South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-05

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volved. whether we would have it
so or not.
And, vet we are not the less
Americans on that account. We
shall be the more American If we
but remain true TO the principles in
which we have been bred They
are not the principles of a province
or of a single continent. We have
known and boosted all along that
they were the principles of a liber-
ated mankind These. therefore.
are the things we shall stand for,
whether in war or in peace:
All Nations Interested.
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
tons in all matters Of right or privi-
lege.
THAT peace cannot securely 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 the common
thought, purpose. or power Of the
family of nations.
That the seas should be equally
free and safe for the use of all peo-
pies, under rules set up by common
agreement and consent, and that, so
far as practicable, they should be
accessible TO all upon equal terms.
That national ornaments should
be limited to the necessities of ma
tional order and domestic safety.
That the community of interest
and of power upon which peace
must henceforth depend. imposes
upon each nation the duty of seeing
TO it that all influences proceeding
from its own citizens meant to en-
courage or assist revolution in other
states should be sternly and effect
ually suppressed and prevented.
Peoples Principles.
Il need not argue these principles
to you. my fellow countrymen. 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 purpose and OF action
we can stand together.
And, it is imperative that we
should stand together. We are be-
ing 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 factions and di
vision, purified of the Grant humors
OF party and of private interest and
shall stand forth in the days 10 come
With a new dignity Of national pride
and uplift. Let each man see to it
that the dedication is in his own
heart, the high purpose of the ma
ton in his own mind, ruler of his
own will and desire.
Il stand here and have taken the
high and solemn oath TO which you
have been audience because the peo-
pie of the United States have chosen
me for this august delegation of
power and have by their gracious
judgment named me as their leader
in affairs. / know now what the
task means. l realize to the full the
responsibility it involves. l pray
God 1 may be given the wisdom and
prudence to do my duty in the true
spirit of this great people.
Servant OF People.
Il am their servant and can sue
coed only as they sustain and guide
me by their confidence and their
counsel. The thing l shall count
upon. the thing without which
neither counsel nor action will avail.
is the unity of American America
united in feeling. in purpose, and in
it's vision of duty. of opportunity and
OF service. We are 10 beware of all
men who would turn the task and
the necessities of the nation TO their
own private profit or use them for
the building up of private power;
beware that no faction or disloyal
intrigue break the harmony or en-
barrass the spirit of our people; be-
ware that our government be kept
pure and incorrupt in all its parts.
United alike in the conception Of
our duty and in the high resolve to
perform il in the face of all men,
let Us dedicate ourselves 10 the great
task 10 which we must now set our
hand. For myself, / beg your toll
eTance. your countenance ard your
| united aid. The shadows that now
lie dark upon our path will soon be
| dispelled and we shall walk with
the light all about us if we be but
! true 10 ourselves-to ourselves as
We wished 10 be known in the cOun-
sells of the world, and in the thought
Of all those who love liberty and