Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-04
STATE AND NATION
PAST AND PRESENT,
WERE HIS THEMES
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the principal address of the day. IN
President spoke as follows:

the principal address OF the day. Inc
President spoke as follows:
n is very real pleasure for me to at
tend these ceremonies at the capital or your
great state. In every great Crisis OF our
government the attitude of Pennsylvania has
been of crucial Importance. as the affec-
tionate nickname of keystone state signi-
fies Pennsylvania has always looked war1-
ly before she leaped. and 1t was we'll that
she should do so. But, having finally made
I'D her mind, in each great crisis of our ma
tional history, her weight has been cast
unhesitatingly upon the right side. and has
been found irresistible. 1t was true alike
at the time of the Declaration of Independ-
ence at the time of the adoption OF the
Constitution and during the terrible years
when the issue was the preservation OF
the Union.
Pennsylvania's soil is historic. 1t was
within Pennsylvania borders that the con-
test opened which was to decide whether
the valiant soldiers of France would be able
to bar this continent against the domination
of the people of the Engn sh-Speaklng Colo
MES 1t was on Pennsylvania soil that the
Declaration of Independence was signed
and the constitutional convention held 1t
was In Pennsylvania that Washington win
tered at Valley Forge, and by keeping his
army together during that winter definitely
turned the scales In our favor IN the con-
test for independence. 1t was again on
Pennsylvania soil. at Gettysburg, that the
tide turned in the civil war. In the compo-
sition of her people. moreover. pennsylvania
has epitomized the composition OF our
Union; for here many old world races nave
mingled their blood to make that new type,
the American. Finally, in all branches OF
the public service. In peace and in war, the
native or adopted citizens Of Pennsylvania
have attained the highest eminence
Past and Present.
do not, however, come here today to
speak only Of the past, and still less to
appeal merely to state pride. we can
show that the past is with us living force
only by the way in which we handle our
selves In the present, and each Of ut can
best show his devotion to his own state
by making evident his paramount devo-
ton to that Union which includes all the
states. The study of the great deeds OF
the past is of chief avail in so far as It In
cites us to grapple resolutely and effect
lively with the problems of the present
We are not now menaced by foreign war
Our Union is firmly established. But each
generation has its special and serious diff
ficuties; and we of this generation have
to struggle with evils springing from the
very material success of which We are sc
proud, from the very growth and prosper
ity of which, with justice. we boast Tht
extraordinary industrial changes OF the las
half century have produced a totally new
set of conditions. under which new evils
flourish: and for these new evils new rem
edies must be devised.
Some of these evils can be grapplet
with by private enort only: ior we neye
can afford to forget that in the last analy
sis the chief factor in personal success
and indeed in national greatness. must %
the sturdy self-reliant character OF tn
individual citizen. But many of these evil
are of such nature that no private eror
can avail against them. These evils, there
fore must be grappled with by govern
mental action. In some cases this govern
mental action must be exercised by the sew
eral states individually. In yet others /
has become increasingly evident that NJ
efficient state action is possible, and tina
we need through executive action through
legislation and through judicial interpreta
ton and construction Of law. to increas'
the power of the federal government.
Vast Corporate Wealth.
II we fail thus to increase it, we show