declares that the Government can neither discriminate for nor against
non-Union men in its employment or seeking to be employed under it. Turning to the question of Corporations and Trusts, he asserts that the national Government alone can deal adequately with the abuses connected with them. Great corporations are necessary, but they must be managed with due regard to the interest of the public as a whole; and where the existing law is insufficient it must be supplemented. In regard to foreign affairs, it was not merely unwise, it was contemptible, for a nation to assume an attitude which was ridiculous unless supported by potential force, and then to refuse to provide that force. The aim of America, as of all enlightened nations, was to strive to hasten the reign of "the peace of justice." Generally peace told for righteousness, but if there was any conflict, then their fealty was due first to the cause of righteousness. In a fine phrase the President con- tinues: "The eternal vigilance which is the price of liberty must be exercised, sometimes to guard against outside foes, although, of course, far more often to guard against our own selfish or thoughtless shortcomings."
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