The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-04

party, when IL enters office, to as
sumo the control of that portion OF
the government to which it has been
elected"
This administration has come in
20 power with very clear and def
mite mandate from the people" he
said The people declared that they
wanted their rights to have not a
political but judicial determination,
and their independence and freedom
continued and supported by having
the ownership and control Of. their
property, not in the government. but
in their hands"
Pursuing further his discussion of
domestic affairs, he declared that
those who want their rights respect
ed under the Constitution and the
law ought to set the example them
selves of observing the Constitution
and the law" and that 1--WE cannot
permit any inquisition either within
or without the law or apply any re-
ligious test to the holding of office"
america" he concluded, rseeks
no earthly empire built on blood and
force. No ambition, no temptation.
lures her to thought of foreign do
! minions. The legions which she
= sends forth are armed, not with the
sword, hut with the cross. The high
or state to which she seeks the al
legiance of all mankind is not Of
I. human but of divine origin. She
cherishes no purpose save to merit
the favor Of Almighty Cod
The address follows in full:
Current Conditions
: Ny Countrymen:
"No one can contemplate current
conditions without finding much
that is satisfying and still more that
is encouraging. Our own country is
leading the world in the general re-
adjustment to the results Of the
-great conflict. Many of it's burdens
will bear heavily upon us for years,
land the secondary and indirect eff
fleets we must expect to experience
for sometime. But we are beginning
to comprehend more definitely what
course should be pursued, what rem
.edies ought to be applied, what ac
tions should be taken for our deliv
GRANGE, and are clearly manifesting
"a determined will faithfully and con-
scientiously to adopt these methods
of relief. Already we have suffi-
GENTLY rearranged our domestic af-
fairs SO that confidence has return
ed, business has revived, and we APP
pear to be entering an era Of pros
perity which is gradually reaching
into every part of the Nation. Real
lZing that we can not live onto our
selves alone, we have contributed of
our resources and our counsel to the
relief of the suffering and the settle
ment of the disputes among the Eur
'pean nations. Because of what AM
erica is and what America has done,
a firmer courage, higher hope, in
spires the heart of all humanity.
"These results have not occurred
by mere chance. They have been Sc
cured by a constant and enlightened
effort marked by many sacrifices and
extending over many generations.
We can not continue these brilliant
successes in the future, unless we
continue to learn from the past. 1t
is necessary to keep the former ex-
periences Of our country both at
home and abroad continually before
US, if we are to have any science of
government. If we wish to erect
-new structures, we must have a def
mite knowledge of the old founda-
tions. We must realize that human
nature is about the most constant
!. thing in the universe. and that the
essentials of human relationship do
not change. We must frequently
.take our bearings from these fixed
stars of our political armament if
we expect to hold true course. If
1--WE examine carefully what we have
cone, We can determine the more
accurately what we can do. e
"We stand at the opening of the
zone hundred and fiftieth year since
four national consciousness first as
serted itself by unmistakable. action
with an array Of force. The old
sentiment Of detached and depend
.ent colonies disappeared in the new
Sentiment Of united and independ
Ishe narrow confines of a local char
ter for the broader opportunities of
Ia national constitution. Under the
Eeternal urge of freedom we became
Ian Independent Nation. A little less
(than so years later that freedom and
were reasserted in the
face of all the world, and guarded,
supported, and secured by the Mon
hoe doctrine. The narrow fringe. of
States along the Atlantic seaboard
advanced its frontiers across. the
shills and plains of an intervening
Econtinent until it PASSED down the
lgolden slope to the Pacific. We
made freedom q birthright. We ex-
stended our domain over distant is
bands in order to safeguard our own
Interests and accepted the consequent
to bestow justice and
liberty upon less favored peoples.
In the the defense OF our Own Ideals
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