Arizona republican., 1912-02-12

! tlrir travels fifteen hundred years ago: first to the neighbOring Britain ! from the wave washed shores of the Baltic Sea. and then eleven centuries later. again wandered to our own shores In the growth of international ccmity and association which travel and trade are increasingly bringing about. what is more natural than this SNmpathetir. if not formal union of the T Gt tonic cations which are SD closely rkin in temperament and in religion. in thu love of liberty and justice. in the maintaining of the three divine insti- tltIcns of the family the nation. and Il church as the bulwarks of civili- zati1n. and in the world wide mission which hava made Anglo Saxon and Germanic ideas the dominating notes .oGay in the government of the world. in it's commerce. in its education.
 As opposed to the decrepit and dying countries of the Latin racS as cp- posed cVen to the great empire Of the northeast oi Europe where liberty iS unknown anG civilization sometimes seems to Dc only a thin veneer there is a mighty opportunity offered to this great Teutonic brotherhood to work out Gods great purposes in this world and to realize at last in its full com plction tho angels song. heard first amid the fields of Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago. Peace on Earth. Good VIII to Men"
 We canno. forget that it was the same old English librty- loving spirit stirring in the hearts of Cromwell and ITampden. that made our forefathers resist the unjust demands of the fath- erland. and conquer on account of the rightneSs of their cause which no one more generously recognizes than the England of today. even as some of her noblcst sons clearly saw in 1776. The ancient spirit of hatred no longer pre- Vails among us. except to a limited eX- tent. The bitterness and animosity of tEe past have ceased as men and wo- r.cn have come to know and under stand each other as they have studied. and will study hereafter in the same schools and universities. as they have partalen Cf each others hospitality, have worked side by side for the set ting up of the Cross of Jesus Christ in remote lands anI have succurcd each other in times of dire necessity
 So the final responsibility. is not national and collective. but individual. You and I are responsible before God not only for ourselves but for the well being of society. and of the nation anJ the Commonwealth. and the city.
 At this moment when our hearts are filled with pride and satisfaction at the long deferred accomplish ment of our hopes and ambitions. and the last Of the territorial governments within the contiguous limits of these United States is about to pass away. We must not lose sight of the great duties and responsibilities that rest upon this people and their chosen leaders.
 As the star of Arizona rises to take it's place upon the national standard, and we become one of the noble band of states that make up the unity of this Republic we must see to it that no evil, no base action, of our own shall dim the bright lustre of this new light in the national Armament.
 With gratitude we must recognize Aii' AfiAAiAhi Ol lilOst l'dutIS NIlb1l the government of thpse United States has set over us in the past. Patriot ically and efficiently have they full filled the duties of their position. With honor they retire to still serve the Commonwealth whether it be in pri- vatc or in public life as best they can . We will not believe that individual states any more than republics are un- grateful in the long run towards those who unflinchirgly and unselfishly serve them.
 Whatever may he the political Opin- ion that may make us differ but can not separate us as citizens of Arizona as loyal sons of the Commonwealth. We forget these differences as We welcome tie new leaders. and pledge to them V hatever IT ay be our political faith. DUr firm support in all their endeavors Ter the advancement of the state along all lines that make for equal justice md right. for peace and gool will. for ionest government and civic respOnsi- ,nity.