Arizona republican., 1921-05-31
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 WASHINGTON. May sO.-A nation rcx01 first of all to itself, but never <a0fn< 10 measure up to the uemanos c{ m advancing civilization, was pc <ured hy President Harding as an Auerzcza ideal today in Memorial 1av address at Arlington National r<WeterT-
 American heroes of every war. the rrrns&pnf raid had accomplished Tar uuor> than the immediate ends 10. whxrh they fought because they, had ><u<d erect and preserve shrine rcr the Rberty-loving of every race: 1ze drc7arcd the whole mission or kwer5ca would become an unrealized Isrrnm lf this heritage ever was sac ~~1mr. country said Mir. Harding. ->sn never failed to measure up to >h< 1rrnAndx presented to it In 0enan of numan1ty. and it never will when n ceanee to meet these oratts' it Wi' = 1rnwer be our country; it will be, M znat time ever comes. the wretched ar1 1eoayinx memorial of another <<r<unn<tcn that has crumpleds or an- su<1uu~ th~nl which has failed. of an- ~xhrr ambition for mems happiness u&1rn has somehow gone awry
 I'll equally emphatic language stne ur<sddent asserted his convicuoh tnae W ruwr,i.hed only If the nation took cAre fSrst of it's own integrity
 Toxk Of Addross
 Tee text cf the presidents address <o1,cws In part:
 ~1Ne are met on sacred soil today fS< . solemn hour of sacrament ana <,n~e~crafzcn- But the soil whence w~ <-ume Ia itself sanctified through sHr ~nrrifices of these who lie here Wherever our flag flies. within the npun6Arfez of the republic, It Is over nn1n whose freedom and security have been wrought through these uarx4f<cesL
 -1s is the privilege of this company to uf<cr our tribute of love and grat- SruSe in the sacristy of beauty with n rfrhf of the national capital But o4herr no less devout- will assemble nn cx>r our land and other lands, un- E~r fcr<s<n skies and among alien uNrule4. 10 pay like tribute of love -.d memory. There is no discordant St<e in the hymn of gratitude; no rec4{cuAlfsm in our memorial Above xhe murmurings of grief is the swell s-r concord of union. and the doml- rant note is our faith in the repuphc- -l< win be a tribute today spoken in many tongues. and by divers races. Wherever men are free they are won't rn give thought to our country's ser
 
 nav hut aspire to freedom not yet achieved, their instinct turns the eye and the thought of hope this way, and sh<x pray that their cause may rain our appreciation They know that we have never drawn the sword o< oppression. that we have not r.suxn< what was not our own, nor szker ali that we might have claimed They have seen our protecting arm stretched over the outposts of liberty on every continent For more than g century our plighted word warned tyranny from half the world; then when the gauge was taken up by mac ambition men felt the blow that arm could strike when freedom answered in it's utmost fight Across the seal we sent our hosts of liberty's sons commissioned to reduce the eterna <caiess Today the sons and daugh rerz of other lands are placing witt loving hands their laurels on graves not le<z reverently than we are doin, here To me no thought comes witi more of inspiration than this, tha now our Memorial Day is become al international occasion
 Tribute To Civil War Heroes
 There are gathered here the ashe of a great army of those who Tough in the struggle which preserved ou r-nion and insured our high place i the community of nations We VII not over-appraise their sacrifice we say that had they failed, thei failure would have so weakened tn forces of liberty and enlightenment thai these would have been doomed in the more recent world trial, t failure and defeat A divided Americ would have been incapable of the eff fora that was demanded to hold ou present day civilization secure
 -r0ur own generation will not per form part worthy of it's heritage we do less than our very utmost t preserve that which they made pos <Shle for us to possess, one flag. on purpose. one pride, and one destfn,
 -9n such a view, we must see tha oHr opportunity to be useful to man kind at large depends first on bein loyal to ourselves No ideal of gen rrn<itv to all men can justify neglet firSt to make ourselves strong. firr secure. in behalf of our own peopl We cannot hope to discharge tf wider responsibilities if we have ns first proved our capacity to meet u narrower ones It is our wish to r,~efs1l in the greater realms; but
 we are 10 do so. we must have I tAeStiou of our devotion to the gres rrfssciples for which these gave the isres in the struggle which saved Il l-ufou and re-dedicated it forever liberty I counsel no selfishness, l aittie Americanism. no mere pare hialian. when l urge that our fir duty is t0 our own. and that in Il rn~a sure of its performance we w find the true gauge of our capaci to be helpful to others.
 Renew Loyalty Pledge
 Tt Is a good thing to come to tn consecrated place and renew il pledges of our loyalty to those who patriotism gave us our strength al opportunity. Their instinct right iest them to the judgment that the ,first duty was to preserve the inst mxion of popular rule. of nation ~r-isrity. They did not enter up me war among the states with pi mary purpose 10 end the instituti cf human slavery. Worthy as tn might have been, their inspirati was higher. They sought first maintain the Union. to keep it power for the advancement Of Anne Hs and humanity. confident that.