The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-03-04
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My Fellow Citizens N \
No people on earth have more cause
to be thankful than ours, and this SIS
said sreyerently; in no spirit Of boast
fulness In our own strength but with
gratitude ITO the Oliver OF Good who
has blessed us with the conditions
which have enabled us to achieve SO
large Va measure OF well.belng and Of
happiness. TO Sus as: a people it has
been granted To- lay the foundations
Of our national life In a new CONT.
nent: We are tho heirs OF the ages,
and yet We have had to pay few OF
the penalties which in old countries
are exactedS byithe dead hand Of q by.
gone civilization We have not been
obliged TO fight q for our existence
against any alien race; and yet our
life has called for; the vigorIand effort
without which the manller and Shar-
dIer virtues SwitherS away. u Under
such conditions would our own
fault II we failed \ and the success
I,whichfweS have had IN the past, tho
success which we confidently believe
the future will bring, should cause
In US no feeling Of valn.glory, but
rather a deep and abiding realization
of all which life has offered us; d
full acknowledgement Of the respon:i
siblllty which IS ours; and a fixed de.
termination 70 show,thatsunder5 d free
government mighty people can
thrive best, alike as regards tho
Things of$the bodysand the things Of
1.-THE soul.
Much has been given TO Gus, and
much willrlghtflllly bosexpected from
us. We have duties To others and.
duties to ourselves; and We can shirl'
neither, We haveEbecome d great nd:
tion, forced by the fact OF It's great.
moss into relations with the other m.
tons of5the earth !; and We must be-
have as besecms8a people wlthSsuch;
responsibilities. Toward all other ma
lions, large and small, our attitude,
must be one Of cordial and sincere
friendship. lVo must show not only
in our words but IN our deedsSthati
we are earnestly DESTROYS OF securing,
their goodwill by acting toward
themsin "a spirit Of Just and generous.
|recognl ton OF Sall tho rights. But
\ Justice and generosltYtins nation, as.
4 In an individual, count most when
shown not BY the; weak but byIs the.
4 strong Whichever careful TO refrain
4 from wronglng others, We must be no
less inslstent that We are not wrong:
cd ourselves, We wish peace !; but
wesWlsh StheSpeace of Justice, the
peace or Righteousness We wish IL
because We thinli$it is right and not
because we are afraid. No weak ma
ton that acts manfrlly and Sustly
4 should ever have cause to- fear us,
and no strong power should ever be
able to single us out as Ia ssubjec for
insolent aggression. & II
olrgrelations with the other pow.
crs of the world are Important; but
!. still more important are 5:iour5relatlons
among ourselves. Such growth lii
wealth, in population and in power as
this nation has seen during the cen!
tury and a quarter, Of Its national life
Is Inevitably accompanied byi$a like
growth in the problems which n are
| ever before every nation thatirises Eto
greatness: Power Invariably means
both responsibility and danger! 4 Our
forefatherss faced certain perlls which
I've W! n have outgrown. We now face 9TH.
er perils thesYery existence Of which
Il was impossible that they should
foresee Modern life is both complex
and Intense, and the Tremendous
changes wrought by The e 81;
nary Industrial development Of the
last half b. century are felt il every very
l lsi q So our social and political be:
4 Ing, Never before have Il len h tried
So vas and formidable 4 an eSperl.
mentS i as thu nistering the al.
laiEs o. q cont ineRt ilnder the forms
j pfS demo republic, The conIdi:
tons s (which have for our n az.
yelo!!s matsElal lIbelag which have
dsyelc lps ped to blgR degsiFese oisS
enc I, 49, lie lance and indiyidaaIi
lnlltiaatsiyso. have also brought SthsS #: