The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-04
ARE GOING FORWARD
American People In an Era q
Growth, Not Decadence.
DEVELOPMENT IS UNSURPASSED

Currents Which Course the Veins of
the American People Are Essential
ly as Pure Now as Those Which
Filled the Veins of Our Ancestors
Notable Address by Vice President
Fairbanks at Pixies Peak.
Indianians generally feel a special
interest in the Pixies Peak centennial
celebration because the intrepid lieu
tenant who first flung the American
flag to tho mountain air on that his
toric height wgs an Indianian, and
then because the principal address Of
the occasion was delivered by Vice
President Charles w Fairbanks In
concluding his notable speech the
vice president said:
The century which has elapsed
since the expedition which we cele-
brate has given a tremendous impulse
to the cause of republican govern
ment, and our institutions, which
were feeble and viewed with much
distrust a century ago. have grown
wonderfully in strength and in the
confidence of the world They have
successfully withstood assaults made
upon them and have increased in
To
throw them. The perils through
which we have passed have intensi-
fed the peoples love for them and
their willingness and purpose to guard
and defend them to the utmost We
may say without any spirit of vain
glory that our institutions can stand
against the world without, and no
disintegrating influence within can af-
feet their essential soundness.
We hear much said of vice and cor
ruption, much Of the subtle enemies of
the state and social order, but the
great heart of the people is as sound
and incorruptible today as at any hour
IN all of our matchless history. The
/ conscience of the people has not been
scared. Pure mateTialism has not
achieved the mastery. All of the
! forces which make for the intellectual,
the moral md the social advancement
/ of the people were never more power
| full and never in fuller play than they
are today. Honor among men was
never more regarded, and dishonora-
BILE practices, either in public or pri-
vate life, were never more abhorred
than they are today. There has been
upon every hand a demand that those
who hold place and power shall be
clean men. and that they shall con-
secrate themselves completely to the
utmost advancement of the public
welfare.
People are Advancing.
The American people are going for
ward and upward with tremendous
momentum. They are advancing in
all of the ways which make for a
strong, upright, patriotic people. They
respect right and condemn wrong
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would contaminate the state. or would
carry into the business world low
ideals Of business morality can lay no
claim to the general respect. The
American people ere not to be judged
by the standards of the exceptional
wrongdoer. but by the generous pur-
pose Of the great body Of our country.
men. The currents which course the
veins of the American people are es.
sentially as pure now as those which
| filed the veins of our ancestors.
The past one hundred years have
been notable in our history. The
story we have written, both in wal
and peace. challenges the admiration
of mankind Our development il
every avenue of human endeavor is
unsurpassed, and is an invitation fol-
us to go forward in the accomplish
ment OF even greater things. We
have won rich trophies both in the
ways Of peace and in the theater oil
war Against the glories Of war we
set the rich achievements of peace
We know WI It war is, for we have It's
indelfbie imprint everywhere. We
have come to believe that advancine
civilization must lead further and fur
Their away from war and the possibil
tiles of armed collision
Peace Is Preferable.
1t would seem that the entire worlt
is coming to regard war as more ant
more unnecessary, and 1t is earnestly
seeking to establish some methoC
whereby it may be honorably avoided
Although we are a militant people
we prefer the ways Of peace and thu
rich fruits which are gathered from
the practice Of her generous arts
While by no means sinking any re
sponsibfIity which a high sense O
justice and national honor may pu