The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-26

| policy of the United States towards
Mexico.
The President spoke in big tent not
far from the spot where Penn landed
the exercises being commemorative
also of Founders Day at Swarthmore
college.
Il would not be interested" said the
President, in celebrating the memory
of william Penn II his conquest had
been merely a material one. Sometimes
We have been laughed at, by foreigners
in particular, for boasting of the size
of the American continent. the size of
our own domain as a nation; for they
have. naturally, suggested that we did
not make it. But / claim that every
rate and every man is as big as the
thing he takes possession of, and that
the size of America is in some sense a
standard of the size and capacity OF
the American people. But the extent
of the American conquest is not what
gives America distinction in the an
nails of the world.
TT Is the professed purpose of the
conquest which was to see to 1t that
every foot of that land should be the
home of free self governed people, who
should have no government whatever
which did not rest upon the consent OF
the governed. / would like to believe
that all this hemisphere is devoted To
the same sacred purpose and that no.
where can any government endure
which is stained by blood or supported
by anything but the consent of the
governed.
Cannot Stay Spirit
"And the spirit of Penn will not be
stayed. You cannot set limits to sucn
knightly adventurers. After their own
day is gone, their spirits stalk the
world, carrying inspiration everywhere
they go, and reminding. men of the fine
lineage of those who have sought JUS
tice and the right 1t is no small mat
ter, therefore, for a college to have as
Its patron saint a man who went out
upon such a conquest; and what / would
like to ask you young people today Is,
how many of you will volunteer to
carry these spiritual messages of lib
will forego anything except your al-
will forgeo anything except your al
legiance to that which is just and that
which is right? We die but once, and
We die without distinction If we are not
willing to die the death of Sacrifice. Do
you covet honor? You will never get 1t
by serving yourself. Do you covet dis
tinction? You will get 1T only as the
servant of mankind. You are not here
merely to prepare to make a living
You are here to enrich the world and
you impoverish yourself if you forget
the errand. But what a man ought
never to forget is that college is a
nursery of principle and of honor. So
1t seems to me there is no great dir
ference in the ideals of the college
and the ideals of the state. Men have
not had to come to college to Quaff the
fountains of this inspiration. You are
merely more privileged than they. Men
out of every walk of life, without ad-
vantages of any kind. have seen the
vision and you, with 1t written large
upon every page of your study, are the
more blind If you do not see it when
1t is pointed out. You could not be for
given for overlooking it,"
There also was a reference to inter-
national affairs in preceding speech
by Representative A. Mitchell Palmer.
an alumnus OF the Quaker college, who
induced the President to visit Swarth-
more.
From Penn's successes" he said.
may We not learn to be assured that
free government may exist and extend
with liberty of conscience and equal
share of political freedom for every
man upon this continent while we fire
no rifle and trust in no sword"
He added that as friendship and good
VIII had secured peace with the saw
age In the early history of this coun-
try he hoped "our American treasure
need never be dipped in blood to Sc
cure the peace that guarantees polit-
zeal liberty to our dependents, our
neighbors and, our own"