Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-09
Things This Nation Stands For.

Things This Nation Stands For.
These, therefore. are the things we
shall stand for, whether in war or in
peace:
That all nations are equally inter
ested in the peace OF the world and
in the political stability of free peo-
Piles and equally responsible for their
maintenance:
That the essential principle OF
peace is the mutual equality OF ma
tons in all matters of right or priv
ilege:
That peace cannot securely or Just
ly rest upon an armed balance Of
power:
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 or power OF the
family of nations.
That the seas should be equally
free and safe for the use Of all peo-
pies. under rules set up by common
agreement and consent and that, so
far as practicable, they should be &C.
cessible to all upon equal terms;
That national ornaments should be
order and 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 1t that
all influences proceeding from its own
citizens meant to encourage or assist
revolution In other states should be
sternly and effectually suppressed and
prevented.
| ! need not argue these principles tc
you, my fellow countrymen; they are
your own. part and parcel of your
own thinking and your own motive
in affairs. They spring up native
amongst us. Upon this platform Of
purpose and of action we can stand
together.
People Must Stand Together.
And II Is imperative that we should
stand together. We are being forged
into new unity amidst the fires thai
now blaze throughout the world. Ir
their ardent heat we shall, in Gods
providence, let us hope, be purget
of faction and division, purified of the
errant humors of party and of pri
Ivate interest and shall stand forth II
the days to come with new dignity
of national pride and spirit. Let eaci
man see to 1t that the dedication 1.
in his own heart. the high purpose o
the nation in his own mind, ruler o
his own will and desire.
I stand here and have taken tn,
thigh and solemn oath to which 20,
have been audience because the PEG
pie of the United States have chosen
me for this august delegation of pow
er and have by their gracious judg
ment named me their leader in al
fairs. / know now what the tasl
means. I realize to the full the re
sponsibility which It involves.
pray God I may be given the wisdom
and the prudence to do my duty II
the true spirit of this great people
am their servant and can succee,
only as they sustain and guide me b,
their confidence and their counsel
The thing ! shall count upon, tn
thing without which neither counse
nor action will avail, is the unity o
America-an America united in fee
ing. in purpose and in vision of duty
OF opportunity and OF service. w
are to beware of all men who woul,
turn the tasks and the necessities o
the nation to their own private prof
or use them for the building up o
private power; beware that no fac
ton or disloyal intrigue break thu
harmony or embarrass the spirit o
our people; beware that our govern
ment be kept pure and incorrupt II
all its parts. United alike in the con
ception, Of our duty and In the higl
resolve to perform 1t in the face of al
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great task to which we must set on
hand. For myself | urge your toleI
ance, your countenance and your unit
ed aid. The shadows that now lii
dark upon our path will soon be dis
PEELED and we shall walk with tn
light all about us il we be but tru
to ourselves-to ourselves as we hav
wished to be known in the counsel
of the world and in the thought of al
those who love liberty and justice an
the right exalted.