The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-03-06

WASHINGTON-W Woodrow Wilson, |
with the major part of the world at |
war and America poised on it's verge, |
consecrated his second Inauguration
as president of the United States on
Monday with a last message of hope
for peace.
Standing in the shadows of the ma
TONS capitol, with his race turned
toward the eastern war-seared skies,
the president renewed his oath of al
legiance to the constitution, praying
to God that he might be given wisdom
and prudence to do his duty in the
true spirit of the American people.
While trumpets blared ano martial
accoutrements ratified about him, the
president pictured the deep wrongs the
United States had patiently borne in
the conflict of other peoples without
wishing to wrong or injure in return.
Asserting that the tragedies of an
other continent had removed provin
cialism and made American citizens
! of the world, and that the principles
of this republic should be applied to a
liberation of mankind, he resolutelv
voiced a determination that America,
standing firm in armed neutrality"
must demonstrate her claim to a
minimum of right and freedom of
action" in world affairs.
Peculiar interest and significance,
in the light of his rebuke Sunday night
to senators who prevented the passage
of the armed neutrality bill, were at
tached to the presidents assertion on
this point; even more interest and
concern when he added:
I'VE may even be drawn or, by cir
cumstances, not by our own purpose
or desire, to more active assertion of
our rights as we see them, and a more
immediate association wirl, the great
struggle itself. But nothing will al
ter our thought or our purpose We
desire neither conquest nor advantage.
"And it is imperative that we should
stand together We are being forged
into a new unity amidst the fires that
now blaze throughout the world. In
, their ardent heart we shall, ic Gods
providence, let us hope, he purged OF
faction and division, purified of the
: errant humors of party and of private
interest, and shall stand sortl in the
] days to oome with a new dignity OF
. national pride and spirit. Let eaci
o man see to it that the dedication is
! in his own heart, the high purpose oi
the nation in his own mir !, ruler al
= nis own ,,iil and desire
e 81 pray God 1 may be give th'
= wisdom and the prudenc' to do m,
+ duty in the true spirit of this grea
people. 1 am their servsn and cal
/ succeed only as they sustain and guide
9 me by their confidence and tnei
i counsel The thing shall CONT upon
! the thing without which le'ther coun
il sci nor action will avail, is the unit.
e of America-and America united il
# feeling, in purpose and in Is vision o
d duty, of opportunity, and Of service
Vt We are to beware of all men VIII
d would turn the tasks and the necessi
, ties of the nation to their own privat
profit or use them for the building N
of private power; beware trat no fac
ton or selfish intrigue break tn
harmony or embarrass the spirit @
J. our people; beware that or govern
ment be kept pure in all its parts.
- Omitted alike in the conception {
a our duty and in the high resolve I
~ perform it in the face Of men, le
= us dedicate ourselves to the great tas
= "a which we must now SO, rur hGn'
- For myself, beg your tolerance. you
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