The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-08-17

AffNAAt
TO thc laetnpry Of Haga 6rotias-in
Restreace sad 0ratitude--f From the Ontied
siss II Ametics. nu the occssiaa OF The
lultrnAtl0p.. Peace Conferences Of the
Hssse, sluly 4sh. lssa
We recall The ~ofds Of err own Wasl
lnston uttered Ia his Il 81 Inaugural. MY
hfsl wi.h 10 10 see Shis plSxse u rasnsiud
hsui,iad frea the earth ana Ihe sons apd
daughters oi tbs world employed 10 more
pleasing and lnutcsnt AMUSEMENT nan 10
preparing implements Of war and using
hem fpf lbs destfae iou ei msnaind,
Aud We can pace bg the eide Of this
stat. meni--that terderly pathetic utter
sgce of our n 'st martyr President 10 his
arst ,bsusarsl message, when be p'esd
With the South not to purge the Nation
into bloody war Said he Intelligence, !,
pstrioiism. Christianity AND hrm reliance
on II m who has never forsaken this fair
lsnd are still compettnt to seiasi in the
best way all our present difficulties. The
Government will not asssil you. You can
have no conflict without yourselves being
the sgsressors. You have 80 oath regis
| tered In Heaven 10 destroy this govern
| ment while have most solemn one TO
preserve. protect and defend I'll sm
| loath TO close We must not be enc.
mics I" And, then, can we ever forget
those memorable words 10 his second inau-
gurs!-afuer those long weary, bloody
years 'Fondly do we hope, ferven,ly do
we pray that the n sful se0urge OF war may
speed pass away BY the side OF the
uttersnces OF our first President we may
place those Of him who occupies that ex-
slted position, a. found 10 his recent insu
pural: Toward all nations large and
| small our attitude must be oLe OF cofdisl
aud sincere friendship. We must show not
only ln our words, but In our deeds that
| we are earnestly desirous OF securing their
| good will by acting toword them In aspirit
OF lust and generous recognition oi all their
rights
| These Off :isl uttersnces OF our chief mag
lstrates may well prepare the way for the
special line OF thought wish TO follow
this morning, namely; The claim our own
| Nation may have upon the Bestitude prom
ised In our text Blessed arc he pence max
~ tor hey shaH BE- caiicd >oas of God
do not speak as II politician, but speak
AZ a Christian msu. Nor do speak in a
spirit OF exultation, but rather In ore OF
humble hope and VI expectant confidence.
And cay that our Nation today, as no
other Nation on tht face OF the earth is able
to do. stands as the Great International
Peace Maker, and to this truly exalted pos
i.ion he hes risen by the favor OF Almigh'
ty @ ID ,,within the lsst ten years by herself
passing through that stormy stress,
through blood aud fire and water.
! In the interests OF q common humanity
| President Mckinley then declared, we
drew the sword aud /. WAS not In vain
| One result thei eof, and the only one we
have time to mention is this: That 1t
gave us commanding place among the
Nations OF the Esrth-such rs we never
held before, and which, since sinful human
nature /, constituted as Il Is, we could hold
| in no other way,
| Twenty years ago when ! WAS In EDg
land and on the Continent was surprised
to see what meagre place the thought OF
the United States had 10 the great Euro
pean papers. am hardly txaggerating
when say that you could almost count the
lines in the great daily papers in London
and Berlin that referred to the doings in
our country by the fiagers on you hands.
We were regarded by many as country
practically isolated from the rest Of the
world, that WAS so wrapped up in itself
that IL really cared but little what was be-
ing doue elsewhere, q am speaking now OF
the Nation az Nation, not cf organizi'
tions within IL such as the Christion church
which was then sending its missionaries to
the ends OF the earth. Nor do forget
the memorable part our NAVY played In
opening the little island Empire Of Japan
toI the commerce Of the world, but that
event had happened 80 years previous and
people had alnostforgotten that ;nor would
desregard our National Diplomacy of
he past v .ich on the whole has been mnst
prsi.ewortiy. But VIC bad hitherto lacked
the power To inpr,ss ourselves upon the
worlds life.)
! TO verify the statement just msde as 10
the meag e part our country then play eo
IN the worlds politics let me remind you
that Is years ago our Congress passed
resolution requesting the President to IL
yIte "from time to lime, as NJ occasion
may arise, Deg0tlations with any govern
ment with which the United States has OF
NAV have diplomatic relations, 20 the end
that any diff rtrces or disputes arising be.
tween the two govern ments which cannot
be adjusted by diplomatic agency may bt
ri rred 10 arbitration ard be peacefully
adjusted by such mpaBs." Bu. go far al
the European natipus were concerned The
whole thing fell f,t. To b. cure, three
wears Afterwards the bTitieh House OF Com
mons adopted resolution approving OF
this action. bu; tie Continental Poweri
simply ignored Il. And even ten years ast
when three OF tne Great European Power'
90 selhsai, sns wrorgfuliy snA.ched thu
choicest fruit OF Jspsn's well earned VIC
tory over China, and deliberately placed
! Pom Arthur In the haLds o. Russia, oui
.ounuy never uttered vord OF pro
test because she knew it would do no good
n l.ose powers would have insolently replied
thrnsh OF coursu they Hould have stated v
Ill diplomatic lApsu 'ge, who u the ua't
I'd stav.s aud What bu.iasss II this Of her'
! .a'~syr
/, Bat now .heney.r this ereIi Matte,
.pssk, the ~teip wide wOflc stnpt 80,