Cheyenne record., 1917-03-08

be draw on. by circumstaHc ces. not by
our own purpose or desire. to more
active ASSERTION of our rights n we
see them and = more immediate asso-
But nothing viii Alter our tsousht @ or
our purpose. They are too clear to be
obscured, They are too deeply rooted
be altered. We desire neither conquest
NOR advantages. We wish nothing that
can be had only at the cost of another
people
Now Citisens Of the World.
We have always professed unselfish
purpose and we coyet the opportunity
eere. There are many things stili to
and give new vitality to the Industrial
DO them as time ana opportanity " serve; @
but we realize that the great things
that remain to be done must be done
Ta9s WITH soT via. nS a1
versal forces of mankind and we are
making our spirits ready for those
things. They win follow In the imme.
set civilization up again.
We are provincials no longer. The
tragic 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
And yet we are not the less Ameri-
cans on that account. We shall be the
.o the psnspss Which Saa @s have
been bred. They are not the principles
OF province or of single continent.
that they were the principles Of = lib
Grated mankind.
AmericaS National Greed.
These. therefore, are the things We
shall stand for, whether in war or in
That all nations are equally interest
ed in the peace of the world and In
the political stability Of free peoples
That the essential principle of peace
Is the mutual equality of nations In all
That peace cannot securely or justly
rest upon an armed balance Of power:
That governments derive all their
ana that no otSer powers 90 sns
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
to all upon equal terms;
That national ornaments should be
limited to the necessities of national
aaS the commits ssfst' and
Of power upon which peace must
heneeforth depend imposes upon each
all influences proceeding from its own
citizens meant to encourage or assist
revolution in other states should be
sternly and effectually suppressed and
prevented.
I need not argue these principles to
you, my fellow countrymen; they are
your own. part and parcel Of your own
mn tNA In =
fairs; They spring up native amongst
of action we can stand together.
Nation Must Stand q Unit.
And 1t Is imperative that we should
stand together. We are being forged
into new unity amidst the fires now
dent heat we shall, in Gods providence.
division. purified Of the errant humors
Shall stand " forth in the days to come ama
with a new dignity Of national pride
and spirit. Let each man see to it
the high purpose Of Z the h. n" nation % in ne his
desire.
stand here and have taken the high
been audience because the people Of
the United States have chosen me for
this august delegation of power and
named me their leader in affairs.
know now what the task means. I
realize to the full the responsibility
which 1t involves. 1 pray God I may
be given the wisdom and the pru-
dence to do my duty in the true spirit
OF this great people. am their serv-
ant and can succeed only as they sus-
tain and guide me by their confidence
and their counsel
The thing I shall count upon. the
thing without which neither counsel
nor action will avail. Is the unity Of
America-an America united in feeling,
in purpose and in vision of duty, OF
opportunity and of service. We are to
beware of all men who would turn the
tasks and 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 in
trigue 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 per-
form 1t in the face of all men, let us
dedicate ourselves to the great task to
which we must set our hand. For my
self I beg your tolerance, your coun-
tenance and your united aid. Tho shad-
ows that now lie dark upon our path
will soon be dispelled and we shall
walk with the light all about us II We
are but true to ourselves-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 justice and the right exalted.