The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-05
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Iadvanced in state down the long aisle
of distinguished guests by this time
} all were standing and nothing could be
heard above the roar of thunderuus
WELCOME Immediately following came
arm in arm the members OF the COM
mittee on arrangements. As the pres
: ident passed Down the aisle he barred
his head and with characteristic sweep
of his hat bowed IN acknowledgment
lof the salutations from the stand and
the ovation from the people. His man
ner was not that of u man mcurliEg
Ionerous responsibilities, three years In
the White House having familiarlxed
him with the duties of the high office
to which he was to be maugurated.
While he waited for the applause 10
die out he stood In triumph. with no
show OF vanity, with no evidences of
political enmity, apparently no mem-
ories of the campaign gone by. ani
nothing more disconcerting than
huge gathering Of loyal Americans
AT a sign from Chief Justice Fuller
the clerk OF the supreme court stepped
forward holding a Bible A hush fell
over the crowd, The president raised
his right hand and the oath to support
the laws and constitution of the Unit
ed States was reverently taken. amid
deep silence.
When this had been concluded there
was practically no demonstration and
the president began his inaugural ad- |
dress. As soon as he finished speak
ing he re-entered the capitol and "a
he disappeared within the building n |
signal was flashed TO the navy yard
ana the roar Of q guns was begun in
official salute TO the president.
My Fellow Citizens: No people on
earth have more cause to be thankful
than ours. and this is said reverently,
and In no spirit OF boastfulness In our
own strength, but with gratitude TO
the Giver of Good who has blessed us
with the conditions which have en-
abled US to achieve SO large a measure
OF well being and OF happiness. TO
us as a people it has been granted n
Jay the foundations of our national life
IN new continent. We are the arirs
OF the age, and yet we have mad to nay
rev OF the penalties which in old coun-
trles are exactei by the dead hand OF
a bygone civilization. We have not
been obliged to fight for our existence
against any alien race; and vet our
life has called for the vigor and effort
without which the manlier and harder
virtues wtther away. Under such con-
ditions 1t would be our own fault il
We failed; and the success which we
nave had In the past, the success
which we confidently believe the fu-
ture viii bring, should cause us no ,
feeling OF vainglory, but rather a deep
and abiding realization OF all which life
mas offered US; a full acknowledgment
u responsibility which is ours and, =.
liked determination to show that under
free government a mighty people
an thrive best, alike as regards the
hings Of the body and the things OF
he soul.
Much has been given to us, and
much will rightfully be expected from
IS. We have duties to others, and du-
les to ourselves: and we can shirk
leither. We have become a great ma
ion, forced by the fact of its great
less into relations with the other ma
ions of the earth; and we must be-
ave as beseems a people with such
responsibilities. Toward all other ma
ions, large and small. our attitude
lust be one Of cordial and sincere
We must show not only Z
] our words but in our deeds that we
re earnestly desirous Of securing their -
ood will by acting toward them in
oirit Of just and generous recognition q
all their rights. But justice and
in a nation, as in an invI-
dual, count most when shown not
Y the weak, but by the strong. While
'er careful to refrain from wronging
hers We must be no less insistent
lat we are not wronged ourselves We
ish peace; but we wish the peace Of
stice, the peace Of righteousness.
'e wish 1t because we think It is
ght and not because we are afraid.
o weak nation that acts manfully and
stly should ever have cause to fear
;, and no strong power should ever n
. able to single us out as a subject
r insolent aggression.
Our relations with the other powers
the world are important; but still =
ore important are our relations -
nong ourselves. Such growth In
ealth, In population, and in power as
is nation has seen during the century
I'd a quarter Of its national life IL
evitably accompanied by like
owth in the problems which are ever
fore every nation that rises to great
49, Power invariably means both
spoDsibility and danger. Our fore
theirs faced certain perils which we
We outgrown. We now face other
ris, the very existence Of which It
as impossible that they should fore
e. Modern life is both complex and
tense, and the tremendous changes
rought by the extraordinary indus
ial development Of the last half CEN ~-
ry are felt in every fibre of our So =
al and political being. Never before 1T
we men tried so vast and formid- MI
DE an experiment as that Of ad- IN
the affairs Of a continent ~
lder the forms Of a democratic re-
lblic. The conditions which have
ii for our marvellous material well