Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-05
WOODROW WILSON
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provided, you come together in or
der, not merely to discuss the ques-
tion as to which man you will put
into office, but to discuss the ques-
ton Of what service you will render
by your vote to the great state of
which you constitute a part.
1.-THE only thing worth discussing
is not the fortunes of individuals,
not the fortunes of parties, but the
promotion of a common interest that
is to achieve the lettering of our in
~terests, by getting together in a
common enterprise, and by seeing
enough to see u communities as a
whole; to seek to lift them to the
levels to which We would seek to see
them lifted That is what this cam
paign is about.
Serve The Commonwealth.
"This campaign Is not intended to
support the fortunes of parties. IL
the republican party can serve the
commonwealth of New Jersey better
than the democratic party, that is
the only question you need answer.
If the democratic party can serve
the commonwealth better, than the
republican party, that Is the only
J question hat you need be interested
in, but always question which will
serve the commonwealth best, not
which party will prosper most in its
own fortunes by getting the offices in
the state Don't you see, therefore,
| fhaf nc ntthlin mar W. haUa t0 hO
the very thing that is done, and
done very wisely in a mixture OF
races. Men flock to America from
many continents and from many
countries; they come with all sorts
of free dispositions, with all sorts OF
prejudices, and with all sorts of hab-
its. They unite together in a single
community and find themselves en-
crossed in that thing that will call
the American spirit; In that senti-
ment that We call the nation senti-
ment of America. No man can tell
how 1t comes. 1t INT in every
describable manner and fashion, but
it rises slowly in our hearts in a
single generation. Men do not for
getS their ancient connections and
their homes in foreign lands. They
still love the dear ones whom they
have left there at home, but never
theless feel that they are part of
America. No matter where they
come from, they have imbibed the
new spirit and have become Ameri-
cans.
The New Jersey Spirit.
"You have particular manufac-
turing interests in this community,
but you should not center your
thoughts on these interests and on
these alone, no matter how short a
time you sojourn in this particular
division of America, which We love
under the name of New Jersey. You
should try to get some of the spirit
of New Jersey in yOu; not a spirit
that is a~ntagonistic to your neigh
bors, not a spirit that is n tegonis+
tic to the homes you have left, not
a spirit of jealousy of New Jersey or
of disdainfulness of Pennsylvania,
though it is hard not to be disdain-
full of the politics of Pennsylvania
but a spirit of comradeship, and a
feeling that America cannot be
sound unless all Of you are sound.
America cannot be pure and patFi-
OLlC uHlS6S NEW JtIoCy 10 pul6 anu
patriotic, unless she helps to lift the
common levels and to take a patri-
otto and disinterested step forward,
That, 1t seems to me, is the privilege
of public life. the privilege to know
that we are a progressive commun-
ity.
This City An illustration.
81 alluded tonight not by way of
mere local compliment, to your we'll
paved and we'll lighted streets; L
wanted to use 1t as an Illustration,
an illustration for use. You don't
make these public improvements for
one merchant or any one set of mer-
chants: you don't make them for
one factory Or any one group of fac
tories; you don't make them for n
one man OIL group of men In the
community; you r proud of these
things because they have a common
use, and they serve you in the way
of satisfaction in a public spirit. The
lights upon your streets means that
your W minds have conceived the
necessity of general illumination and
general betterment and the general
common service for which the mon
ey that you spend is spent freely and
without grudgery. All of these
things make a picture of what is in
side of the minds of. men, as we'll as
evidence of things accomplished;
and a progressive community is not
one which only makes progress. but
is thoughtful of something besides
the present.
You cannot make progress unless
you look at the road ahead of you
| mean that you cannot make pru-
dent progress unless you look at the
road ahead of YOU. If you had been
going about the state in automobiles
over roads at night as / have been
In this campaign, you would be more
interested in the road ahead of you
than you would be in the road be-
hind you. And a progressive COM
munity has to have its light ahead
of it, penetrating every fog, diselos-
ing every obstacle, u~ncovering every
danger, and know where to turn,
and the road signs.
Question of Conservation.
What does this mean? Why are
country in the question of conserva-
ton? What does 1t mean? Keep
ing certain gentlemen from stealing
mineral lands and appropriating the
public lands in Alaska? Yes, it
means that, but not that only; it
means keeping men from ~appropri-
ating that which they ought not to
appropriate, except for the public
benefit. In and around Perth Amboy
also. Don't you only have conserva-