El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-05
wilson URGES
NATIONAL UNITY
Declares Americans Must
Stand Together Until
Clouds Pass.
Continued From Page l.

cumstances, not by our own purpose o.
desire. 10 a more active assertion OF
our rights as we see them and a more
immediate association with the great
struggle itself. But nothing VIII alter
cur thought or our purpose. They are
too clear TO be obscured. They are too
deeply rooted in the principles of our
national life 70 be altered. We desire
neither conquest nor advantage. We
wish nothing that car be had only at
the cost Of another people. We have
professed unselfish purposes and we
covet the opportunity to prove that
our professions are sincere.
We Are No Longer ProvineiaIS.
There are many things still TO do
at home to clarity our own politics and
give new vitality to the industrial pro-
cesses OF our own life and we shall DO
them as time and opportunity serve:
but we realize that the great things
that remain to be done must be done
with the whole world for = stage and
in cooperation with the wide and uni
versai forces OF mankind. and we are
making our spirits ready for those
things. They will follow In the imne-
diate wake of the war itself and VIII
set civilization up again We are pro-
vincials no longer The tragic events
of the 50 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 involved
whether we would have It so or not
Remain True TO Principles.
And yet we are not the less Aneri-
cans or that account We shall be the
more American II We but remain true
to the principles in which We have
heen bred. They are not the principles
OF q province or OF single continent
49, 80 al oil
that they were the principles OF q Hb-
Grated mankind.
What We stand For.
These. therefore. are the things We
shall stand for, whether in war or in
peace:
terested in the peace Of the world and
in the political stability OF free peo-
pies and equally responsible for their
maintenance:
is the mutual equality OF nations in all
matters OF right or privilege;
That peace cannot securely Or just
y rest upon al armed balance OF
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 OF power OF The
THAT the seas should be equally
free and safe FOR the use OF all peoples
under rules set up by common agree
practicable, they should be accessible
70 all upon equal terms;
That national armaments should be
limited 10 the necessities OF national
order and domestic safety;
That the community OF interest and f,
Of power upon which peace must hence
forth depend imposes upon each ma
ton the duty OF seeing to il that all
citizens meant 10 encourage or assiss I
revolution in other states should be I
sternly and effectuany suppressed and |
prevented
We Must stand Together.
I need not argue these principles 1
70 you. my fellow countrynen; they |
are your own, part and parcel OF your /
own thinking and your own motive in 1
affairs They spring up native amongst /
Us Upon this platform OF purpose and /
OF action we can stand together
And il is imperative that We should /
stand together. We are being forged
into a new unity amidst the tires nov
ablaze through the world In their ar
dent heat we shall, IN Gods providence,
let US hope, be purged OF faction and !
purified Of the Grant hu-
mors Of party and OF private interest
and shall stand forth in the days 70
come with new dignity OF national
pride and spirit. Let each man see 10 IL
that the dedication is in his own heart
the high purpose Of the nation in his
own mind. ruler OF his own will and
lesire-
Realizes the Task Ahead.
7 stand here and have taken the
high and solemn oath 10 which you
nave been audience because the people J
of the United States have chosen me
'or 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 IL involves
PrayS For Wisdom.
pray God I may be given the Wis
ION and the prudence to do my duty
n the true spirit of this great people.
am their servant and can succeed
1nly as they sustain and guide me BY |
their confidence and their counsel. The |
thing I shall count upon, the thing I
without which neither counsel nor &C
ton viii avail, : the unity OF Aneri-