Gilpin observer., 1917-03-08

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be drawn on. b. circumstan ces. not ~
active ASSERTION Of our rights ~ We
see them and q moro immediate asso-
| citation with the great struggle itself.
But nothing will alter our Thought or
our purpose: They are too clear to BE-
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be altered. We desire neither conquest
nor advantage. We wish nothing that
can be had only at the cost Of another
Now Citizens Of the World.
We have always professed unselfish
prose ana That we eoys the s
do at home to clarity our own politics
ro a~ Of our own lie Il an ana we .saii
S but We we realize that the great thing:
with the Whole world for a stage and
in cooperation with the wide and uni
versal forces of mankind and we are
thngs fSsy W follow rssd n tSs .%:
diate, wake of the war itself and will
set civilization up again.
tragic events Of the thirty months Of
vital turmoil through which we have
Just passed have made us citizens Of
back. Our own fortunes as nation
are involved, whether we would have
it so or not
Ans On y sa not W s ss; s sa.
more American II we but remain true
to the principles in which we have
ahey eS az snss
We have known and boasted all along
| that they were the principles Of lib
Grated mankind.
Americas National Creed.
TheEe. therefore.
shall stand for. whether In war or In
peace:
ed in the peace of the world and in
| 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 privilege;
That peace eannot c,sa securely or Justly
That governments derive all their
just powers from the consent of the
governed and that no other powers
| lily Of nations;
That the seas should be equally free
| under rules set up by common agree
ment and consent and that, SO far as
practicable, they. should be accessible
That national armaments 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 1t that
citizens meant to encourage or assist
revolution In other states should be
sternly and sffectualiy suppressed and
need not argue these principles to
your own. part and parcel Of your own
fairs: They spring up native amongst
US. Upon this platform of purpose and
of action we can stand together.
Nation Must stand Q Unit.
And it is imperative that we should
!nto,a new unity amidst the fire: now
dent heat we shall. in Gods providence.
division. purified Of the errant humors
dns forth af ,ss day: e. co%s ans
with new dignity of national pride
and spirit. Let each man see to It
,h that The the dedication i in in hi. own heart:
own mind. ruler Of his own win and
! stand here and have taken tn. high
been audience because the people of
the United States have chosen me for
this august delegation Of power and
named nans @e their % leader c1o in .ff.irs as"'n'
know now what the task means.
realize to the full the responsibility
which II involves. ! pray God I may
be given the wisdom and the pru-
deRce 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 / 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
for the building up Of private power:
trigue break the harmony or en-
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 ] beg your tolerance, your coun-
tenance and your united aid. Tho shad.
ows that now lie dark upon our path
will soon be dlspelled and we shall
walk with the light all about us II We
are but true to ourselves-to ourselves
as we bare wished to be known in the
counscis of the world and In the
thought of all those who love liberty
and justice and tho right exalted.