The Dolores star., 1917-03-09

b drawn on. ~ sireunstancss. not ~
our own purpeos OF dssine. 20 . Dose
sse them and . more inznediats 49,
But nothing Viii sissr our tSossSt q
our purpose. They are too clear 70 Be
ob:cured They are too dssply rSots1
be altered We desire neither conaus1t
nor advantage. We wish nothing that
can be had only at the cost Of anothss
New Csta.sas Of tAs WsssA.
We have always professed uneslfieh
purpose and We covet the opDortu9ity
to prove that our professions are afn-
cere- There are many things sttii 20
do at home to clarity our own politics
and give new vitality 70 the industrial
do them a. time and opportunity serve:
but We realize that the great things
that remain 10 be done must be done
In cooperation With the vide and uni
versAl forces OF mankind and we are
on. ,pt5it so,I E:sdy for e. , sno:.
diats wake OF the war itself and will
set civilization up. again.
tragic ~. vents 0s Of the Thirty months Of
vital turmoil through which We have
Just pa.ssd have made us cttisens Of
t back. Our own fortunes a as 0 a ' NATION
are involved. whether we would have
1t 30 or not
On s.s We .ss Ss Il.
more American II we but remain true
to the principles In which we have
h es sn hs
We have known and boasted all along
that they were the principles of lib
Grated mankind.
Aneriea,s Nstisaal Greed.
ThAQe HhprAfnre m hA fhlnOa
shall stand for. whether. In war or In
That all nations ar. equally interest
| the political stability Of free peoples
and equally responsible for their main
That the essential principle of peace
is the mutual equality Of nations In all
matters of right or privileges:
That peace cannot securely or Justly
That governments derive all their
Just powers from the consent of the
governed and that no other powers
Thought. purpose or power OF the fam
That the sea. should be equally free
under rules set up by common agree
ment and consent and that. 30 far az
practicable, they. should be accessible
to all upon equal terms:
That national ornaments should be
limited to the necessities of national
order and domestic safety;
of power, upon which peace must
lhenceforth depend imposes upon each
nation the duty Of seeing to It that
Citizens meant to encourage or assist
revolution In other states should be
sternly and effectuaily suppressed and
prevented.
I need not argue these principles to
you. my fellow countrymen: they are
your own, part and parcel Of your own
hr Fh agd .prne Nv nasSa IN
of action we can stand together.
Nation Must Stand q Unlt.
And. 1t IL imperative that we should
stand together We are being forged
into new unity amidst the fires nov
abiaze through the world. In their ar
dent heat we shall, in Gods providence,
let us hope, be purged Of faction and
division. purified of the Grant humors
Of party and Of priysts interest and
with a new dignity of national pride
and spirit. Let each man see to II
that the dedication is in his own heart.
own mind. ruler Of his own viii and
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. 1
realize to the full the responsibility
which It involves. pray God 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 beg your tolerance, your coun-
tenance and your united aid. The 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 evalfAd