Show CHARACTER CHARACTER OF I N NATION A T ION TESTED BY OBSERVANCE NOT ENACTMENT So Declares Coolidge in Address at in iii I P Philadelphia V WARMLY R ILY WELCOMED II Heart cart c a r t of Government Ill Iu Heart of People Ire He Asserts PHILADELPHIA July S-Dy S 5 ByThe The Tho Associated r press ress With u II Se- Se lutc a-lutc lute of 21 guns Buns PI c today was welcomed to the centennial International exposition commemorating the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of American In- In Independence independence In Independence dependence Proceeding down Broad Drood street escorted by the historic first city troop the president was wa given civen a aI I continual ovation oration en route roule to the thc grounds He Ito was taken first through the thc exposition proper by Mayor W Freeland Kendrick The president alls alighted from front his motor to view a reproduction of ot of the old High street strett of If revolutionary times now Market street a 0 main artery ot of modern Philadelphia SPEAKS SIC IN I STADIUM ST I A brief Inspection of the nearby nav navy yard ard and then the presidential party parlY drove e to the huge stadium where persons had bad as- as as assembled to do him honor Mayor Kendrick delivered the or- or of official tidal address addres of welcome The spirit or of o the fathers of the republic was Invoked by President Coolidge today In an address at the centennial exposition com corn commemorating the one hundred fiftieth fiftieth anniversary of o the Declara Declara- Declaration Declaration tion ion of at Independence Referring to the th Declaration Declaration of Independence as a a 0 great reat spiritual document whose principles were the result of religIous lous teachings of the preceding period Mr Coolidge sold said the real heart of the Ameri Amen American American can government depended up upon n the heart of the people and that lt was that source that the the nation must look for tor all genuine reform We Ve live liv In an age ace of science and of abounding accumulation accumulation- accumulation ot or-ma- or things he said These did not create our Declaration of or Inde lode Independence Our Declaration created them The Tle things of the spirit come first Unless we aline to that all our material property pro over over- overwhelming overwhelming over whelming though It may appear will turn to a barren scepter In our grasp If It we are art to 10 maintain maintain the great heritage h which has has been be- be bequeathed be bequeathed to us we e must be like like- minded like as a the fathers Cathers who created It We W must not sink Into a pagan paganI materialism We Ye must cultivate th I reverence which tile they had for Cor the thc things that aro are holy must We-must Col- Col Collow fol follow low the spiritual and moral leadership leader leader- ship which t they Py showed We Wo must keep replenished hed that they may glow with more compelling flame the altar fires before which the they Continued On Page Two T PRESIDENT IS VISITOR Continued Front From Page One worshiped A passing reference to law Jaw ob oh observance servance president wa was made by the dent In discussing the Ity responsibilIty lly of o the people to the tho govern govern- government government ment ascot Of course courso the tho government 1 can canh h help lp to sustain Ideals and can cre create ate Institutions through which they can be the better observed but their source by their very nature Is In the people ho iso Mid said The people have hate to bear hear their own ro- ro re s There Thero Is no method by which that burden can be shift ed to the government It Is not the enactment but the observance of laws that creates the character of ofa ofa ofa a nation Yet ho he added In the develop development ment of It Its Institutions America can fairly claim that It has re- re remained re true to the tha principles were ere declared years ago It If there thero Is any one ono thing among u us that Is developed d beyond ques- ques ques lion tion question It Is self gov the government government th right of the people to lo rul rule If It there Is any failure In lit respect to any or of these principles It Is Ie because there Is n n is failure on the tha p part rt of Individuals ual to observe them HEART T OF OP PEOPLE Ours Is a government of ot the people It represents their will willIt Its Ils officers may eom sometimes go tray astray but there Is not a reason for tor criticising the principle of our In- In In Institutions The real heart of ot the American government go depends upon the heart beart of the tho p people ople Under a system of popular gov KOV- gov- gov government government there will always bo be those who will s seek ek for political al prefer prefer- pr preferment preferment ter ment by clamoring for tor reform While there Is very little Of ot this which Is not sincere there Is a large portIon fortion that Is not well wen Informed In n my opinion very little of just criticism can attach to th the theories and principles of our Institutions There Thero Is far tar more dang danger r of ot horm than there Is ii hope of good In an any radical changes change We a do need a n he- he hetor bet het better t ter tor r understanding and comprehension comprehension sion slon of ot them and a better knowl knowl- knowledge knowledge ed edge e of ot the foundations of ot govern govern- mentin general |