Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-30
NATION REQUIRES
 ND FOREIGNERS 10 POINT DUTY'S WAY
Harding's First Campaign Speech Is For PhOnO
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ALSO DECLARES WE
 CHOOSE NO ISOLATION
Let The Bolshevists Destroy and Tn, lnternationalists Dream De- Clares The Republican Can
 didate For President.

! Washington, June Declaring the nation requires no council of for eign powers to point the way of Amer. ican duty,' Senator Harding, republi- can nominee for president, in his first campaign speech today urged the ore. servation of Americanism as the first and highest endeavor of all citizens of the republic.
 i The candidates first utterance of the campaign was heard by no audi ence, being made for a phonograph record to be released on the fourth of July and to be used throughout the campaign. A copy of the address was made public and with it a speech made last week by Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts, the party's vice presidential nominee, for similar purpose.
 Senator Harding chose "American. ism' as his subject while Governor Coolidge spoke on Claw and order" ! America, MT. Harding said, does not mean to hold aloof, chooses no isola- 1 Cioi anu uuty, Dut, uc COu- tinued, i've arrogate to ourselves the keeping of the American continent and every concept of our moral obliga- tion." The presidential candidate ad- ded that "it is very practical to make sure our own house is in order before we attempt the miracle of old world stabilization."
 In urging maintenance of law and order, Governor Coolidge defined the need of America as "a broader, firmer, deeper faith in peopleA-a faith that we desire to do right, that the govern ment is founded upon righteousness which will endure"
 "Americanism really began when, robed in nationality, the American res public began the blazed rail of repre- sentative popular government. Rep resentative democracy was proclaimed the safe agency of highest human 1 freedom. America headed the for. ward procession of civil human and religious liberty, which ultimately will effect the liberation of all mankind. The federal constitution is the very base of all Americanism, the ark of the covenant of American liberty, the very temple of equal rights. The constitution does abide and ever will so long as the republic survives.
 "Let us hesitate before we surren. der the nationality which is the very soul of highest Americanism. This republic has never failed humanity nor endangered civilization.
 We have been tardy some times ,I like when we were proclaiming de- mocracy and neutrality while we ig- nored our national rights, but the ultimate and helpful part we played in the great war will be the price of America so long as the world recites the story.
 "We do not mean to hold aloof. We choose no isolation. We shun no duty. I like to rejoice in an American conscience, and in big conception of our obligation to liberty, justice and civilization. Aye, and more, like to think of Columbia's helping hand to new republics which are seek ing the blessings portrayed in our ex- ample, but l have a confidence in oul America that requires no council in foreign powers to point the way o1 American duty. We wish to counsel cooperate, and contribute, but we ar rogate to ourselves the keeping of the American continent and every concept of our moral obligation. It is fine to idealize, but it is very practical i to make sure our own house is ir perfect order before we attempt the miracle of old world stabilization.
 Gall it the selfishness of national. ity if you will. l think it an inspi- ration to patriotic devotion:
 "To safeguard America first. gro stabilize America first.
 "To prosper America first.
 "To think of America first.
 "To exalt America first.
 gro live for, and preserve America first.
 "Let the internationalists dream and the bolshevists destroy. God pity him fro whom no ministerial raptures swell.
 "In the spirit of the republic we proclaim Americanism and acclaim America"
 BATESvILLE HAS 4.2s9. ,I Washington, June 29.-The poula' tion of Batesville, Ark, according to figures compiled by the census bureau is 4,299. This is an increase of 900 |l.