Salt Lake Times | 1891-05-02 | Page 1 | A New National Epoch

I A NEW NATIONAL EPOCH. THE ELCGUENTADDRESS.QF THE V ' PRESIDENT LVNICHTK 1 -'!-.V.i'' . ; ' - . ""v j ' ? I ' ,vm- Lnnrellod Capanllltfes tat War Land BBd y Ar. SralM.n. WUb , , 1 th. Low of I'eace- Opnlof V ' artal. to trail. IotUb, San Fka.vcisco, May 2. President Harrison in his speech at thu banquet last evening said: "I believe wo have come to a new epoch as a natiou. There are opeuing, portals before us inviting us to enter opening portals to the trade and in'Jii-aml in'Jii-aml prestige, such as we have nerer seen before. We will pursue the laths of peace. Wa are not a warlike cation. All our instincts, all our history is in the line of peace. Only intolerable aggression, only peril to our institutions institu-tions or our Hag. -can thoroughly arouse us. With the capabilities for war on bind ami sea unexcelled by any nation iu the world we are smitten with the love of peace. He advocates more guns for the (le-fenss (le-fenss of the Pacific coast, a stifliciontly largo navy for the preservation of the peace of this hemisphere and a merchant merch-ant marine, with which to secure to our shore the commerce of the world. His address was receiveu with much enthusiasm.