The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08

We snail &c CIleul DIS Ilule 1Au oPpOA
tunity serve: but we realize that the
greatest things that remain to be-
done with the whole world for a wide
and universal forces OF mankind, and
we are making 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 provincials no longer. The
tragical event.; of the thirty months
of vital turmoil through which we
have just passed have made US cltl-
zens of the world. There can be no
turning back. Our own fortunes as
nation are involved, whether we
would have it SO or not.
"And yet we are not the less Amer
leans on that account. We shall bel
the more American if We but remain
true to the principles in whichwe have
been bred. They are not the princi-
continent. We have known and boast
ed all along that they were the prin-
ciples of liberated mankind. These
therefore, are the things we shall
stand for, whether in war or in
peace:
What We Stand For
"That all nations are equally in
terested in the peace of the world and
; in the political stability Of free peo-:
pies, and equally responsible for their
maintenance;
"That the essential principle Of
peace is the actual equality of ma
lions in all matters Of right or priv
ilege;
! justly rest upon 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
accessible to all upon equal terms;
"That National ornaments should
be limited to the necessities of Ma
tional order and domestic safety;
"That the community of interest
and 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 or
assist revolution in other states
should be sternly and effectually sup
pressed and prevented.
No Argument Necessary
t 81 need not argue these principles
= to you, my fellow countrymen; they
are our own, part and parcel of your
= own thinking and our own motive IN
t affairs. They spring up native
t amongst us. Upon this as a plat.
1 form of purpose and of action We
e can stand together.
t "And it is imperative that W.
should stand together. We are be-
S ing forged into a new unity amids
e the fires that now blaze Throughout
: the world. In their ardent heat w,
y shall, in Gods providence, let US hope
20 be purged of faction and division
re purified of the errant humors of par
20 ty and of private interest, and shall
IN stand forth in the days to come wit
m a new dignity of National pride an
ID spirit. Let each man see to it tina
A. the dedication is in his own hear
it the high purpose of the nation in hi
e. own mind, ruler of his own will an
r. desire.
Sc 81 stand here and have taken tn
IN high and solemn oath to which yo
a have been audience because the PEE
ne pie of the United States have chose
lg me for this august delegation {
r power and have by their graciou
b. judgment named me their leader
ed affairs.
1e Prays for Wisdom
h II know now what the task mean
ct l realize to the full the responsible
W. lty which it involves. I pray God
y W. may be given the wisdom and II
at at prudence to do my duty in the tru
" spirit Of this great people. I a
their servant and can succeed onl
do as they sustain and guide me by the
re confidence and their counsel. TT
,s thing I shall count upon, the thin
10 without which neither counsel n,
action will avail, is the unity ,
! America-an America united in fee
49, ing, in purpose, and in it's vision
vs. duty, of opportunity and of servic
"a We are to beware of all men wi
Ms would turn the tasks and the nece