Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-03-09
WILSON'S PLEA FOR
A UNITED AMERICA
PRESIDENT solEmNLY RENEWs
HIS oveNANT IN iNAUc-
URAl ADDRESS
Deep Wrongs iaf.etea Upon United
States Pictured ard Hint Given
That Country May be Forced
into War.

Washington. President Wilson
inaugural address Was as follows:
Ny fellow citizens.
The four years which have elapsed
aimee last ! STOOD IN this place have
been crowded with counsel and nc-
ton OF the nsost vital interest and
consequences Perhaps no equal pc
rind Ia our history has been 10 fruit
snl OF important reforms IN our econ.
omic and Industrial life or 80 fun Of
significant changes in The spirit and
purpose OF our political action. We
have sought very thpughtfuily TO ret
our house In order. correct the gros-
ser errors and abuses Of our indus
trial life. libeFate and quicken the pro
coasea % eur national genius and en-,
erTy and iift our politics 70 a broader
view u the peoples essential inter
eats II IL a record Of singular var.
iety and singular distinction. But J
ahaii not attompt 10 review A. II
speaks for itself and Will be OF In
crehsing Influence as the years SO by.
This Is not tho time for retrospect. II
h time. rather. 70 speak our thoughts
and purposes concerning the present
and the Immediate future.
Ne~ Prohler,s Confronting World.
Although we have conferred counsel
and action with such unusual concen-
traflon aud success upon the great
problems OF domestic legislation TO
which we addressed ourselves four
years ago. other matters have more
and more forced thsmeAlyes upon our
attention. matters lying outside our
own lie "a a nation and over which
~e had no control. but which. despite
our wixh to keep free OF them. have
drawn us moro and more irrealstibiy
into their own current and Influence.
II has been impossible 10 avoid
them. They have affected the life OF
the whole world. They havs shaken
men everywhere with a passion and
an apprehension they never knew be
fore Il has been hard 70 preserve
calm counsel while tho thought OF
oar own people awayed this way and
that under their influence. We are a
composite and cosmopolitan people.
We sra OF the blood OF all the nations
that are al war. The currents OF
our thoughts rs wen as the currents
OF our trade run quick at all seasons
hack and forth between us aud them.
The war inevitably set It's mark from
the nrst alike upon our miads. our In
dnstrien. our commerce. our politics
aud our social action. To be indlffer /
ent 20 Il or independent OF II was out 4
OF the question
Injuries Become trtolerable.
And yet, NJ, the while We have been Z
conscious that We were not part OF
H. In that consciousness. despite
mAay disislonH. We have drawn closer
together We have been deeply !
wronged upon the seas. but We have
not wished TO wrong or injuFe In ro-
turn. have retained throughout tho /
Consciousness OF standing In some
sort apart intent upon AN interest
that transcribed the immediate issues
of the war itself As some OF the In
juries done ns have become intolerable
We have stili been clear that We
wished nothing for ourselves that We
were not ready 10 demand for all man
kind--fslr dealing. justice. the free.
dom 20 live ard be at ease against or
ganisod wrong.
IL il IN this spirit and with this
thought that We have grown more and
more awar~. more and more certain
that tho part We wished to play was
she part 81 those who mean 10 vim
dscato and fortify peace. We have
been obliged 20 arm ourselves 20 make
good our claim % certain minimum
u right and OF freedom Of action We
stand Grin In armed neutrality since
u seems that IN no other way we
can dcmonstrate what Il Ia We insist
upon aud cannot sorego. We may
ryen be drawn on. BY circumstances, /
not by our cwn purpose or desire. 20
4 more active assertion OF our rights =
A. We see them and more immedi !
ate association with the great struggle !
Itsalf But nothing will alter our
thought or our purpose. They are too
clear 10 De obscarcd They are too
deeply rooted In ths principles Of cur
national life 70 be altered. We de :,
sire neither conquest nor advantage.
We Ulsh nothing that can be had only =
st the cost of another people. We 9
have always PROGRESSED unsclfish pur q
pose aad ~e coset the opportunity 10 N
pgoys that our professions are sim d
eerc {
United states no Longer Provincial. Ii
There are many things still 10 90 "a
II hsgne 10 clarity our oNE politics "
and give new vitality % the Industrial
processes Of oar o1n lie aud We @
shall 40 them as time and opportunity k
serve. bat Ne realise that tho great r
IhinKs that remain 10 be done must (
H. sooe with ths whole world for :
stage and In cooperation with the III
ride and universal forces 81 mankind IN
and ne are making our spirits ready +,
Tor those things they Will follow I
ii the immediate wake OF the war A. h