Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-08

capable OF producing the greatest de.
gree OF happiness and safety. and is
most ehectuslly secured against the
danger of maladministration: and that
when any government shall be found
inadequate or contrary TO these pur-
poses, a majority OF the community
hath an indubitable. inaHenable, and
ndefeasible right to reform. alter. or
abolish il, in such manner as shall be
Judged most conducive to the public
veal We have unhesitaungly ap-
Piled that heroic principle TO the case
of Mexico. and now hopefully await
tue rebirth OF the troubled republic
which had so much Of which to purge
itself and so little sympathy from any
outside quarter in the radical but nee.
essary process. We will aid and be
friend Mexico but we will not coerce
her; and our course with regard TO her
ought to be sufficient proof to an
America that We seek no political
suzerainty or selfish control.
The moral is, that the states OF
America are not hostile rivals but co
operating friends, and that their grow
ing sense Of community of interest,
alike in matters political and in mat
tiers economic, is likely to give .them
a new significance as factors in inter
national affairs and In the political
history Of the world 1t presents them
as in a very deep and true sense a unit
in world affairs, spiritual partners
standing together because thinking
together, quick with common sympa-
thies and common ideals Separated
they are subject to all the cross cur
rents of the confused politics Of a
world Of hostile riyalries; united in
spirit and purpose they cannot be
disappointed Of thor peaceful destiny
This is Pan-Americanism 1t has
none Of the spirit of empire in It, It
is the embodiment the effectual EN-
bodiment of the spirit Of law and in
dependence and liberty and mutual
service
Drawing the Americas Together.
A very notable body Of men recently
met in the city OF Washington. at the
invitation and as the guests Of this
government. whose deliberations are
likely to be looked back to as marking
a memorable turning point in the his
tory of America. They were represen-
tatiye spokesman Of the several in
dependent states Of this hemisphere
and were assembled to discuss the
financial and commercial relations Of
the republics of the two continents
which nature and political fortune
have so intimately linked together /
earnestly recommend to your perusal
the report Of their proceedings and Of
the actions of their committees You
will get from them, | think fresh
conception Of the ease and intelligence
and advantage with which Americans
of both continents may draw together
in practical cooperation and Of what
the material foundations of this hope
full partnership OF interest must con
sist Of how we should build them and
OF how necessary 1t is that we should
hasten their building
There Is, venture to point out an
especial significance just now attach
ing TO this whole matter OF drawing
the Americas together in bonds OF hon
orabie partnership and mutual adVan-
tage because of the economic readlust-
ments which the world must ineyi-
tably witness within the next genera
tion, when peace shall have at last re-
sumed its healthful tasks. In the per
Torrance of these tasks | believe the
Americas to be destined to play their
parts together / am interested to fix
your attention on this prospect now
because unless YOU take it within your
view and permit the fun significance
of It to command your thought ! can.
not find the right light in which to set
forth the particular matter that lies
at the very front of my whole thought
as ! address you today ! mean ma
tional defense
No one who really comprehends the
spirit of the great people for whom
we are appointed to speak can fail to
perceive that their passion is for
peace, their genius best displayed In
the practice Of the arts of peace, Great
democracies are not belligerent. They
do not seek or desire war. Their
thought is Of individual liberty and OF
the free labor that supports life and
the uncensored thought that quickens
1t. Conquest and dominion are not in
our reckoning, or agreeable to our
principles. But just because we de-
mand unmolested development and
the undsturbed government of our
own lives upon our own principles OF
right and liberty. we resent, from
whatever quarter It may come, the ag
gTession we ourselves win not prac.
tice. We insist upon security in prose.
cutting our self-chosen lines Of nation
al development. We do more than that.
We demand 1t also for others. We do
not confne our enthusiasm for indi-
yidual liberty and free national deyel-
Opment to the Incidents and move
ments Of affairs which affect only our
selves We feel it wherever there Is
a people that tries to walk in these
1ifticult paths OF Independence aud
right. From the first we have made
common cause with all partisans Of
liberty on this side the sea, and have
deemed it as important that our neigh
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