Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-01
Tame With High Resolves.

here tn found In a WflueFness, across a
thousand leagues OF ocean waste, n
new state, came with high and CON
scious purpose of achieving q great
human end. out of their yoluudnous
letters. memoirs. public records and
historical writings We constantly get
the impression of their deep convic
ton that they had been called as di-
vine instruments to accomplish n
work or supremest significance.
Hand of man alone did not bufld
what was founded here: II was but
the visible sign, the human symbol Of
purpose, which wesmay nt under
stand. but for whose jpeuificence all
men must give tribute of praise and
voice undying gratitude. We may
speculate and conjecture. We may seek
to frame laws of human relation
ship by which to account for such re-
suits ss here have been wrought: but
at last we will have to recognize that
they are not for US to- explain.
America Birthplace Of Freedom.
The English speaking race had
hardly established Itself In true char
arter as the foremost exponent of
liberal institutions when IL began 70
distribute itself among the wilderness
es of the earth. Even before liberty
had been secured for the mother eoun-
try. It's soldiers were adventuring into
distant parts carrying their ambitions
with them.
"trhe community Of free people of
our race, whether In Europe or Ameri-
ca. in Africa or Australia. under the
northern or the southern skies. was
begun when jamestown and Plymouth
wire founded. II has carried it's ideals
wherever II has set it's standard. II
has won recognition OF those ideals
as the basI1 OF social conduct, Of COM
ununity relations. throughout the
world. Its work Is not finished but.
| pray God. IL has come triumphantly
through its determining ordeal. II
comes forth from that test. nerved
and heartened for further tasks. con-
adent, assured. reliant. None oues-
tiona either It's place or its right Of
leadership. few doubt it's destiny to
establish. under that divine guidance
which IL has ever recognized. the
splendid structure Of human brother
| hood In peace and understanding.
History Perspeetires Not Dependable.
''The perspectives Of history are not
safely TO be judged save from the
| ioftiost peaks of human experience.
1t Is the dearly bought privilege of
our generation To stand on one OF
| those heights of the long ages, the
| look back opar the pathways, by
which we have come thus far. 10 see
clearly what have been the main
travelled roads and what the by-paths.
II we will but let our minds record
that which our eyes tell US, we viii
note that. the wide spreading land
scape behind us is now vastly changed.
IL is not what it seemed when we
were passing through it. We see that
some OF the routs which we supposed
were the high roads OF progress, were
the futile ways of wasted effort.
| Others, which in the journeys heat
and toll we counted only as its
marches of anguish. we recognize as
the short cuts that carried US quickly
t5 loftier levels and safer positions.
I'VE stand today before the
unknown. but we look to the future
with confidence mistaken. There Is
no retracing: we must forever go on.
| We welcome the theories wrought oAt
in new hope, but we cling to the as
suarance founded on experience. AL
that is not bad; all that is 70 be will
not be ideal. We cannot lift the veil
To the future but we can analyze and
understand what has gone before. II
is good to keep our feet firmly on the
| earth though We gaze in high hope for
human brotherhood and high attain
ments.
Just as the Pilgrims had a pi cti-
cal mind for material things amid ef-
fective pursuit of their higher ideals
so must we with our inheritance.
Warns Against Capitalization oi
Power.
"Just as these fathers drew together
| toward ample authority to make the
nation and still preserve the freedom
of those who cor.pose 1t, so must We
guard against the supreme centrali-
zation of power at home. and the SUI
perstate for the world. More, We musi
combat the menace in the growing as
sumption that the state must support
the people, for just government is
merely the guaranty to the people OF
the right and opportunity of that peo-
lIle to support themselves.
"The one outstanding danger of to.
day is the tendency to turn TO Wash
ington for the things which are tbs
tasks or the duties 1f the forty -eigh
commonwealths which constitute tn.
nation. Having wrought the natior
as the central power of preservation
land defense let us preserve it so.
Urges Higher Standards OF Justice.
Here was the early dedication tC
religious liberty and political freedom
Ii was a sublime gift to posterity. w,
cannot better express our reverenc,
today than by sweeping aside the er.
rors, the failures, the disappointments
he betrayals of our day. and plan
here for all America and all the worlt
the standards of highest justice and
real human brotherhood. This woulG
add to the volume of rejoicing on eartf
and give echo 10 the heavens of tn,
nobler aspiration of united mankind
II would dim no torch of liberty which
WAS lighted here. but would set tbs
n L.