Arizona republican., 1914-07-05
President Wilson Standing
Within Few Feet OF
Where Document Was
Signed Pleads for Later
Day Application
TOUCHES ALSO ON
OTHER SUBJ ECTS
Refers to Mexico, Panama
Tolls Repeal Controversy,
Antitrust Program, Bus
mess Conditions and Mod
ern Patriotism
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

| PHIlADE4l1f1lA, JulN = Eh"N 49,
! ing the modernizing of the Declaration
of independence by applying its prin-
siples to the business. politics and for
! eign policies of America, the president
addressed a large crowd in Indepen-
! dence Square. within a few feet of
where the original declaration was
| signed.
The president touched on Mexico. the
Panama tolls repeal controversy. his
antitrust program, business conditions
and his ideas of modern patriotism.
! Pounding his fist on the table on
which the declaration was signed, he
| declared that Americans today must
manage their affairs in a way that viii
be to the honor of the founders of the
/ nation He declared the declaration
was not Fourth of July Grafton, but
document of preliminary war. in
volving vital piece of business.
During his speech the president said;
4 have had some experiences the last
! fourteen months which have not been
entirely refreshing It was universally
admitted the banking system Of this
| country needed reorganization. We
met with hardly anything but resist
ance from the bankers of the country.
/ vet just as soon as the act was passed
! there was universal applause from the
| bankers of the United States. You
know the Declaration of Independence
has in one sense lest its significance.
I'd we would be indie
/ pendent when that document was
written: now nobody would dare doubt
we are Independent.
But it is one thing to he indepen-
| dent, and ii is another thing to know
what to do with your independence.
! One of the most serious questions for
! the sober minded men to address
themselves to in the United States is
what we are going to do with the in
/ fmence and power of this great nation.
Are we going to play the old role of
using that power for our own aggran-
dizement and material benefit? You
! know what that means. That means
we will use it to make the people of
other nations suffer in a way which
we said it was intolerable to suffer
when we uttered the Declaration of
| independence"
Following is the address of Presi-
dent Wilson:
Mr. Chairman and fellow citi-
zens:
We are assembled today to cele-
brate the 13Sth anniversary of the
| United States. I suppose we can
more Vividly realize the circum
stances of that birth, standing on
this historic spot, than it would be
possible to realize it anywhere else.
The declaration of independence
WAS written in Philadelphia. 1t was
adopted in this historic building. |
have just had the privilege of sitting
in the chair of the great man who
presided over those deliberations that
resulted in its adoption Here my
hand rests upon the table upon
which vthe declaration was signed.
! We can almost feel we are in the
visible and tangible presence of
eat historic transaction.
But have you ever read the
Declaration Of independence? When
you have heard it read, have YOU
attended to its sentences? The
Declaration of independence is not q
Fourth of July oration. The Dec
laration of independence was a doc
ument preliminary to war 1t in
volved a vital piece of business, not
a piece of rhetoric. And if you will
| go further down in the reading than
| its preliminary passages, where it
quotes about the rights of men, YOU
VIII see that it is a very specific
body of declarations concerning the
| business of the day, not the business
| of our day--for the matter with
which it deals is past-the business
of revolution, the business of 1776.
The Declaration of Independence does
not mean anything to Us. merely in
It's general statements. unless we ap-
pend to it similarly specific body
OF particulars as to what we consider
liberty to consist of.
Liberty does not consist in mere
general declarations as to the rights
OF men. 1t consists in the transla-
! tions Of those declarations into def
mite action. Therefore. standing
here, where the declaration was
| adopted, reading it's business like
| 'eiitelices' we ought TO ask ourselves
what is there in it for us? There
is nothing in it for us unless we
translate it into terms of ou, own
condition and of our own lives. We
must reduce it to what the lawyers
call bill of particulars.
'The task to which we have to ad-
dress ourselves is a proof that we
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