The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-05

OF right and serve to make peace anl
justice the more secure by afloFdins
definite tribunal of opinion to when
all must submit and by which every
international adjustment thai can be
amicabiy agreed upon by the peoples
directly concerned shall be sanctioned
These great objects can be put into
a single sentence. What we seeh Is
the reign OF law based upon the con
sent of he governed and sustained by
the organized opinion OF mankind
These great ends cannot be achiey..
ed by debating and seeking to recon
cIle ana accomnodate what statesmen
mag wish, with their projects for bal
ances of power and of national oppef
tunity. They can be released only b
the determination OF what the thina
ing peoples OF the world desire with
their longing hope for justice ana for
social freedom and opport nifty"
The presidents speech in full wa
as follows:
Gentlemen of the diplomatic corps
and my fellow citizens:
81 am happy to draw apart with you
to this quiet place of old counsel In
order to speak little of the meanin3
of this day of our nations independ-
enoe. The place seems yery still an.
remote. 1t LIS as serene and untouched
by the hurry Of the world as 1t was
in those great days long ago when
General Washington was here and held
leasurely conference with the men
who were to be associated with him IN
the creation of nation. From these
gentle slopes they looked out upon the
world and saw 1t whole; saw it with
the light OF the future upon it: saw
1t with modern eyes that turned away
from past which men of liberated
spirits could no longer endure. II is
for that reason that we cannot fee.
here, even in the immediate presence
of this sacred tomb, that this is a
place of death. 1t was a place Of
achievement. A great promise that
was meant for all mankind was here
given plan and reality. The associa-
tions of that noble death which is only
glorious consummation. From this
I green hillside we also ought to be
| able to see with comprehending eyes
the world that lies about us and con
ceive anew the purposes that musA.
! set men free.
ut is ignificant-significa or
their own character and purpose. ana
of the influences they were setting
afoot-that Washington and his as
sistants, like the barons at Runny-
meGe. spoke and acted not for class
but for people It has been left for
us to see to it that it shall be UNDER
stood that they spoke and acted not
| for single people only, but for all
mankind. They were thinking, not 81
themselves. and OF the material inter
ests which centered in the little
groups Of land holders and merchants
and men Of affairs with whom they
were accustomed to act, in Virginia
and the colonies to the north ami
south OF her. but of a people whica
wished to be done with classes ana
, special interests and the authority uf
H'NH VhthA thCy AtdQ lOt tuCiuStlVtS
chosen to rule over them. They en-
tertained no private purpose, desired
no peculiar privilege. They were con-
sciously planning that men of ever
class should be free and America i
| Place to which men out of every na-
tion might resort. who wished to share
with them the rights and privileges
of free men. And we take our cue
from them-do we not? We intend
what they intended. We here ID
America believe our participation III
| this present war to be only the fruit.
age of what they planted Our case
differs from theirs only in this. that
it is our inestimable privilege to con-
cert with men out of nation what
shall make not only the liberties Of
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