East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-04

lips and he steppedt5rom the rotrum,
100, 900 voices rose in a prodigious
note Nbt applause.
Washington. March 4.-Following
is the inaugural address of President
Roosevelt
MY Fellow Citizens,
No people on earth have more
ca1sse uto be thankful than ours, and
this is said reverently, i'm no spirit of
boaStfulness in our own strength, but
with gratitude TO the giver of good
who has blessed uf with the condi-
tinns which have ,enabled us to
achieve so large a measure of we'll
being and of happiness, To us as a
people 1t has been granted to lay the
foundations of our Sational life in a
new continent.
We are the heirs of the ages, and
yet we have had 10 pay few of the
penalties which i'm old countries are
exa,at4ioby the dead hand of bygone
civilization. We have not been oblig-
ed 10 fight for our existence against
any uIien race; and yet our life has
called for the vigor and effort with
out which the manner and harder
virtnee vwither, away
Under such conditions it would be
our own fault IL we 1ailed; and the
success which we have had i'm the
past, the success which we confident
ly believe the future will bring should
cause in us no feeling oof vainglory,
but rather n deep and abiding reali-
zatior of aall which life has offered
us; a full acknowledgment of the re-
sponsibility which is ours; and fix
ed determination to show that under
a free government n mighty people
can thrive best, alike as regards the
things of tiSe body and ohe things of
the soul.
Mnefh Expected FrOsn Us.
Much has been given to us, and
much will rightfully be expected from
us. We hsate duties to 1thers and
duties to ourselves; and we oansshrink
neither. We have become n great
nation, forced by the fact Of its great
ness into relations with the other ma
tions of the earth; and we must be-
have as beseems a people with such
responsibilities.
Toward all other nations, large
and small, our attitude must be zone
of cordial and sincere friendship.
We must show not only in our words
nut in our deeds that we are earnest
sy desrous of securing their good will
by acting toward them in a spirit of
dust and generous recognition of all
their rights. But Justice and gener-
Osity in a nation, as In an Individual,
count most when shown not by the
weak but by the strong While ever
careful to refrain from wronging
others, we must be no less insistent
that VIE are not wronged ourselves.
We wiah peace; but We wish the
peace Of righteousness We wish II
because we think It In right and not
because we are afraid. No weak ma
tion that acts manfully and justly
should ever have cause to fear us,
and no strong power should ever be
able to single us out as an object for
insolent aggression.
Our relations with the other pow
ers 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 inevitably accompanied by a
like growth in the problems which
are ever before every nation that
rises to greatness. Power invariably
means both responsibility and danger
Our forefathsrs faced certain perils
which We hRys putgrow1 We now