Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-07

do our duty as we understand
Text Of Message. w
President Wilson'S annual mes
sage 10 congress Follows;
when addressed myself to per
forming the duty laid upon the.
president by the constitution 70
present to you an annuabreport on
the state of the union, found my
thought dominated by an Immortal
sentence. of Abraham Lincoln's:
Let us have faith that right
makes might, and In that faith let
us dareto do. our duty as we under
stand it. a sentence immortal be-
cause 1t embodles In a form Of ut
ter simplicity and purity the essen
tial faith or the nation, the faith IN
which 1t was conceived and the
faith In which 1t has grown TO glory
ana power. With this faith birth
Or nation founded upon II came
the hope into the world that q new
order would prevail throughout
the afafirs Of mankind, an order
In which reason and right would
take precedence OF covetousness
and force, and believe that ! ex-
press the wish and purpose OF ev-
cry thoughtful American when
say that this sentence marks for us
in the plainest manner the part we
should play alike in the arrange
ment of our domestic affairs and in
our exercise Of influence upon the
affairs Of the world. BY this faith,
and by this faith alone, can the
world be lifted out OF Its present
confusion and despair. IT was this
faith which prevailed over the
wicked force Of Germany. You will
remember that the beginning Of the
end OF the war came when the Ger
man people found themselves face
TO face with the conscience Of the
world and realized that right was
everywhere arrayed against the
wrong that their government was
attempting to perpetrate. think,
therefore. that it Is true to say
hat this was the faith which won
he war. Certainly this is the faith
With which our gallant men went
INTO the field and out upon the seas
, TO make sure of victory.
Democracy Being Tested.
This Is the mission upon which
democracy came into the world.
Democracy is an assertion Of the
right OF the Individual to live and
to be treated justly as against any
attempt on the part OF any combi-
lnaion or individuals to make laws
which Will 0verburden him or
which will destroy his equality
among his fellows In the matter OF
right or privilege, and think we
all realize that the day has come
when democracy Is being put upon
its final test. The old world is just
now suffering from wanton re-
lection oft he principle of demo-
cracy and substitution Of the prin-
ciple of aptocracr ! i asserted in the
name, but withss the authority
and sanction of tho multitude. This
In the time of all others when de
mocracy should prove its purit,
and its spiritual power to preYail
1T Is surely the manifest destiny Of
/ the United States to lead in the
attempt to make this spirit prevail
America May Assist.
There are two ways in which
the United tSates can assist to ac'
! coniplish this great object: First
| by Offering the example within hel
own borders of the will and power
! Of democracy to make and enforc'
flaws which are unquestionably JUS
and which arc equal in their admin
istration--laws which secure IL
fun right TO labor and yet at th'
same time safeguard the integrit'
Of property and particularly OF tina
property which is devoted to tn
! development of industry and III
II increase Of the necessary wealth 0
i the world. Second, by standing TO
!, the right and justice as toward
4 Individual nations. The law Of de
, mocracy Is for the protection of IN
weak, and the Influence Of ever
( democracy in the world should b
for the protection of the weak ma
: 'tions, the nation which is strue
Cling toward its right and toward
It's proper recognition and priyileg
in the family OF nations. The TN
ted States cannot refuse this roi
OF champion without putting IN
stigma OF rejection upon the grea
and devoted men who brought II
, government into existence and e
tablished it in the face Of almol
universal opposition and intrigue
even in the face OF wanton force, 9
= for example, against the orders
, .ouncil-of Great Britain and the a
: 0ltrary Napoleonic DEGREES whic
! involved us in what we know {
4 the war Of 1872. l urge you
consider thet the display OF an