Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-06
NATIONAL ALTRUrsm.


w his address before the Man
haitian Club. President Wilson
splend for adequate defense, so linn
Iiting fbe lime Of his argument lhai
mons might mistake H. he partie
Ialarly asserted The tendency ~ this
fioyorpment towafd freedom IA
BE- participated "a by al peoples
who may come IN contact with IL,
caeh race 10 itself. working ont iia
separate destiny wiihoui ;mpcdi.
ment without eoercion from any
milllarlsiie propaganda 4 por.
lion of his measagc 10 the Nation
Tor his utierance wa aimed ii the
peepir ein1ihAsizes bis viewpoint
lu.ifouslyi
oar principles are veil known II u
MT hftssarf a. sFsN ihrm again We
i~ifrsr la political hi.rsy aad founded
suf Rfsat government a. obtain a. tho
iibtfty IT mfn apa ~ peoples. " men
90 lhnesa their Dan lives and ~ peoples
~ o.ia,o-f fheif Dan ailfgiaaea faif an
billion. alss ali che segld hns know ledge
81 j. h. noi only ~ b. free and pros
Iafppe oafsrlfea but alsu o. b. ths friend
tnd thoughtful partisan ~ lllpsa who are
iYTr ~ who desire freedom ,br eofid
Y}rf II ~ haze bad aggressive puf
ppsta sud eutetpns ambitions they Nefe
IN fruit II our th0fighllsss youth e. e
natlnn and ~ hHtf PIT them aside We
stall. ! touiltentiY inl4fFe. never aaaih
iake aunibff foot ~ Territory bY u,n.
quest We shall never. 10 ans sifenm
iHnff sefl ~ make sn independent
ptHlis subject ~ our dominion. because
VIZ btiirfr. ". passioHairiY ieilsfs, ln
ihr right ~ overs pfopls a. thau-s their
own allegiance and b. free ~ masters
altogether fpr ourselves We siah nnih
lns mif ihr fall liheftf Of seif develop
msnt anI With oufsslgrs in this effaf
mat'er w. hrsoeiate al ihe peoples II
uui assn hemisphere $50 alsh nui only
fa ihe United States lni lor them tbs
ipilrst lre'inH uf lndrpendrut growth
end leiion, for 40 kHpR that throughout {
ihia hrmiaphrfr ihe sanf aspirations sfs
nrffNheu b'iuH worked nui undef di
verso rpnilipns tut Hlih ihr ranr im
fidsf and ultimate olinas
Surely this Is ,lle measure of ihc
man, and the measure Of the Sc
Ron 3 confidence in his steward
shlp despite lhuse occasional er
rurs of Judgment which have
swerfcd lis course heretofore. VI
icrly insignificant beside The stan
dafd 81 general accomplishment
80 by BIS administration iisgifl
subjected io % greater number OF
TRYING moments than any since
Lincoln
How clearly be- distinguishes
that which Is of paramount a.
count when hc eays We shall
never n amy circumstance secl
90 make nn Independent pc0pla
subject to our doinlniou because
we believe, We passionatHy be.
Iiryc, IA The right of every people
Io choose their own allegiance and
10 hc free masters altogether
,'nai'irr Europe today, and the
nholY war which destroys iis "a
zenship, which laws waste iis gen
'faiirns ~ progfess The asser
ION ot dominion over indrpeud
ot peoples, against peoples OF
varying tongues aud customs per-
iculArly, has bern Europe IS sharp
'goncy Of strife, the underlying
'ausc Of all Jealous tiiscord +
President Wilson sets before
hr American people high idcni
nal they viii proaper In proper
ion 80 their acceptance of his pol
rN Tor b IS founded on Justice
lud the uliormost conception 81
tal liberty which pemgatcs and
tptilies American institutions.