The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-03-10
OUR DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
CAUSE FOR THANkFULNESS
he Says We Have Obligations Both
TO Ourselves and 70 the World
and Can Shirk Neither.

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Aiy Fellow Cltzens 40 people ON
earth have more cause 90 be thankful
than ours. and thls Is said reverentiy,
ia no spirit Of h0astmluess ia our own
strength bur with gratitude 90 the Giyor
81 Gooa Who has blessed us with the
conditions which have enabled us 10
achieve SD large a measure 81 wcll being
anu OF happiness. TO US as people Il
has been granted 20 lay the foundation
~ our national life ia a now continent
We are the heirs OF tile ages. aud yet
We have lad 10 pay few OF Tie penalties
which IA old countries are eAacted by
the dead hand OF ysone civilization.
We have not been obliged TO fight for
our existence against any alien race.
and yet our lie has called for The vigor
and effort without which the manlier
and harder virtues wither away Tn
der such conditions il would b, our own
fault il we failed. and the success which
We have had in the past the success
which We confidently believe the future
viii bring should cause in us no feel
ing OF vain glory. bur rather deep and
abiding realization OF all which lie has
offered us a full Acknowledgement OF
the responsibility which IS ours. ana a
fixed determination 10 show that under
a 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 20 us. and much
Viii rishtfully be expected from us We
have duties 10 Others and duties 10 our
selves. and we can shlrk neither We
nave become a great nation. forced by
the fact of its greatness into relations
with the other nations OF the earth
and We must behave as heseems peo-
PIE with such responsibilities Toward
all other nations. large and small our
attitude must be one Of cordial and SIM
cere friendship. We must show not only
IN our words but IN our deeds Thar We
are earn estly DESTROYS Of securing their
good viii by acting toward them Ia a
spirit OF just and generous recognition
OF all their rights. Bur justice and gen
crosby Ia a nation a. IN an individual
count most when shown not by the
weak but by the strong While ever
careful 20 refrain from wronginc others
we must be no less insistent that We are
not wronged ourselves We wish peace.
but We wish the peace Of justice. the
peace OF righteousa, S. We wish ID be- /
cause We think IL is right and not be-
cause We are afraid No weak nation I
that acts manfully and justly should I
ever have cause 10 fear US. and no strong
power should ever be able 70 single US
out as a subject for iusOlent aggression. I
our relations with the other powers (
OF the world are important: but still I
more important are our relations among 4
Such growth in wealth. n \
population and in powers as this nation \
has seen during the century and quar- \
ter Of its national life Is inevitably &C 4
by like growth In the prob I
lens which are ever before every ma I
ton that rises 10 greatness. Power in \
sariably means both res possibility and \
danger our forefathers faced certain 4
perils which We have outgrown. We I
now face other perils the very existence 4
OF which IL was impossible that they \
should foresee Modern life is both com 4
pick and intense, and the tremendous F.
changes wrought by the extraordinary I
Industrial development OF the last half \
century are felt in every fiber OF our
social and political being
The conditions which have told for
our marvellous material well-beiug.
which have developed TO very high de-
gree our energy. self-reliance and indi- \
sldual initiative. have also brought the
care and anxiety inseparable from the
" great wealth in indus
trial centers. Upon the success Of our
experiment much depends. not only as
regards our own welfare but as regards
the welfare Of mankind II we fail the
cause Of free self-government through
put the world will rock 70 its founGa-
lions, and therefore our responsibility
Is heavy. TO ourselves. 70 the world as il
IS to-day and to the generations yet
unborn
Yet, after all. though the problems are
new, though the tasks set before us differ
rom the tasks set before our fathers
who founded and preserved this repub-
&c, the spirit In which these tasks must
De undertaken and these problems faced.
our duty is TO be well done. remains
ESSENTIALLY unchanged. We know that
eli government is difficult We know
hat no people needs such high traits
Il character as that people which seeks
@ govern its affairs Alright thronCh tba
RELY expressed will Of the free men who
ompose II. But we have faith that We
hall not prove false to the memories
I the men Of the mighty past. Theydid
heir work. they left Us the splendid
Ieritage we now enjoy
Definition OF Duty.