The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-05-28

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erf I'll ne iisteenth century. tie
gfest ploneaf Of the. western move
iment Of civilization were most active
in their sendeayors to conquer new
fields sof enterprise ana to open vast
lregions Heretofore unexplored; to
see the peak in Darien upon which
the great Balboa stood and first
icame to realize that the Isthmus OF
Panama was The barrier that halted
his further western passage: to wit
ness the progress already made in
sweeping away this obstacle, a work
which will revolutionize the COM
lmerce Of the world; to see the roman
ltic spots visited by the Buccaneer
Morgan; to'pass over the places ira
Versed by the intrepid; Alyarado in
his triumphant march through Cen
trial America, to know the country Of
the great Bolivar, whose desires for
early Pan Americanism were so
ardent; to pause at the tomb of CO.
Ilumbus and there contemplate tho
scenes Of the first discoveries of this
remarkable navigator; and, lastly,
Ito view the speeter- piles marking
1.-THE spot where took place the
tragedy Of the Inflated Maine that
involved this country in war with
lSpain, but resulted in the birth of
the free republic of Cuba.
AS in this land, where there is ev-
ery geographical extreme, from the
northern pine forests to the south
ern palms, and from the granite
hills Of the East to the fertile plains
that fringe the Pacific on the west,
no one section can fairly represent
the whole, SO there beheld one ia
yored region after another, washed
tby benign seas and lowered with
an Infinite variety of physical con-
ditions and. an exceptional abund-
ance of natural resources. Though
my surroundings were new and
strange, I felt myself in congenial
Atmosphere as 1 partook of the
gracious and generous Inequalities
designed to express cordlality to-
ward the American people, and Il
was confronted by the thought that
although the hills and plains remain
lperpetually apart the peoples OF all
these countries can be brought to-
lgether in congenial brotherhood.
1t was my privilege to bear with
full heart to the peoples of the
ICarribean countries the brotherly
greeting that BELTS the moral and
material relations between US. ALI
the Latin Americans have this in
common with US of the North: they
have, like US, won their independ-
ence with the sword, and, like US,
they have conserved the inestimable
boon OF the institutions of civic free-
dom for themselves and their chill
dren's children. The same princt-
pies of Democracy underlie our re-
spective political organizations. Like
US, they have passed through the
fires Of domestic conflict, and, like
US, they have risen with renewed
strength, as Antaeus from his con-
tact with the eternal mother earth.
For us all, independence and liberty
are like mother earth of the fable
I've are invincible so long as we
hold to that sure basis,
i Tho principal motive of my mis-
sion was to make the approaching
Iopening of the Panama canal the
IteNt of a message of fraternal greet
ing to all the peoples within the
Immediate sphere of the benefits that
great work is to bring, through the
Humiliation of physical obstacle,
to the natural course of the worlds
commercial interchanges, and to as
|sure them Of our confident hope
that this breaking down of seem
ingly perpetual barrier between the
peoples should mark the initiative
of new era Of closer relations be-
tween all the Americas. We as
sumed this great task, not for sell
fish ends, not for self-aggrandize-
1ment or political mastery, but rather
for the common benefit of the west
ern world and of all mankind. To
bring about results OF the greatest
good to all, the canal should be,
and l am confident will be, the in
strument of producing closer sym
Ipathy. broader confidence, and a
greater degree OF practical and hep
full. correlation of the western ma
tions in the several but identical ac-
accomplishment of self development.
My address at Panama struck the
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