The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-05

lCy serves DuL We realize that the
| greatest thing that remains to be done
must be done with the whole world
for stage and in cooperation with the
wide universal forces of mankind. and
We are making our spirits ready for
those things. They will follow in the
immediate wake OF the war itself and
will set civilization up again. We are
provincials no longer. The tragical
| events of the thirty months OF vital
turmoil through which we have just
passed have made us citizens OF the
world. There can be no turning back.
Our own fortunes as q nation are in
volved. whether we would have IL so
or not.
And yet, we are not the less Ameri-
cans on that account. We shah be
the more American IL we but remain
true to the principles in which we
have been bred. They are not the
principles of a province or Of single
continent. We have known and boast
! ed all along that they are the princi-
pies of liberated mankind. These.
therefore, are the things we shall
I stand for, whether in peace or In war:
; THE NATIONS PRINCIPLES.
That all nations are equally in
| terested in the peace Of the world
| and in the political stability OF free
peoples, and equally responsible for
their maintenance
That the essential principle Of
| peace is the actual equality Of ma.
tions in all matters Of right or
privilege.
That peace eannot be secured or
Justly rest upon an armed balance
OF power;
That governments derive all
their just powers from the consent
Of the governed and that no other
powers should be supported by that
common thought, purpose or pow
er Of the family OF nationsi
That the seas shall be equally
free and safe for the use Of all
common agreement and consent,
and that, 50 far 40 practicable, they
] should be accessible to all upon
equal termsG
That national armaments should
be limited to the necessities OF ma.
tionaI order and domestic safetyJ
That the community of interests
must henceforth depend, imposes
upon each nation the duty OF see.
inc to it that all influences pross
ceeding from its own eitizeneS
meant TO encourage or assist revo.
luton in ether states should be
sternly and effectually suppressed
and prevented.
need not argue these principles 70
you, my fellow countrymen; they are
your own, part and parcel OF your
own thinking and your own motives In
affairs. They spring up native
amongst US. Upon this platform OF
purpose and of action we stand to-
gether.
And it is imperative that we should
stand together. We are forged into
new unit amidst the fires that now
IT,, H.~t.a
ardent heat we shall, in Gods provi-
dence, let us hope, be purged Of facs
ton and division, purified Of the err
rant humors OF party and of private
interests and shall stand forth in the
days to come with a new dignity OF
national pride and spirit. Let each
man see to IL that the dedication is
lin his own heart, the high purpose
Of the nation in his own mind. ruler
OF his own viii and desire.
/ stand here and have taken the
high and solemn oath to which you
have been audience, because the pe0-
pie OF the United States have chosen
me for this august delegation Of power
and have by their gracious Judgment
now what the task means. realize
to the full the responsibility which Ii
involves. ] pray God / may be given
the wisdom and the prudence to do
my duty In the true spirit of this great
people. / am their servant and can
succeed only as they sustain and guide
me by their confidence and their
counsel The thing shall insist upon.
the thing without which neither cOun~
sci nor action viii avail. Is the unity
of American America united In
feeling, in purpose and in vision of
duty, Of opportunity and of services
We are to beware Of all men who
would turn the task and the necessi-
ties Of the nation to their own private
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