Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-30
NEST0S PAYS
TRIBUTE TO
ALL SOLDIERS
Is Speaker on Memorial Day
Program Held at
Minot. SITES

>~~AANs 49, D'' AsAnJ oV.~1 oS 1HE
tribute to ideals that led the sold.e
folk of all nations to war for tina,
which they individually, or their ma
tional leaders. considered right, Gov.
ernor X. A. Nestos paid tribute today,
not only to the soldiers of the blue
uniform of the sixties, but to the long
line OF men Of armor whose battles
had added to the democracy of the
world. .
I'm the United States we do not ex-
press this love Ly marble shafts,
storied urns or granite tombs," said
the governor in telling Of the appre-
cation of the world for the soldier.
L., with the color and fragrance of
to"ea, more tittingly representing.
nui love and admiration for those
VINO have fought. suffered and died
fof their country and in promotion of
the ideals for which our country
stands, renewing these each year as
our appreciation is continually new"
1T fills our heart with joy and
pride to realize that in the growth
of popular government and the ideals
Of liberty and democracy, continued
the speaker, 1.-The United States has
always been looked upon as peculiar
~ the, place where the. principles up-
Euerly1ng such popular government ana
the, participation Of all men. in the
shaping Of their affairs, is being test
ed out. During this growth and de
velopnent of democracy in our own
country, we have taken kcen inter F..
est in the struggles between democ.
racy and autocracy in every part Of
the world. Even when Washington,
in his farewell address called our at
teni.un to the dcsirability of avoiding
entaEsling alliances with the Euro
pcan countries, he did not even then
lncan nat we had ceased to take an
active and sympathetic interest in the
Struggles of the common people of
'lle european countries to gain poll
/. tlcal recognition and to secure at least
a measure of democracy in their own
land.
Speaks of France.
I'VE find that Turgot, the great
French economist and statesman, said
that the American people is the hope
; OF mankind. 1t must show to the
world by its example that man can be
free and tranquil and can do without
the chains that tyrants and cheats of
all garbs have tried to lay on them
under pretense Of public good. 1t
must give the example of political lib
erty, religious liberty, commercial and
industrial liberty"
Shortly thereafter when France
had sent to this country the colors of
the new republic, Washington said:
My anxious .recollections. my sym
pathetic feelings and my best wishes
are irresistibly excited whensoever In
any country l see an oppressed ma
ton unfurl the banners of freedom.
In delivering to you this sentiment,
l express not my lown feelings only
but those of my fellow citizens in re-
latlons to the commencement, the
progress and the issue of the French
| revolution
! In conclusion Governor Nestos said
"ls it not our part to preserve the
virility of our race; the spirit and the
| integrity of our institutions liberty
based on justice, equality and hu.
manity: to make sure that we do moi
forget our duties in the loud clamor
for our right? I feel that today We
are altogether too prone to insist UP.
on our rights and forget our duty
failing to remember that with each
right there Is corresponding duty
which to men Of character is OF great.
er Importance than the right claimed
How often we applaud and follow
the plausible demagogue who furious
ly incites us to demand some obscure
or even questionable right while WI
turn our backs supon the sincere
preacher who solemnly urges us te
perform some obvious duty. "A spirit
of love, loyalty, honor and truth is =
great blessing and more sacred thar
the most clamorous right"