News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-14
PRES. WILSON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS

principles of a liberated mankind
These, therefore, are the things we
shall stand for, whether in war OIL
in peace:
THAT all Nations are equally inter
ested in the peace of the world and
in the political stability Of free PEG
pies, and equally responsible for their
maintenance:
"That the essential principle of
peace is in 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 pow
ers should be supported b. the COM
mon thought, purpose or power Of
the family of Nations.
"That the seas should be equally
rec and safe for the use of all peo4
pies under rules set up by common
agreemcnt and consent, and that, so
far as practicable, they should be &C
cessible to all uponN equal terms.
THAT National ornaments should
be limited to the necessities of Ma
tional order ana 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 encourage OF
assist revolution in other States
should be sternly and effectually sup
pressed and prevented.
81 need not argue these principles
to you, my fellow countrymen, they
are your own, part and parcel OF your
own motive in affairs. They spring
I'D native amongst us. Upon this as
a platform of purpose and of action
we can stand together.
And it is imperative that we
shoull stand together. We are being
forced 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, purl-
fed of the errant 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 purpose of the Nation in his
own mind, ruler of his own will and
lesire.
81 stand here and have taken the
nigh and solemn oath to which you
nave been audience, because the peo-
Die of the United States have chosen
ne for this august delegation OF
power and have by their gracious
Judgment named me their leader in
Lffairs. l know now what the task
means. l realize to the full the re-
possibility which it involves.
81 pray God l may be given the
wisdom and the prudence to do my
Iuty in the true spirit of this great
,eople. |. am their servant and can
ucceed only as they sustain and
,uide me by their confidence and
heir counsel.
THE thing | shall count upon, the
hing without which neither counsel
Tor action will avail, is the unity of
America united in feel
ng, in purpose and in its vision Of
Iuty, of opportunity and of service.
We are to beware of all men who
tiles of the Nation to their own pri-
ate profit or use them for the build
ng up of private power; beware that
10 faction or disloyal intrigue break
he harmony or embarrass the spirit
f our people; beware that our Gov
rnment be kept pure and incorrupt
n all its parts.
United alike in the conception OF
ur duty, and in the high resolve to
erform it in the face of all men, let
S dedicate ourselves to the great
ask to which we must now set our
and.
For myself l beg your tolerance,
our countenance and your united !
i'd. The shadows that now lie dark !
pom our path will soon be dispelled |
nd we shall walk with the light all |
bout US if we be but true to our
elves-to ourselves as we have |
-ished to be known in the counsels |
( the world and in the thoughts of |
Il those who love liberty and JUS
ce and the right exalted"