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Show IF I HOLD RESPECT OF MY NEIGHBORS I'LL ! BE CONTENT HARDING (BY C. C LYON i MARION. Ohio, March 3 .---Warren G. Harding's last expression as a prl vste citizen was gnen in this Interview. "This republic cannot and will not fall If each of us does bis part. If we but work, are thrifty, and seek that understanding which reveals mutuality of Interest, no differences can long abide. Our great assurance at home lies In intelligent, resolute people, in a land unrsvaged by war. at enmity with no people, envying none, coveting nothing, seeking no territory, striving for no glories which do not become a righteous nation. na-tion. "If there Is one thins in my heart more than another It is that st the end of the coming administration there remains the America we in hcritcd from the fathers without tho surrender of a singlv part I only wish lor our America s soul truly American I know there Is not a man or woman who doos not rejoice in American solidarity and who does not want it preserved. W crave tratc-rnllv. We wVb amicable relations everywhere. We offer peace and choice to promote It, but we demand our freedom and our own America. I believe an American eminent on il,,. He.:s re.ipei t.-d m vvery avtnuo of trade, will be safer at home and greater In Influence throughout the world 1 llko to think of an America Ameri-ca whoso citizens are ever striving for the greater development and influence in-fluence of the republic ..nd I like to think ol a itovernraen? which pr' - - -Its citizens evervwhero they go on a lawful mission everywhere tinder the shining sun. "There is a new world relationship and when the next admlnistra Hon cornea into power swe are going to play our port. We are going fo ask for nations associated together In Justice but it muM be nn association associa-tion which surrenders nothing of American freedom. Our governmental good fortune does not lie In auy surrender at either end of UM aveuue at either the capltol or the White Hnu. nt either end of Pennsylvania ave nue in Washington, but in the coordination and cooperation which becomes be-comes the two branches of a great and truly representative popular government. gov-ernment. "I hove been thinking nil the Unit- of getting an organization best fitted to serre this country. I am a partisan. 1 believe in party government. govern-ment. I have chosen s Republican cabinet. But no selection has been mads because of party obligation without consideration for tho best service serv-ice of tho country I would rather have the respect and confidence of my home's townpeople who have known mo int!matel all my life, than to have been elected president, and I have a feeling thnt so long as I can continue to hold their respect and confidence I will be credited at least with doing my best for ail the American people. When I am through down at Washington 1 want to be able to come back home ajjaln and be a part of tho homo community." (Copyright, 1921. Newspaper Enterprise Association ) |