The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-08

. our own purpOss o. desire. to . more
active assertion Of our rights a. we
see them and 4 more immediate asso-
ciatssa nith The great struggle ttseH.
our purpose. They are too clear to be
opseured, They are too deeply rooted
in the principles of our national lifesto
be altered. We desire neither conquest
nor advantage. We wish nothing that
| can be had only at the cost of another
people.
Nsw Catisess eG The werlA.
We have always professed unselftsh
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 as time and Opportunity serve:
but We realize that the great things
that remain to be done must be done
with the whole world fos . stage and
in cooperation with the wide and uni
versal forces of mankind and we are
making our spirits ready for those
date wake Of the war Itself and viii
set civilization up again.
We are previneiAls ~ longer. The
tragic events Of the thirty months OF
Just passed have made US citizens Of
the world. There oAn be ne turning
back. Our own fortunes as q nation
are involved. whether We would have
ii 80 or not.
And YET v. ar. nss tn. les: 4n.ri-
moro American II vs bst remain true
to the principles in which We have
OF q province or Of . sinEle continent.
We have known aad boasted all along
that they we're the principles of lib
Grated mankind.
A.esiea's Nstis.al Greed.
These. therefore, are the things ws
shah stand fer. vhsthsr In war or II
peace:
That all nations are equally tatsrest-
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 cannot securely or Justly
rest upon an armed balance of power:
That governments derive ali their
governed and that no other powers
should be supported by the common
thought. purpose or power of the fam
lily of nations,
and safe for the use Of all peoples.
under rules set up by common agree
ment and consent and that, SO far as
pra cticable, they should be accessible
That national srmaments should be
order and domestic safety:
That .swsr he Spcn %es Of mus. .ns
henceforth depend imposes upon each
nation the duty Of seeing to 1t that
all influences proceeding from its own
revolution In other states should be
sternly and effeetually suppressed and
prevented.
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 q Unit.
And 1t lis imperative that we should
stand together. We are being forged
into a new unity amidst the fires now
dent heat we shall, in Gods providence.
let us hope, be purged of faction and |
division, purified of the Grant humors
Of Ra.y ssns ana o,3b M Vat dante s land
and spirit. Let each man see 70 it
that the dedication is in his own heart.
own mind. ruler ef his evH viii AID
desire.
stand here ana have taken the high
and solemn oath to which you have
the United States have chosen me for
this august delegation Of power and
have by their gracious Judgment
named me their leader in affairs.
I 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-
denoe to do my duty in the true spirit
of this great people. I am their serv-
ant and can succeed only as they sus-
tain and guide me by their confidence
and their counsel.
The thing I 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
their own private profit or use them
for the building up of private power;
beware that NO faction or disloyal in
triSue break the harmony or en-
ware that our government be kept
pure and iheorrupt in all its parts.
United alike in the conception Of our
duty and In the high resolve to per-
form it 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 US II We
are but true te ourselves-to ourselves
as We have wished to be known In the
counsels Of the world and in the
thought Of all those who love liberty
and justice and the right exalted