The Raymer enterprise., 1917-03-08

bs draw on. By circumstance not hy
our OWL purpose or desire, to q more
active assertion Of our rights a. We
see them and . more immediate asso-
ctation with the great struggle itself
But nothing viii alter our thought or
our purpose They are too clear to be
obscured. They are too deeply rooted
In the principles Of our national life to
be altered. We desire neither conquest
nor advantage. We wish nothing that
can be had only At the cost Of another
people.
Now Citizens Of the World.
We have always professed unselfish
purpose and we covet the opportunity
to prove that our professions are sin
cere. There are many things still to
do at home to clarity our own politics
and give new vitality to the industrial
processes Of our own life. and we shall
do them az time and opportunity serve:
but We realize that the great things
that remain to be done must be done
with the whole world for q stage and
in cooperation with the wide and uni
versal forces of mankind and we are
making our spirits ready for those
diate wake Of the war itself and will
set civilization up again.
We are provincials no longer. The
tragic eyelts 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 nation
are involved. whether We would have
II SO or not
And yet we are not the less Ameri-
cans on that account. We shall be the
more American II we but remain true
TO the principles IL which we have
been bred: They are not the principles
nj a mr. ~ ~ in 0t Anf - nt
We have known and boasted all along
that they were the principles Of . lib
Grated mankind.
Aneriea's 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
and equally responsible for their main
tenance;
That the essential principle OF peace
Ia the mutual equality OF nations In all
matters Of right or privilege;
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 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
practicable. they should be accessible
to all upon equal terms:
That national armaments should be
limited to the necessities OF national
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 II that
all influences proceeding frsm it, own
citizens meant to encourage or assist
revolution In other states should be
sternly and sffectually suppressed and
prevented.
l need not argue these principles to
your own. part and parcel Of your own
thinking and your own motive In af-
fairs. They spring UP native amongst
Us. Upon this platform OF purpose and
Of action we can stand together.
Nation Must stand . Unit.
And II 10 imperative that we should
nso fSssns Sn, ws a ,s. s:nE 91sse nU1
ablaze 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 errant humors
Of party and of private interest and
shall stand forth In the days to come
with new dignity Of national pride
and spirit. Let each man see to Il
that the dedication 10 In his own heart.
the high purpose Of the nation In his
own mind. ruler Of his own will and
desire.
stand here and have taken the high
and solemn oath to which you have
been audience because the people Of
kA fnNt al fnAA g.
this august delegation Of power and
have by their gracious Judgment
named me their leader In affairs.
l know now what the task means. !
realize to the full the responsibility
which II involves. / pray God may
be given the wisdom and the pru-
of this srea, people. / am I'M their % .erv.
ant and can succeed only ~ they sus-
tain and guide me by their confidence
and their counsel.
The thing shall count upon. the
thing without which neither counsel
nor action will avail. 10 the unity OF
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 II 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. The shad-
ows that now lie dark upon our path
will soon be dispelled and we shall
walk with the light all about uv II We
are but true to ourseives-to ourselves
as we have wished to be known In the
thought OF all those who love liberty