Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-05

'peech in full was as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Diplomatic
corps and my fellow citizens:
am happy to draw apart with
you to this quiet place Of old
counsel in order to speak a lit
tie of the meaning of this day Of
our nations independence. The
place seems very still and re-
mote. 1t Is as serene and un-
touched by the worry of the world
as It was in those great days
long ago when General Wash
ington was here and held leis-
urely conference with the men
who were to be associated with
him in the creation Of a nation.
From these gentle slopes they
looked out upon the world and
saw it whole, saw it with the
light OF the future upon it. saw
1t with modern eyes that turned
ated spirits could no longer en-
dure. It Is for that reason that
we cannot feel. v e here in
the immediate presence Of this
sacred tomb, that this is 8. place
of death. 1t was a place of achieve
ment. A great promise that was
meant for all mankind was
here given plans and reality.
The associations by which we are
here surrounded are the inspirit-
ing associations Of that noble
death which is only a glorious
contamination. From this green
hillside we ought to be able to
see with comprehending eyes the
world that lies about us and
should conceive anew the pur-
poses that must set men free.
1t Is Observation-Disclosures Of
their own character and purpose
and Of the influences they were
and his associates like the barons
J at Runnymede, spoke and act
ed not for class, but for a peo-
pie. It has been left for US to
9 to it that 1t shall be UNDER
stood that they spoke and acted
not for a single people only, but
thinking, not Of themselves and
of the material interests which
conferred in the little group of
landowners and merchants, men
of affairs with whom they were
accustomed to act, in Virginia
and the colonies to the north
and south Of her, but of a people
which wished to be done with
classes and special interests and
the. authority of men whom they
had not themselves chosen to
rule over them. They entertain
ed no private purpose, desired
no peculiar privilege. They were
conspicuously planning that men
Of every class should be free and
America a place to which men
nyIf ~ AHy0N1y noti4~ ratn1t ~oo>sk
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
in America believe participa-
ton In this present war to be
only the fruitage Of What they
planted. Our case differs from
theirs only in this, that it is our
tnestimable privilege to concert
with men out Of every nation
what shall make not only the lib
critics Of America secure, but the
liberties OF every other people as
we'll. We are happy in the
thought that we are permitted
to do what they would have done
had they been in our place.
There now must be settled once
AOF I'LL WNAL WAS settled D
America in the great e upon
whose inspiration we draw to-
day. This 10 surely a fitting
place from which calmly to look
upon III task, that we may for
tify U spirits for its accom-
plfshment. And, this is the APP
propriate place from which to
avow, alike to the friends who
J look On and TO the friends with )
whom we have tho happiness to
be associated In action. the faith
and purpose with which we act.
These great objects can be
put into q single sentence What
We seek 10 tho reign Of law, based
upon the consent Of the governed
and sustained by the organized
opinion OF mankind.
These great ends cannot be
achieved by debating and seeking
to reconcile and accommodate
what statesmen may wish, with
their projects for balances Of
power and Of national o%pportun-
ity. They can be realised only by
tho determination Of what the
thinking peoples Of tho world de-
sire. With thsir longing hope for
justice and for social freedom and
opportunity.