The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-12

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Tell Same Tales Now.
And 20 In our own days when Inn
practicable persons are telling us we
have no right to hold the Philippines
and train the natives for that capacity
tor liberty government they do not
yet possess these words come to us
and set forth the ideal which must be
ultimately sought and not the pres.
emit duty to give to these children who
have passed into our tutelage, the
powers and rights which will be Justly
theirs when they have attained matur.
tty In self governuent.
Some OF the critics Of President
Roosevelt, who accuse him Of using
vituperative epithets detracting from
his dignity. will do l;ell to remember
that even Lincoln could use strong
language upon occasions.
AS the time for the inaugural ap.
preached, Lincoln set out for Wash.
ington. Some of his speeches made
upon the way are classics in Ameri.
can oratory; among others that which
he delivered in Independence Hall. In
Philadelphia. which he visited on
Washington's birtfNy, and in con-
sidering the vital principle of the Dec.
laration Of independence which had
kept the nation 80 long together, he
said that 1t gave liberty, not alone
to the people Of this country. but hope
to all the world. for all future time
It was that which gave promise that
in due time the weight would be lift.
ed from the shoulders of all men and
that all should have an equal chance. u
Assassination Plot.
There was plot to assassinate the
president-elect as he passed through
Baltimore, a plot discovered by the
detectives, who were the Secret
Service" OF that period: so he left Sc.
cretly, by night train, in advance OF
the time expected and reached Wash.
ington almost unaccompanied. News.
papers reviled him for what they
called his "cowardice."
When he reached Washington he
had already prepared his great inaugu-
raj. Seward. whom he had chosen for
secretary OF state, aided him In the
finishing touches. He declared that he
had no purpose to interfere with slav.
cry in the states, and that he would
fugitive slave law. He considered the
union perpetual and indestructible
Even II the constitution were a mere
contract, one party could not lawfully
break 1t without the consent of the
other. To the extent of his ability he
would see that the laws were care
fully executed In all of the states.
There need be no bloodshed unless
forced upon International authority.
He would hold the places belonging
to the government, and collect the du-
ties and imposts. Beyond what was
necessary for this, there Would be no
invasion. The mails, unless repealed,
would be furnished In all parts OF the
union. He discussed the issues be-
tween the sections and the necessity
for submitting to the will of the ma
pority. He insisted that the central
idea Of secession was the essence of
anarchy. He thus continued: ply
sically speaking, We can not separate.
We can not remove our respective sec
lions from each other, nor build an
impossible wall between them. A hus-
band and wife may be divorced. and
80 out of the presence and beyond. the
reach Of each other; but the different
parts of our country can not do this.
They can not but remain face to face.
and intercourse. either amicable or
hostile. must continue between them.
Is 1t possible. then, to make that In
tercourse more advantageous or more
satisfactory after separation than be-
fore? Can aliens make treaties easier
than friends can make laws? Can
treaties be more faithfully enforced
between aliens than laws among
friends? Suppose you 60 to war. you
can not night always; and when after
much loss on both sides. and no gain
ON either, you cease lighting, the
identical old questions AZ to terms Of
are again upon YOU His
eloquent conclusion was spoken in
words which have become immortal:
I'm your hands, my dissatisfied fell
low countrymen. and not in mine. is
the momentous issue of civil war. The