Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-11

+ erful ana contented. That was the
typical American. There vas a GER
Itain community Of men somewhere in
what used rs h. the frontier back ia
Z Jackson-s dan who brought a pitiiui
plea "a Washington that congress
would hurry mp and give them ter
ritorial form on government, because
they aid not have any government;
they happened To bee beyond The
bounds 81 the government heretofore
set up. Jackson sent them a very
proper reproof He said that they
were the first Americans he had
heard Of who did not know how TO
set up Il government for themselves
and take care of themselves.
America Must Be Independent.
The characteristic American COM
munlty for a long time was the FROM
Tier community made on the spot and
made according 10 the local pattern.
So that when I hear Americans beg
ging to be assisted by authority,
wonder where they were born L
wonder how long they have breathed
the air Of America / wonder where
their papers of spiritual naturaliza-
tion are. For America now may
make peaceful conquest of the world,
and / say that with an the greater
confidence. gentlemen, because be-
lieve ana hope that the belief does
not spring merely from the hope that
when the present great conflict h
Europe is over, the world is going 10
wear different aspect do not be-
Ecve that there is going 20 be any
patched-up peace. believe that
thoughtful men of every country and
Of every sort win insist that when we
get peace again we shall have guar
antees that II will remain and that the
instrumentalities OF justice will be
exalted above the instrumentalties Of
force. / believe that the spirit which
has hitherto refined in the hearts eli
Americans and in like people every
where in the world viii assert itself
once for an in international affairs
and that if America preserves her
poise, preserves her possession,
preserves her attitude of friendliness
toward the world, she may have the
privilege. whether in one form or am
other. OF being the mediating influ-
ence by which these things may be
induced.
Hopes for spiritual Mediation.
II am not now speaking of govern
mental mediation. have not that
in mind al all | mean the spiritual
mediation. mean the recognition
Of the world that there is country
that has always wanted things done
that way ana whose merchants when
they carry their goods will carry their
ideas along with them, and that this
spirit Of give and take, this spirit of
winning success only BY having bet
ter goods and better brains ana bet
ter training viii through their influ
ence spread more rapidly to the ends
of the world. That is what | mean
by the mcdiating influence which Il
think American commerce will exert
so I challenge you and men like
YOU through the United States to APP
ply your minds to your business as
if you were building up for the world
a great constitution of the United
states as if you were going out in
the spirit of service and achievement
the kind of achievement that comes
only through service-the kind of
achievement which is craftsmanship,
the craftsmanship Of those arrange
ments which are most serviceable to-
the world AS YOU do this, the Ann
erican spirit, whether it be labeled so