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APRIL 11, 1S13
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will be, the masters of their own gov
ernment, and will make the govern
ment the agent of the people to ad
vance the welfare of the people. ThlB
1b the direction in which events are
eolng In matters of government.
"I present you therefore these
three evidences of progress; the ad
vance of the world in intelligence;
the advance of the world in morals;
and the advance of the world in
popular government. And why do I
present this evidence? It is that I
may impress upon the minds of those
who honor me with, their attention,
the responsibility of American citi
zenship. "Our nation is leading the world
in all of these departments of ac
tivity, along all these lines of pro
gress. Go into the Orient and you
will And that they are watching what
our nation does; and I believe that
the action of the president the other
day in the utterance on the Chinese
loan means a long step in advance
toward winning the confidence of the
people of the Orient. (Applause.)
They have been looking to our na
tion as their only friend and when
our nation stands out and insists
that the aid we render shall be ren
dered without the destruction of
their political independence, we
speak not only for this nation but for
the world, for we have now reached
a point where the influence of
America's example will have a
moulding influence on public opinion'
everywhere.
"Go into South America and you
will find that they watch us even
more than they do in Asia. Visiting
South America three years ago I
think I did not visit a capital but
what I was told that they had read
a dispatch that at the close of the
campaign I had sent a telegram of
congratulation to my successful
opponent. I told them that was not
strange; nothing remarkable about
it. I might have told them that I
had sent three telegrams like that.
(Laughter.) I told them that if I
had been successful that my oppon
ent would have sent me a telegram;
it would have been the first one re
ceived. I told them that in this
country we did not think a' man fit
for president unless he thought bo
much more . of his country than he
did of himself that he could sin
cerely wish well to the man who was
preferred above him. They said
they had not reached tha' point yet
but that they hoped they would.
"But, if they would notice a little
thing like that, how much more
would they notice important things
in this country? I found that every
where they were acquainted with the
doings of our country. Not only ac
quainted with our constitution but
they followed our laws and they
were glad to acknowledge their in
debtedness" to us.
"I shall not forget an experience
I had at San Palos, Brazil. It is the
second city of that republic. There
is a great normal school there that
was built and is conducted on the
plans taken by an American woman
from the state of New York. They
showed me through the various
rooms. They were proud that the
idea had come from the United
States, and after they had shown me
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through the rooms they conducted
mo to the assembly hall where tho
students of the higher classes had
gathered. Every seat was occupied,
tho aisles were full, and young men
stood back in the door and out in
the hallway. Over the windows of
that room were draped two flags, the
flag of Brazil and ours. A professor
spoke for the school, and spoke in
English. He said their constitution
had been modeled after ours, and
that even their flag, like ours, had a
star for every state. After he was
through a young man spoke for the
students. He was twenty or twenty
one, and he spoke in English. His
voice trembled with emotion as he
told how our nation had been an
inspiration to Brazil and how it was
their ambition to make Brazil like
tho United States. And then a
young lady recited a poem in
English; and then to my amazement
that entire school rose and sang in
English, 'My Country, 'Tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty, of Thee I
Sing.'
"And then it was my time to
speak. I told them that I had seen
fulfilled there that day the dreams
of our forefathers. I told them that
those who laid the foundation of our
nation were anxious that our nation
should conquer tho world, not with
its arms but with its ideas. And 1
told them that our people would be
happier to know that they sang our
songs and were grateful for our ex
ample, happier far than they would
be to have them sullen subjects
under a flag that they did not love.
"What a glorious mission God haB
reserved for our nation; to be the
pathfinder among tho nations. The
torchbearer for mankind. What a
responsibility comes with American
citizenship.
"And this is the question that I
would burn into your minds and
hearts, and would caTry with me
ever; the world is moving forward,
our nation leading the way. It is
advancing in Intelligence. Have we
done all that we might have done
to advance the world's intelligence?
It is moving forward in morals.
Have we done all that we might have
done to lift the moral standard of
our communities, our states, our na
tion and the world? It is moving
forward in the application of the
principles of popular government to
governments. Plave we done all
that we might have done to make
this government each day more
nearly a government of the people,
by the people and for the people?
"And If we have not lived up to
our great opportunity, and if we
have not fully met our great re
sponsibility, will we listen tonight
to the pleading voice that comes to
us from the battlefield of Gettys
burg? In that wonderful oration on
that memorable occasion Lincoln
spoke of the unfinished task, and
appealed to them to consecrate
themselves to that task. And our
coming together tonight will not re
sult in the good that ought to fol
low from this meeting unless each
one here, each one of ub here highly
resolves that as far as we have power
and that whatever opportunity
comes, we shall so use our Influence
in the deciding of every question as
to maintain our nation's primacy
among the nations, and help it to
build each generation unto higher
ground. I thank you." (Applause
and cheering.)
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