respon-
SibilitipS. Toward all other nations.
large and small, our attitude must be
We must show not only in our words
hUl il. our deeds that we are earnestly
dcsirouS of securing their good will by
acting toward them in Il spirit of just
and generous recognition of all their
rights. But justice and generosity in
Il nation, us in an individual, count
most when shown not by the weak,
hut by the strong. While ever careful
to refrain from wronging others, we
must he no less in%Si-tent that we are
not Wrongcd ourselves. We wish
peace, but we wish the peace of jus
tee. the peace of righteousness. We
wish ii because we think it is right
and not because we are afraid. No
weak nation that acts rightly and just
~ should ever have cause to fear us,
ana no strong power should ever be.
able TO single us " as Il subject for
l~nsolent aggression.
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 century
and a quarter Of its national life is in
evitably accompanied by Il like growth
in the. problems which are ever before
every nation that rises to greatness.
Power invariably means both respon-
sibility and danger. Our forcfathors
faced certain perils which we have
outgrown. We now face other perils.
the very existence Of which 1t was inn
possible that they should r~orcsee. Mod
ern life is both complex and intense.
and the tremendous changes wrought
by the extraordinary industrial dcvcl-
opment Of the half century are felt in
every fiber of orr social and political
being, Never before have men tried
50 vast and formidable an experiment
as that OF administering the affairs
of Il continent under the forms Of q
democratic republic. The conditions
which have told for our marvellous ma
terial well being, which have devel-
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