The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-03-14

purpose, and We covet the oppor
tunity to prove that our professions
are sincere. 4
Still Much to Do
There are many things still to do
at home to clarity our own politics.
and give new vitality to the indus
trial processes of our life, and we
shall do them as time and opportun-
ity serve; but we realize that the
greatest things that remain to be
done must be done with the whole
world for q stage and in coopera-
ton with the wide and universal
forces of mankind, and we are MAX
ing our spirits ready for those things
They will follow in the, immediate
wake of the war itself and will set
civilization up again. We are pro-
vineials no longer. The tragical
events of the thirty months of vital
turmoil through which we have just
passed made us citizens of ;the world
There can be no turning back. Our
own fortunes as a nation are invol-
we'd, whether we would have it so or
not. ..-'.'.
And yet we are not the less Amer
lean on that account. We shall be
the more American, if we but remain
true to the principles in which we
have been bred. They are not the
principles of province or of sin.
gle continent. We have known and
boasted all along that they were the
principles of liberted mankind:
These, then, are the things we shall
stand for, whether in war or In
peace.
What America Stands For.
That all nations areEequally inter
ested in the peace of the world and
in the political stability Of free peo-
pies, and equally responsible for
their maintenance; > ..T'.> -
That the essential principles of |
peace is the actual equality Of, ma
tions in all matters of right or priv
ilege; u.. -. -. ., -., III
- 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 powers
should be supportedfby 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-
Piles, under rules set up by common
agreement and consent, and that, 80
far as practicable, they should be
accessible to all upon equal terms;
That national armaments should
be limited to the necessities of ma
tional order and domestic safety;
That the community Ct interest
and of power, upon which peace
must henceforth depend, impose up
on each nation the duty of seeing to
it that all in first proceeding from
its own citizens meant to encourage
or assist revolution in other states
should be sternly and effectually
and prevented.
A Common Heritage.
I need not argue these principles
, you, my fellow countrymen; they
are your own, part and parcel of
your thinking aLH your own motive
in affairs. They spring up native
us. Upon this as plat
form of purpose and Of action we
ian stand together. .It
And it is imperative that we should /
stand together. We are being forged
nto a new unity amidst the fires ,
hat now blaze throughout the
world. In their ardent heat we shall, 5
n Gods providence let US hope, be +
,urged of faction and division, puri-
led of the errant humors of party
md of private interest, and shall
tand forth in the days to come
With a new dignity of national pride .
md spirit. Let each man see to it .
hat the dedication is in his own
leart, the high purpose of the ma
ion in his own mind, ruler of his
,wn mind, ruler of his own will and
lesire. =, .
/ stand here and have taken the
liph and solemn oath to which you
ave been audience because the peo- 7
lie of the United States have chosen
ne for this august delegation Of =
,ower and have by their gracious :,
udpment named me their leader IN Y
fairs. 7 know now what the task 4
means. realize to the full the re-
possibility which it involves. ! pray 2
sod I may be given the wisdom and {
he prudence to do my duty in the
rue spirit Of this great people. ! Z
m their servant and can succeed ?
nly as they sustain and guard me 9
y their confidence and their counsel !
All Depends Upon Unity. fl
The things I shall count upon, the a
hing without which neither counsel
or action will avail, is the unity of "