Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-02
on in added blessings to the nation and
the world.
The Future.

on IN ADDED blessings to the nation and
the world
- The Future.
The future of the republic Is bright
with PROMISE He must be pessimist.
and misanthrppe who does not be-
lieve that now the republic holds more
of prosperity. happiness and oppor-
tunity. than all the world combined,
Let us not mistake the truth of this.
Just now the air Is full of cries Of de-
traction, distrust and despair. The
muck raler" is abroad, in the lanf.
yellow Journalists, "frenzled" mag
a1inists and the Sensational Chautau-
qua spouters abound Schocked ami
panied as we have been by recent dis
closures of dishonesty and depravity
In his places we must admit that these
very disclosures have revealed to us
and to the world that American stand
ards of morality are so high that even
great wealth and distinguished posi-
ton cannot shield the wrong-doer from
condemnation and punishment in
America. The storm of indignation
which has buried so many conspicuous
figures In obliquy and disgrace is a
new incentive to individual honesty
and civic righteousness.
The future, I repeat, is bright, and
America holds its ekey; for here lies
the hope and promise of the world,
Here are to be thought out the plans,
and wrought out the Instruments,
which shall control and dominate the
worlds progress
This Is why 1t is so splendid thing
to be republican. AS America holds
the hope of the world. so the republic
can party holds the hope of the re-
public. 1t has made its past glorious
1t will make its future blessed. 1t has
made freedom universal and the union
indissoluble; 1t has elevated labor ami
guaranteed the quality of citizenship.
1t has made the financial integrity ct
the nation cardinal principle Of it's
economic policy; it will make purity
and honesty in politics an essential
qualification of public life; 1t will relc-
gate the ring" and the boss to the
limbo of disgrace and discarded prac-
tees; it will make the morality of the
republic az essential and as marked
as 1t has it's liberties; it will meet and
determine the questions of the future
with the same answering fidelity to
the interests of the people, the same
wisdom, the same superb patriotism
as 1t has determined the questions OF
the past
In this great work we have a right
to hope and to expect Iowa to bear a
conspicuous part. With unity of eff
fort, with devotion to our principles,
discarding factional spirit. our loved
commonwealth may stand in the future
as 1t has In the past, in the very van
guard OF party progress.
Iowa Discussions.
1t Is useless to attempt to disguise
that which is all too apparent, that
Iowa republicans are for the first time
IN their history rent with serious
fractional quarrel It. Is not possible
and it would not be seemly to discuss
now the merits of that controversy.
But at least all can agree that 1t IS
unfortunate, and that every effort
should be made to heal the breach and
avert disaster. We should remember
that while there are individuals whose
passions are SO aroused that even open
conflict and dismemberment might be
welcomed-they are but individuals.
the great body Of republicans who sent
us here do not desire such calamities.
We should remember that the great
party of the nation, of which we form
so conspicuous part Will look, upon
such folly with amazement and pain,
for they will realize that not only
would we deeply injure, perhaps NOR
tally wound ourselves but we would
also commit a grievous. perhaps an ir-
reparable injury, to the cause of re-
publicanfsm In the nation.
In those wonderfully beautiful and
almost divinely inspired words, with
which Lincoln addressed the nation at
the close of his first inaugural he said:
We are not enemies, but friends
We must not be enemies. Though pas
sion may have strained it must no.
break our bonds of affection. The mys-
tic chords Of memory, stretching from
every battle field and partiot's grace
to every living heart and hearthstone
all over this broad land, will yet swell
the chorus Of the union when again
touched. as they surely will be, by the
better angels of our nature"
1t was not to be- The appeal was
war broke those bonds and flooded the
land with Its crimson horror But may
we not as republicans, revering his
memory and cherishing his ideals
may we not now to this crisis bring
his spirit and apply his words? For
we are not enemies. We have fought
together to save the union and estab-
lish the state: we have worked togeth-
er for financial integrity and national
prosperity We have stood together
under the leadership of all our SPLEEN
did captains, from Lincoln and Grant
to Mckinley and Roosevelt. We must
not be enemies. Though passion may
have strained it must not break our
bonds of affection. The mystic chords
of memory, stretching from all our
glorious past to every heart and
hearthstone all over this fair common
wealth, will yet swell with chorus Of an
united republican party when again
as surely they will be. by the
better angels of our nature.
On the eve Of one of Napoleon's
great battles, news came to him that
one Of his divisions, already formed IN
order of battle. was fighting within IT.
self. Instantly squirting to that di-
Visions head, he drew his sword, gave
the order to forward march and cried
out: See, there are the enemy" Att
once harmony was restored, and fling
ing aloft the lilies of France, with ex-
ultant shout and invincibe ardor, they
followed their leaders to a glorious
victory. May not that be figure of
our duty and our destiny? Unler the
leadership of our glorious commander
Theodore Roosevelt, finging aloft the
banners Of triumphant republicanism,
may we not, united, press forward to
another glorious victory, forgetting
our differences, and only remembering
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