The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-12-16

Wilson today in his annual message TO
congress explained American Ideals
with reference to the future, spoke OF
the need OF stronger defense in order
to uphold the Monroe doctrine anu
touched upon internal problems. lie
specifically scored the un- American
actions of some citizens and the actiVi-
lives of certain aliens and requested
the enactment of laws to punish Of
tenders. The message follows;
Gentlemen of the Congress: Since ! last
had the privilege of addressing you on
the state of the union the war OF nations
on the other side of the sea, which had
then only begun to disclose its porten-
tous proportions, has extended its threat
ening and sinister scope until it has
swept within it's flame some portion OF
every quarter of the globe, not except
Ing our own hemisphere, has altered the
whole face of international affairs, and
aow presents a prospect OF reorganlza-
lion and reconstruction such as states
men and peoples have never been called
upon 20 attempt before.
We have stood apart, studiously neu-
ral. 1t was our manifest duty to do So
Not only did we have no part or interest
In the policies which seem to have
brought the conflict on; 1t was necessary,
II universal catastrophe was to be
avoided, that a limit should be set to
some part of the great family OF nations
should keep the processes Of peace alive,
IL only to prevent collective economic
ruin and the breakdown throughout the
world of the industries by which Its pop
ulationS are fed and sustained. 1t was
manifestly the duty Of the self governed
nations Of this hemisphere to redress, If
possible, the balance of economic loss and
confusion in the other, If they could do
nothing more In the day of readjust-
ment and recuperation, we earnestly hope
and believe that they can be of infinite
service
New U. S. Relationships.
In this neutrality, to which they We're
hidden not only by their separate life
md their habitual detachment from the
politics OF Europe, but also by clear
perception of international duty, the
states OF America have become conscious
" new and more vital community of in
crest and moral partnership in affairs,
more clearly conscious of the many COM
mon sympathies and interests and duties
which bid them stand together. H..
There was a time in the early days Of
gur own great nation and of the repub-
hcs lighting their way to independence
N Central and South America when the
government of the United States looked
4 ppon itself as in some sort the guardian
" the republics to the south Of her as
against any encroachments or efforts at
political control from the other side of
The water; felt II it's duty to play the
art even without invitation from them;
md / think that we can claim that the
task was undertaken with a true and
Nsinterested enthusiasm for the freedom
Df the Americas and the unmolested self
government of her Independent peoples.
But 1t was always difficult to maintain
such role without offense to the pride
Df the peoples whose freedom OF action
we sought TO protect, and without pro-
yoking serious misconceptions of our mo-
lives. and every thoughtful man OF af-
iairs must welcome the altered circum-
stances of the new day in whose light
we now stand, when there is no claim
pr guardianship or thought of wards, but
instead, full and honorable association
as Of partners between ourselves and
our neighbors, in the interest of all
America, north and south. Our concern
for the independence and prosperity of
the states of Central and South America
Is not altered. We retain, undated the
spirit that has inspired us throughout the
whole life of our government and which
was SO frankly put into words by Presi-
dent Monroe. We still mean always to
make common cause OF national inde-
pendence and OF political liberty in
America. But that purpose is now better
understood SO far as IL concerns our
selves. II is known not to be a selfish
purpose. 1t Is known to have in IL no
thought of taking advantage of any gov
eminent in this hemisphere or playing
Its political fortunes for our own benefit.
All the governments of America stand
so far as we are concerned, upon foot
Ing Of genuine equality and unquestioned
Independence. ..s
Mexico and Liberty.
We have been put to the test in the
case OF Mexico, and we have stood the
test. Whether we have benefited Mexico
by the course we have pursued remains
to be seen. Her fortunes are in her own
hands. But we have at least proved that
we will not take advantage of her in her
distress and undertake to impose upon
her an order and government of our own
jhoosing. Liberty is often fierce and
intractable thing, to which no bounds can
be set, and to which no bounds of a few
mems choosing ought ever &c be set
Every American who has drunk
nt the true fountains OF principle and
tradition must subscribe without reser-
walton to the high doctrine of the Vir-
GINA bin of rights, which in the great
days in which our government was set
up was everywhere amongst us accepted
as the creed of free men. That doctrine
IS: That government is, or ought to be,
instituted for the common benefit, pro-
lection, and security Of the people, ma
ton, or community;" that "of all the
various modes and forms of government,
hat Is the best which is capable of pro-
lucing the greatest degree Of happiness
and safety, and is most effectually Sc
eured against the danger of maladmin-
stration, and that, when any govern
ment shall be found inadequate or con-
fraty to these purposes, majority Of the
.ommounity hath an indubitable, inalien-
able and indefeasible right to reform, al
ter or abolish it. in such manner as shall
De Judged most conducive to the pub
&c veal" We have unhesitatingly APP
olied that heroic principle to the case
of Mexico, and now hopefully await the
febirth OF the troubled republic, which
lad so much of which to purge itself and
so little sympathy from any outside quar-
Ter in the radical but necessary process.
We will aid and befrIend Mexico, but
we Will not coerce her, and our course
With regard to her ought to be sufficient
roof to all America that we seek no DO.
ltleai suzeralnty or selfish control. 4
Mo Rivalry In Americas. y ~
The moral is, that the states of Amer
lea are not hostile rivals, but cooperat-
ing friends, and that their growing sense
Of community or interest, alike in mat
tiers political and in matters economic, is
likely to give them a new significance as
factors in international affairs and in
the political history of the world 1t
presents them as in q very deep and
gVIrc CO. H..