The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-08
Must Retain Equiblibrium,
Think Justly and Do Just
That Thing From Day to
Day Declares President If
We Are to Take Part in
Larger Affairs Than Our
Own.
REMOVING sHACKLEs OF
BUSINESS OPENS FIELD
Enlarged Liberties Lead to
Enlarged Responsibilities
Asserts National Executive
Urging Careful Considera-
tion Of Policies Before Ac.
tion.

Richmond, Ind. Jan. s.--f'Tosisen
Wilson made a ive-minute speech on
the duty Of the United States To the
rest OF the world here today. In a.
short stop on the way 90 indianapolis,
ne declared 10 crowd of several
thousand persons that u America
Keeps its own polsc it will best he
able To bring about peace In Europe.
lie was warmly checred.
- haven't made speech for 20
long that ! fear 1 don't know how.
he said. You know ! have been con-
fined for couple OF years az hard
labor and am out on parole for n day
or two I have to hurry back for
fear I viii forfeit the parole. Hut /
de- want TO say this. my fellow cit
izens. that il is very genuilc pleas
ure to me To got abroad aRain and
stir among the people ! dearly love.
Because the one thing we have Ia
think about down In Washington is
thc best thing to do FOR you and the
thing that YOU want us to do for you,
and that h mighty hard thing 20
iind out, particularly when you are
not thinking about your oS-n affairs
ANA are constantly thinking about
what is none uf your business, namely,
what is going on on the other side Of
the water
Il say that In playfulness. but !
mean IL half In earnest. IL does not
do, my friends. to divert our atten-
tion from the Affairs Of this great
country. The duU which this coua-
Try has TO perform To the rest of the
world larpcly depends upon the way
In which a. performs H. duty to itself
- have always thought with regard
90 individuals that if a man was true
to himself he would then be true Ia
other persons. and I believe that that
applies 10 "a great country like ours,
that a nation that Is habitually true
to lts own exalted principles of action
will kaow how TO serve the rest OF
mankind when the opportunity offers
That is a very deep philosophy Of nf,
which h very thoroughly worth while
living up 90.
I'VE have a great many Things {,
do In this country that We can do q
we keep our equilibrium; only II w
| think and speak justly about one an
other; Only if we Try "a do the Just
thing from day 20 day in the dah,
task.
I'VE have been trying al Washing
ton 10 remove some Of the shacklei
that have been put upon American
business. bur after you have removes
the shackles you must determine wha
you are going to do with your liberty
Aud there are many tasks ta perform
for mankind. There are many thina
to be bettercd In this world which VI
must set ourselves to make better.
so what / want to say 10 you
merely this.
Let us seek sober, common coun
sci about our own anairs and the
when the time comes when we can at
upon larger acld. there viii be N
J mistake as 10 what America will q
FOR the peace of the world. havin
found her own peace and having 81
tabnshed Justice loo her own mind.
II am sincerely glad 10 sce you.
ala not expect to make speech Z
YOU. ] am merely giving you n
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