The sun., 1917-03-06

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 a nation are involved. whether we
would have 1t SO or not.
And yet we are not the less Amer
leans on that account. We shall be
the moro American II we but remain
true to the principles in which we
have been bred. They are not the
principles Of a province or n single
continent We have known and
boasted all along that they were the
principles Of a liberated mankind.
Principles Of Liberty.
These. therefore, are the things We
stand for. whether in war or in peace
That all nations are equally in
terested in the peace OF the world and
in the political stability of free peo-
pies, and equally responsible for their
maintenance.
That the essential principle of peace
is the actual equality of nations in
all matters Of right or privilege.
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 FAM
lily OF nations
That the seas should be equally
free and safe for the use Of all peoples.
under rules set UP by common agree
ment and consent, and that, so far as
practicable, they should be accessible
to all upon equal terms
That national armaments should be
limited to the necessities Of national
order and domestic safety.
That the community Of interest and
power upon which peace must hence
forth depend imposes upon each ma
ton the duty of seeing to II that all
influences proceeding from its own citi-
zens meant to encourage or axist
revolution In other States should be
sternly and efrectually suppressed
and prevented.
/ 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 a platform
OF purpose and of action we can stand
together.
Being Forged Into New Unity.
And 1t IS imperative that we should
stand 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 deter
rent humors of party and of private
interest. and shall stand forth in tho
1aN- IN NIT
national pride and spirit Let each
man see to 1t that the dedication is in
his own heart. the high purpose OF
tho nation in his own mind. ruler OF
his own will and desire.
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 their leader in
affairs. I know now what the task
means. realize to the full tho re-
sponsibiity which II involves. | pray
God I may be given the wisdom and
the prudence TO do my duty in tn"
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 count upon. tho
thing without which neither counsel
nor action will avail. Is the unity of
America-an America united In feel
ing, in purpose and in its vision of
duty. Of opportunity and OF service.
We are TO beware OF all men who
would turn the tasks and the necessi-
ties 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 embarrass the spirit OF
our people beware that our Govern
ment be kept pure and incorrupt in
all its parts.
United alike In the conception OF
our duty and in the high resolve to
perform 1t in the face OF all men,
let us dedicate ourselves to the great
task TO which we must now set our
hand. For myself heg your toll
erance, your countenance and your
united aid
The shadows that now lie dark
upon our path will soon be dispolled
and we shall walk with the light all
about us IL we he but true TO our
selves - to ourselves as we have
wished to be known in the counsels OF
the world and in the thought of all
those who love liberty and the right
exalted.