Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-06-17
MORSE STRENGTHEN
j. s. --COOLID GE
President Makes Notable
Address to Thousands
in Twin Cities.

ords for magnitude of outpouring in
this empire of the Northwest.
Not in their history have the Twin
| Cities witnessed such a demonstra-
| ton. Conservative estimates place the
number of participants in the street
demonstration at a quarter of a mil
lion, while more than one hundred
thousand cheered and waved a well
come to the President and the first
lady of the land at the fair grounds.
Americas success in fusing nation
al unity from its melting pot of d.
verse racial elements points the way
for fraternity and cooperation among
| peoples on a worldwide scale, Presi-
dent Coolidge said in his address at
the Norse-American centennial at the
state fair grounds in Minneapolis.
If fraternity and cooperation"
he said, "are possible on the
scale of this continent among people
so widely diverse, why not on the
scale Of the world? 1 feel it is pos
sible of realization. / am convinced
that our national story might some
what help to guide mankind toward
such a goal"
Gain Worlds Respect.
The President told his huge audi
ence that in the midst of Royalties
that are all beyond possibility Of
question" it was difficult to choose
among the many national and racial
groups that have sought out Amer
lea for their home and their country"
I'VE are thankful for all of them,
and yet more thankful that the ex-
pertinent of their common citizenship
has been magnifciently justified in
its results" he said.
"Out of the confusion of tongues,
the conflict Of traditions, the varia-
lions of historical setting, the vast diff
ferences in talents and tastes, there
has been evolved a spiritual union, ac-
companied by range of capacity and
genius which marks this nation for a
pre-eminent destiny The American
people have commanded the respect Of
the world.
1T is not so many years since Wis
itors from other quarters of the
world were wont to contemplate our
concourse of races, origins and inter-
ests and shake their heads ominously
National Unity Proved.
Had these misgivings been justi-
fed when the hour Of trial came, it
would have meant disaster to us and
to the world But instead Of crumbling
into a chaos of discordant elements,
| America proved its truly national
unity. 1t demonstrated conclusively
that there is a spiritual quality shared
by all races and conditions of men.
which is their universal heritage and
! common nature. Powerful enough to
hold this people to a high ideal in
time of supreme trial, why may we
not hope that the same influence will
at length reach men and women wher-
ever they are found on earth?"
President Coolidge praised the
Scandinavian immigrants for their
contribution to American life.
Recalling that just 100 years ago a
group of fifty-two persons set out from
Norway on the forty-five-ton sloop
Restaurationen as the first organized
|
try, the President said Minnesota
would not be Minnesota, the group of
imperial northwestern states would
not be what they are, but for the con-
tribution that has been made to them
by the Scandinavian countries"
During the period from 1915 to
1S4S, Mr.. Coolidge asserted, immigra-
ton from northern and western
Europe not only built the United
States Unto numbers, wealth and au-
thority In the world, but had a ire
mendous reflex on Europe"
fastened SIavery's Fall.
But for American example and In
f1uence," he added, "the democratic
movements of 1882 and 1848 in Europe
might have been long postponed"
immigration from north and west
Europe gave constant announcement
there to liberal thought and action"
he said, "and in this country by grad
ually giving the North a great nre-
ponderance in numbers, fastened the
downfall of slavery.
America, with all that ii renra-
sents of hope in the world" the Pres
ident told his audience, sis now, and
will be, what you make It, Its insti-
tutions of religious liberty, of educa-
ton and economic opportunity, of con-
stitutional rights, of integrity of the
law, are the most precious possessions
of the human race.
These do not emanate from the
government. Their abiding place Is
with the people. They come from the
conservation of the father, the love of
the mother. and the devotion of the
children. They are the product of that
honest, earnest and tireless effort that
goes into the rearing of the family al
tar and the making of the home of our
| country"