The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-05
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT
AFTER TAKING OATH
CONTINUED from page H.

their Just powers from the con-
sent OF the governed and that no
other powers should be supported
by the common thought, purpose
or power Of the family OF ma
tions;
That the seas should be equally
free and safe for the use or all
peoples, under rules set up by
common agreement and consent
and, that so far as practicable,
they should be accessible to all
upon equal terms; .s
That national ornaments
should be limited to the necessi-
ties of national order and domes-
tic safety;
That the community of interest
and of power upon which peace
must henceforth depend imposes
upon each nation the duty of see
ing to It that all influences pro-
ceding from it's own citizens
meant to encourage or assist
revolution in other states should
be stern1y and effectually sup
pressed and prevented.
/ need not argue these prin-
ciples to you. my fellow country
men; they are your own, part and
parcel Of your own thinking and
your own motive in affairs. They
spring up native amongst US.
. Upon this as platform of pur-
pose and of action we can stand
together.
Stand Together.
And it is imperative that we
should stq-d together. We are
being forged into a new unity
amidst the fires that now blaze
throughout the world. In their
ardent heat we shall, in Gods
providence, let us hope, be purged
of faction and division, purified
of the Grant humors Of party
and of private interest, and shall
stand forth in the days to come
with a new dignity of national
pride and spirit. Let each man
see to it that the dedication is
in his own heart, the high Tur-
pose of the nation in his own
desire. lF1-sy
I stand here and have taken
the high and solemn oath to
which you have been audience.
because the people Of the United
States have chosen me for this
august delegation Of power and
have by their gracious judgment
named me their leader in affairs.
I know now what the task
means. I realize to the full the
responsibility which it involves.
l pray God may be given the
wisdom and the prudence to do
my duty in the true spirit OF this
great people. l am their serv-
sustain and guide me by their
confidence and their counsel. The
thing I shall count upon, the
thing without which neither
counsel nor action will avail is
the unity of America-and Ameri-
ca united in feeling, in purpose
and in It's vision of duty, of OPP
portunity and of service. We are
to beware of all men who would
turn the tasks and the neces-
sity to their own private profits
or use them for the building up
of private power: beware that
no faction or disloyal Intrigue
break the harmony or embaTrass
the spirit Of our people; beware
that our government be kept pure
and incorrupt in all it's parts.
United alike in the conception
of our dalty and in the high re-
solve to perform it in the face
Of all men, let us dedicate our
selves to the great task to which
we must now set our hand. For
myself. | beg tolerance, your
countenance and your united aid.
The shadows that now lie dark
upon our path will soon be dis
PEELED and we shall walk with
the light all about us if we be
but true to ourselves-to our
selves as we have wished to be
known in the counsels of the
world and in the thought of all
those who love liberty and JUS
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