The Nevada County picayune., 1918-07-11

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 Mount Vernon, July 4.-That George Washington and his associates spoke aSd acted, not for class, but for peo- sAe aud that II has been left for us to ,s@s te it that 1t shall be understood that shey spoke and acted. not for Il single people only. but for all mankind and were planning that men of every class ssAould be free and America a place to which men out of every nation might Fcsert who wished to share with them she rights and privileges of free men, was the gist of a speech delivered by President Wilson at Washington's aonb today.
 In the course of hls address the pres kseat asserted that in the present world struggle the peoples of the world find sAemselyes confronted by Il selfish group Of nations who speak no com mon purpose but only selfish ambitions af their own and by which none can profit but themselves and whose people are fuel iu their hands.
 Text of Address.
 The text of the presidents speech follows:
 +Gentiemen of the Diplomatic Corps and My Fellow Citizens l am happy 10 draw apart with you to this quiet saace Of old counsel in order 10 speak a little of the meani2g Of this day of nur nations independence. The place srerns very still and remote. IL Is nS serene and untouched by the hurry of nAe world AS it was In those great days long ago when General Washington was here and held leisurely conference with the men who were to be assocl- 2ked with him in the creation of m sion- From the gentle slopes they looked out upon the world and SaA 1t whole. saw it with the light of the flu anrr upon 1t, saw 1t with modern eyes ahnt turned away from past which men Of liberated spirits could no longer endure. fl k for that reason that We cannot feel even here. In the immedi- .sre presence of this sacred tomb. that ahts Is a place of death. It was a sssnce of achievement. A great promise lAnt was meant for all mankind was Aens given plan and reality. The as asOcfhtions hy which We are here sur esGnded are the inspiring associations ,sf that noble death which is only q glorious e0nsummation. From this green hillside we also ought 10 he able as see with comprehending eyes the world that lies about us and should teenceive anew the purposes that must sses men free
 ~tt is signitCant-slg significant of their swu character and purpose and of the annuences they were setting afoot- that Washington and his associates, MSe the harons at Runnymede. spoke and acted. not for Il class. but for a esople. It has been left for us to see as n that II shall be understood that sney spoke and acted. not for single people only. but for all mankind. They were thinking. not of themselves and @s the material interests which cen asred in the little groups of landhoid- srs and merchants and men of affairs with whom they were accustomed to &r4. in Virginia and the colonies to the aerth and south of her, but of q people which wished to he done with classes 4nd special interests and the author ay Of men whom they had Eot them. selves chosen to rule over them. They entertained no private purpose, de aired no peculiar privilege.
 Sought Freedom for All Men.
 They were consciously planning saaas men Of every class should he free and America place 10 which men out S every nation might resort who wished 10 share with them he rights and privileges Of free men And we enke our cue from them de we not? we intend what they intended Me Acre iu America believe our partieipa- eaon In this present war to he only the srultAce of what they planted. Cur ease differs from theirs only In this, sAnt II Is our ine>timahle privilege to concert with men out of every nation what shall make not only the liberties s8 America secure but the liberties of every other people d. well. We are nappy in the thought that We are per nitted to do what they would have aone had they been in our place,