New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
"Nowhere Can Any Government
Endure which Is Stained by
Blood" the President
Declares.
GOVERNED MUST CONSENT
At Swarthmore College the
Chief Executive Gives Hint
of What He Will Say in
Defining His Mexi-
can Policy.

Swarthmore, Penn. Oct 2o.-Presi-
dent Wilson, in speech here to-day.
proclaimed the doctrine that the whole
Western hemisphere should be devoted
to one sacred purpose-"that nowhere
can any government endure which IS
stained by blood or supported by any
thing but the consent Of the governed.
II was while extolling the spirit with
which William Penn sought 70 estao-
lish "a free commonwealth" In Amer
lea that the President incidentally re-
vealed his thoughts on present day
problems. His utterances. 1t Is known,
reflect the ideas which the Washing
ton administration is preparing to an
nounce to the nations Of the world IN
formal note on the policy Of the United
States toward Mexico.
The President spoke in a big tent not
the exercises being commemorative
also of Founders Day at Swarthmore
College, and he was enthusiastically
cheered
II would not be interested" said the
President, "in celebrating the memory
OF William Penn if his conquest had
been merely a material one. Some
times we have been laughed at, by for
eigners in particular, for boasting OF
the size of the American continent,
the size of our own domain as a ma
ton, for they have, naturally. sug-
gested that we did not make it. But
claim that every race and every man Is
as big as the thing that he takes pos
session of, and that the size Of Amer
ica is in some sense a standard Of tht
size and capacity of the American peo-
pie.
| Consent of the Governed"
But the extent Of the American
conquest is not what gives Americ;
distinction in the annals of the world
1t is the professed purpose OF the con
quest, which was TO see 10 1t tina
every foot of that land should be tho
home Of free, self-governed people
who should have no government what
ever which did not rest upon the con-
sent Of the governed. l would IKE U
believe that all this hemisphere is de-
voted 10 the same sacred purpose, anc
that nowhere can any government en-
dure which is stained by blood or sup
ported by anything but the consent OF
the governed.
And the spirit Of Penn will not oa
stayed You cannot set limits 10 SUCH
iknightly adventures. After their own
day is gone their spirits Stalk tha
lworld. carrying inspiration eVery"hefe
that they go and reminding men OF thd
lineage. the fine lineage, Of those VINO
have sought justice and the right.
1T is no small matter, therefore for
q college, to have as its patron saint a
man who went out upon such con-
cuest. and what / would like 70 ask
Won voung people to-day is, How many
of you have deNoteu youi
like adventure? How many OF you
Will volunteer TO carry those spirituai
messages Of liberty to the world? HOW
many Of you will forego anything ex-
cent YOUR allegiance to that which IS
ms, and that which is right?
we die but once, and we die with
80. d,stinction if we are not willing to
5,a tbe death Of sacrifice. Do you
oovet honor? You will never get 1t by
carving yourself Do you covet dis
,,nct,on? You will get 1t only as the
servant Of mankind. Do not forget
then as YOU walk these classic places,
whv YOU are here. You are not here
merely TO prepare to make hving'
Won are here in order to enable the
world 10 live more amply, with greater
vision. with a finer spirit Of hope and
Reinforcement. You are here to enrich
the world, and you impoverish yourself
~ vou forget the errand. But what
man ought never to forget is that
Collage is a nursery Of principle and
OF honor.
Ideals Of College and State.
$50 II seems TO me that there is no
great difference between the ideals OF
tho college and the ideals OF the state