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Page 1: Franklin D. Roosevelt-The Great Communicator …Franklin D. Roosevelt-"The Great Communicator" The Master Speech Files, 1898 , 1910-1945 Series 2:" You have nothing to fear but its

Franklin D. Roosevelt- "The Great Communicator"

The Master Speech Files, 1898, 1910-1945

Series 2:" You have nothing to fear but fear itself:" FDR and the New Deal

File No. 1143

1938 July 8

Marietta, OH- Address

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/.r,.,L io!1,f)(/-/,_ /<f....f ~~ 1-J-u/ ADDHlSS 0! ':'r:l. l'Rl..:;)ml:liT

J"A.tcn:T A, OHIO JULY 8 , H'Z8

Lone: before l'i'BtJ there .,.,'ere Yhite men here , "tiJIYine

out t.bia l Pnc! or Canaan. " An intrepid outpoat breeCI they ,-ere - -

tlz scout a ud tbe alcil"'liahera or t1 e great American •teration.

The s t gl"t or er.oke from neie:tbor ' e chblneys llll€tlt taTe ¥Orri e4

them. But Indiene and redooata did not .

Lons beto:-e 1768, at Kaakaalcia e.nd Vincennes, With

acant t:elp trom the s-board., they had t.el c! their telO'fed

wilc:'ernees for tbe~rselves -- and tor \18 -- v;it.b their OND Dare

bands a nd tlleir CMn long rifles . But tl eir symbol 1a Vincennes,

not Carletta.

Here, w1 t.t. el. l honor to tt-a scouts and the alclraiaters,

we celebre.te Ute cof!line or e. di f ferent type of men &nd 'IYOn:en --

the first battalions o!' that organized a.rmy o!' oooupe.tion .... ttich

tran eple.nt e<l rror onr tt-e Alleghenies w!:.ol e llttJe oh111t.at1ons

tha t took :root end grew. They ware g1T1Jl8 e:z:preaslon to a genius

for organized colonlzaUcn, carot'Ully ple.nno d and ordered under

.... The mm d1o cme here before l'i'~ cue aa Lief Erickaon' a

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-. -men to Vlnelrnd, in a spirit all or adventure. But ti e men and

w;,r:::en of the Ohio Cocp41.ny l..hO ceo to t"arletta, came rather like

t.te ~r.en and Y.omon o! the !!:aaaachu:etta Bey Comranr to Beeton, m

organized society, unafraid to meat t~~r>porary adventure, b.lt

eerlous in eeekill£ permanmt security !or men and wonen and children

and homes. L!any ot tba:. were deetined to push on; but moet e11.me

1nten1!1ng to llteJ'. Suet i)eOple .a.y not be tre tlrat to oonq_uer

the earth, but Uley always l aet poeaeu i t .

Right bel:lnd the men and women who eatabl1dled t~a.rietta

one hundre· and ntty years aso moved that lnatro.nt Cit law and

order end cooperation - - goverwcent . A representative or the

nat1ona1 go•nrruru11t entered !'arletta to ac:hinlster the Northwest

Terri tory under t.ha :t'&lloua Northl'<eet Ordinance. AM y,·)'at we ere

eelPbratine today i s t· 18 eatablbhment of the tlrat cl Yll

e;overm:ent "'eat or t~e orJ.einel thirteen s tates.

Three provisions o!' the Northwest. Ordinance I abraye

like to ren:ember.

I t. provided tbat "no pereon derJ.eani1l8 himself in a

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peaceable and orderly manner shell e•er be moleete'j on account

or bia mode or worahip or tar reUgioue sentiment i n the eaid

territory" ,

It proTi,ed tbat "relit::lon, aorality and kn01vlec!ge

being neoeaeary to good pover11111ent. and the bappineea or n:e.nkind,

aohoole and mee.na or education ehall rore•er be enoouraged".

AM it provided ror t· a perpetual prohibitl on of

ala. very in the Terri tory ,

Free, educated , God~tearine men and ,,;or.en -- that 1a

•hat t he thirtean atatea hoped the new West ~ould exemplifY . It

baa well tult1lled that hope .

Every generation meata eubatantlally the aue problema

under it a own differe~ set of ci rowutanoea . Anyone apeoulating

on our great migra.tlon ''est~·:ard U etruck with the human parallel

between the dr11'1ng f orce beti nd tllet a!F.ration ~d the dr1•1D8

force behind the great eoclal exploration we are carrying on today,

Uoat or Ue people who went out to Ohio in 1788 and

who :t'ollov.'ltd wave on wave tor another hundred yeara went to U:tprove

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-. -their economic lot . In other words, ttey were tollowlns the eame

yearning tor aaourlty which la dri'fiD.t:,. us today .

At the end of the wagon n1 ta there we. a eor.etblllfS worth

the p hrsical rh.ka . The standard or Ute in a log cabin •1d

tleld e a t ill bl ackened w1 th halt- burned etumpa was not. hif)l , but

i t wee certain. A. tanol l y, or at moet a to.vnshlp , coulc'l be a Whole

aelt- su tt'1o1DB economic system -- plenty or rood to eat 1t a man

.,..oul d but reach out and shoot cr culthat e it; plenty or "arm

clothes i f t~e WQ!len of tJ:te faMlly ware w1111n.<> to apln ; always a

t1gtt roof over Ule f11Il11ly ' a head 1.r U.e little oo1111tunit.y woul~

respond to tbo call tor a roor- ra1a1fl6 .

Whatever he used was a :an ' s cr.m; be ne.d tile solid Joy

of po.sseealon -- or ownins hie horne and hie means or livelihood.

And it thin'·• did not pan out t ·ora wu ah'8.ya an 1nt1n1ta

eelf-~utt1c1ency beckoning weetward -- to new land , new gam • new

opport unity .

Under woh cond1t 1one tbor e was so much. to get done

wbtcb men oould not get dOne a l one , Uat tbe rront 1er8111en

naturallJ reached out - to go.ern.ent • as their greateet einel e

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-. -inat.rummt ot coopc;rathe aelt-help with the aid ot llhlOh they

could get th i nge done . To them tle uee of' governmEnt -.ea but

another tom or 'Ule cooperation or good nelghbare.

Ocwernamt. was an indbpenaable instna~ .. t ot their

dai l y livu, or the security or tt..tr li'OMn end tl'eir oh1l(lren

and their b0111ee and their opportunltlea . They looked on government

not as a tblllb apart - - ae a p~er 2!.!!. our people. They regarded

it ea a pm.er ~ tLe peopl e , ae a d•ocratle npreealon of'

oreanized self- help like a frontier bualdne; bee.

There were worried legalleta back in the Seaboard t.ov.ne

tltlo were !Nr'll it waa unconat1tut1onal !'or the l"e~eral GO'Ul"nEet\t

to help to put roe.de aoi railroads and canals through t he .. new

territories-- vho were rure that tt.e nation would never get back

the money it waa pl owine; into dnelopttent of tile natural and human

reeouroee or tb.e Northwest.

But Abrabu::l Lincoln, Who incarnate~ tte spirit or the

peopl e Who were actually H v ine; in the Northweet Territory, swmned

up tte1r attitUde when be a&1d : "Tbe leg1t1me.te obJect or

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- . -goverrmtent 11 t o do ror a oc.munlty ot peopl e whate·nr tle,y need

to have done , bu t cannot do at all , or cannot do ao well , for

tb•selvea , in their separate and 1nd1•1dua l oapeo1t1e8 . "

Today under new oondltlons a wb.ole nation , Ule origina l

t hirt een stat u and all the \1eat and South the.t has grown out or

ttem, is on a mental .Ure.tion, dhaat.htled with old eoruHtlons ,

seek ing like tbe little band tl at ou• to r.:arlette. to create

ne"' conditione -- ot security . And again the people see an ally

i n their ONn ~O'terW!'ent .

CaDy a 11laD does not OHD hia cabin any more; hh

poseesstons a re a bank deposl t.

Scarcely any man can cell hie neighbors to raille his

root any u:ore -- he peys a cont ractor cosh end t-..aa to have

mortgage nnsncin£ to t1Dd tLe cull . And 1t that t1nenc1n,. 1a

o r tt.e wroag kind or goes bad -- e 1CQ' need hel p to aava bla home

trom !oreoloeure.

Once ol d age wa11 oat'e because there wee &lY.a.ya aomet .- 1ng

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usefu l ~i ch men and women, no rmtter bo.v old , might do to earn

8ll bonorablfll aintenenoe. Tllat time 1.a @PDII; and 110me new kind

or argi!U'llz~ old-age insurance tuu to be provided .

In theee perplexltiee tte 1ndh"14ual tume, ae he hall

always turru.cl., to tbe collective uour1ty of the w:l..ll11\Vleee or

his fellow• to cooperate through t be use or government to help

hlJII end each otl'e r . The spirit ot tbe frontier buUing bee 1s

round today 1n oaretully- drarted etatutea -- statutea insuring

bank depoai te; atatutea providing mortgege money tor homes through

P . H. A. ; statutes ~rovldlng help lhrouE;h H. 0 . L . c . tor those

in danger of foreclosure. Tbe cavalry captain who protecte4 the

log cabins of tho Northlnst la now cupplanted by legl!l latora,

like Senator Bulkley, toillnp; over the dr attlne; or such statutes

and over the ettlcleney of government machinery to a&nlnhter

them ao bat euch protection ant. bclp or goYern:.ent o" be

extendetl to tbe run.

On a tb.ouse.nd f ronts sovernm.ent -- state and municipal

as well as federal - - is pla.yiD£ tbe eare rol e of the insurer or

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security tor the a:nrage man, woman and child that U'le Arrr.y

detaohJr.en t.a played in the early 11aye or the old Nortbweat

Territory . When you think it tllroue;b , at tt>~ bot.tc.. &oet ot

tte great proteotl•e statutes or tod8J' era in eaaenee ~r.utual

ineurance oompan1ea , and our recent legislat ion la not a

departure !rom but a retum to Ue healthy praotioea of mut.uel

.elf-help or the early eettlara or the Nortt:weat.

Let ue not be atraid to help each other -- let us

never forget thet goverment 1 a ~ Md not an allen po?er

over us. The ultlmo.te rulers ar our dmocracy are not a President

and senatora and con,c:rreasmen and GO'V'ertllr.ent otf1c1ala rot the

TOter a or thla country .

I believe that t.~e Alr.erlonn people , not afraid or

thei r own capacity to onoose forward-looking repraaentatiTea to

run their ;orerrur.cnt, want ttoe 881"8 cooperative security and

beve the aue courage to achieTe it , in 19:58 aa in 1766. I am

sure they know that we will al,m.ya te.ve a rrontier - - or l!loo1al

problema -- ancl; that we must a l way• n:.cwe in to bring law and

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order to it . In that oonf14enoe I em puah1ng on. I am sure you

rill puah on With me .

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kDl!RKJB OJ' T!IE l"fit:liDDn' .:art ettl , OhiO

11ll7 e, 1938, 9 . 30 .. .u.

~ O...VXY , ~'!'CII: 91J1KL:,-y CP .. ,m:.:,w t"!!lTZ Al'tl YOU, 'l'HI PEC1>u:

or 1'!.- I:ORT'~~ TD!RI'I'CilY :

.- lens tlrle -eo I n l!uhtoe:ton t JJO old trhndt ot mine

c._ to tht Ubi u Ho\lllt Bob l!ulk1e:r tnd Bob Secreet , to ttk .- t o

c~ to ..... rtett.a ill 1~8. It e--.~ a 10!!£. .. Y o~~, but I rl'<IO:tae4

Loog be~ore that tw:loua :rtlll' ot 1788 ther e were white men

here, white l'!en to ute • Btbl1cal phrete, ~li'Ytoc out tbh land or

c~. ~ 11.1:1 tr~t:r-.}>14 out?Ott breed they we:ra - -the ecoute tl'ld t'le

tn~hher~r or tt. ar•t .-rtoan tlltpthm. T!:e ll&bt or -*• tro.

.!. o"~bbor• a chi.am81h) •1&ht t:on worried tb- !.....£!:!!!...· But !b.!,

Ind11lll end lli rec!coe.tl did not.

Lone: bttore 1768, at nataekta l.ll4 Vttteellllet , wttll 1ca21t.

their owe 1008 rltlaa. But their 1~1 h Vitleer.l>tt , not H&rtett.• .

Htr~, ..-ltb all honor to (th•).!.!:!!?..!!. ~~eouta ~d (tha) 111:1r-

or oco\ipto.Uoo wbtcb tn..~~ap1tntH ~ {our)~ tt.a Allet.hent•e

wbo1a lttt.-.a c1Yllht•tlona tb&t. took root and £r8W. Tt.t~y were l!h-

Tile t. II lobO - hare before 1'1£8 _.II Uat ~1cktcll ' l

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t l..tor a ry

Thh h a t ranec!' lpt r~J.I!e by the 'lh ite llouut etenov~pher f:-oa h1e • boruumd · note• tllken ut tint t•~o t he 1peeob ••• ude. Underl tn11·.~~; Jt.d1oate 1wOr de er. teapor a:II QII.IIly adi!ed t o t.b• p r e•iou.ly pr .,arfld rea d n& c tly te&t. r ord• in par llltbe• e• a:e .,,. • t ba t • era o-lt tfld ahen tbe epeecb waa t. U Ya !'ad, tiK!oulh \ bay appa.aY i n t be pr11•l ou. ly pt"epared rf!llld · n« C-'P1 tl'lt .

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WCIIMII or uae Ohlo Ca.tp.ey ..tlo CUll to rleua - retber like

tbe uo end ill- n or t be *•••u~:bueetta Bay (C~r..y) ~to

Boaton , llll DrVtntud society , \lnllt'r-14 to IIIII\ t-.por-ry 14YIDt'll'l,

oot be tht tlrlt to conctuer the .. rtl:l, but tbl:y ~ el•ye ~

lll.lt~pOIIIU(it)~,

lil&ht behird ~. the 111en end wu::.en who eetabltehed

~'!i.rlett.e on.e bundnd and fifty ,. .. re e~ • .end thet lllltri.DOnt or

later tl:ie r;'orth-.et Territor)' uader Ue te.nwa )torthreLt OTd.liMliiOe .

C1Y1l 00YirDU;Dt Wilt Dt th" Or1r.lnlll thirteen etatee ,

mDde ot IIOrtt,l or :-or rel1r1Gul eent1rent In the eUI! urrttocy,•

~ tt proYllled tt.at " rel1e:lon, ~rel1ty end lmow114ct~

belllf HCIIIU':f to !"ood r<JYin'l"Cit ID \be bappillflll or •nklnd,

aehoole ~>.ad.._,, or education eball rore•er be anoourec" ·"

AM 1t prortt.ed , tlcallz , tor th pupetual pr«JtlUOD

Fl'ee , llluoet ed, God-reerlna ~~en ead wcmen -- that h

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on cw- &HC't alcr•Uon .. st-.rd h ~truck (wltb) ~ tl h~

pe.nllel Mt-.r; t» dr~Tlll.i tore• beb1r.4 tMt :rr.tsnuon aDd the

rrluc on t.o4a,.. ~:oat or the peo;.le •bo went out to Ohio (In 1788) .!E.....l!1.!

!!_1'.!2..j.!l!, t.zld who followed .,.., on wan tor eaotter huDC!rN :r•r•

lowlnc the ...,. J-.ratnc tor -w-lty hMch) ~ 11 4r1Ttr-c 1.1•

~to,.,..

plent) o:' fOOd \0 eat 1t a -.a ....u:4 but r•eb out aDd ehoot .!1 or

culth&te It ; r l ant)- or-"' oloth" lt' tbe •or.en or the t.lll)'

-.ere wllliiiC to lplr.: elwaya e \lpt:t root O'l'lr the fUIU)' ' I hM4

t.4 the 110Ud JOJ or poan .. tOD - - or owah::• btl hc.e ead ~ hts

2:!':!!. -• or U...-.Ubood . And If tbl~~a• U4 DOt pan out there • •

al•y• aD lnttnHe aelr-•urrlchnc)' beckonla;e: ~ weetwai"C!. -- to

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or eooptl'Un ••lt- help wit h the ald or whteb they eoul4 cet thtna•

4ollll . 1'1::1 \h• \b• u•e ot Go1'•l'lll!l&nt •e• but anoth•r tor. ot the eo-

Hue, ot tba .. ourtty or their '"*"" eru!o (their ) c~.tld.:ren , (end) e,t

their hom•a an4 (their) cpportunltlee. 'l'bay looke4 on Go1'tMIIIent not

aa a tb1na apa:rt -- •• a power OTI!r (OUl') people . '%'bey re£*1'4~ (H)

~ •• • power or the people, •• • 4&DDCnt.Uc e~rea•len or

or4§ae1t.e4 aelt- l>•l- Ulr.e a troatter buak1.c&; bee, onl• on • bluer

and h\Wt.D :otaouroee or the !;orthw"t Territo!"\" .

l!ut A.bno.ha.m Lincoln, who 1ncune.te4 tM eplr l\ or the people

who were actually lhlna in the etatla l!lllk:ln!l up t he !:crt bw"t Terri -

tory , e-.:Ad u11 their en1tu4e when he ~~&ld: "'"'e ler:Hlre\e obJect

~ to4o.y under new condttlona , !.!.• whole netlon, .!h!,

klerlran ll!Ople, the orlrlnal t bl r \ H n a\atu end ell the l:'eet enG

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soutb tNt.t bat ft'OW!I out or n:•, I h) they are on • -1.&1 •tcre­

Uoo , dh•thfhd wttb old eondlt1ona , -kin& Uh the Uttle bt.nd

perber• (ue I • be.nt d•ro•t t .

Scarcely any llllll!. can ull hh llei8hbor• {to l"'ll" hta root

any .a:re) to 1111£ biz hu1lc! hit heme '"'!.Y IICJre. ~ t:e !'flY• 1 eon-

to ••• tal boc trOll foreclosure .

ow k1D4 or orp.a.tzed old..agto lnJU.r&nce h•• to be pro1'1dt(l.

h tbue perplutttu, ..t-.at hapeoe'? D• t~h·t~h•d turu,

•• be bae ab•:r• tura..S , to the oollecthe neurtty or the wUUP.s-

help bia and ti.IOb othtor . The tplrH of the trootter hUiklllfl btl h

depotUt; tta.t11tu pro...l.Ullf: ~rteltf• .on•r tor h~t t~ !h!,

(F . H..l.) Feder.• P.oua~!t io.dr.icht raUNii tt&tut u ~ldlDf help

throuth (fl. O.L, C, ) tbt l!Me Ownerl ' Loan COf'N;re.Uon tor tbOM 1D

proteohd the lOf' ee.htnt or the Northweet 11 now tupplanted by lesh­

It.tou, !!!!. lilr.e se~~o~~tor Bulkley, toU tll( 01'@r the i!Nt'Unc or F.teb

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!!.!,. oa a t.hou•zut fl'Oilt.a OO't'trnJ~•t -- Stat.a ~.

(~t.t~d) lal.nlelpa.l GoYera~~tt~t. Co\ul.tr Conm,..!lt. , u wdl 11 PIIIIINl--

ia pl111111 tha - roll or tba la~r or aaeurl t,. tor tta '"""P

u.a, -• 111~ chtl4 tb!ot tba J..:nv 4at..c~t8 playa4 1D tha eo.rly

4a)ll of the ol4 Northwest firrlt.OJ7 . When you think 1t throuRb, at

tl.e bot.t.* ~ 11101t. or the ar•t fl:l'Ot.ect.ha atatut. .. or t.ocla)l (are)

thera 111 the tact thft.t 1D aaMnca tb!l 11"1 autu.l loii\U'WICI cormanias,

torpt t)_..t Qol'lrM!ent i1 ~and not an ILllftll I'()ll'lr Ol'ar Ul.

'ft.• ultl.Dite rul*l'a or our 4-.ct""'c' ara not a ?re!li~ant, (1.114) !!U.

:;.matora and Concre•-n a.DCl Oo'fa~at ol'tlctala. (but tt:AI Yotara

ot t~.ia cOII.IItr"J'I ~" '-'ltlnote rultorl or our dtiO"llC:"aCY are tho! YOtara

or the co~mtrz H~•lt ,

I beUne tl'..llt the <\llllrlclln p.opla, not atre.1d ot their o.n

c~• to achl•u it, ill li~ u 111 l?et". (.\pplt.uM) ~ 1 • lll.l'l

!f.!!_ tt.~ \mow + 1 - will •lway ••• a rrontiar ·-~or

soet•l probl-. lllld economic problea -- &n4 the.t we •uat •l•Y• ..OYe

in to bri~ 1•• an<'l ordll' to (it.) the aolut.ion of tl'oae rrobt••· I n

that eontldiiiCI -- ln U:.et cont1c!eDe• 1 c!o not t b 1Dk I )l.ltu to tell

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zou tb&t. I .. puablft& OD. ~ I .,. 111,1.re (J·o1,1.} that H." reorlt or

~ wUl puth on w1t.h ~r~t. (Prolonged 11.pplauH}

;.ncl now I uz:clerat..ncl th11.t IICI90!bo"z h go1nr to pull 11.

lltrlna lt.Dd I hereby clecllc.h thh rrMt 1110n~nt COU"O!'!O,..Un!l onll

bllll4recl aDd tlrtr reera o'f l.lr<lilrh•anl,., ,

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Do.l~ ~Lincoln, '1M Wttma'--d Lhe 1JP1I"U of U. pecpl.eMIO"nNKt=l.l¥:UY:U!,s:..'l~llo~tforriUO!r7,N3!Mid 1r.1 U.ll' 11tH~ """"" I• .-..~, "1':'• l.ttpt.W"- obJ~ ot :O"""*'t iJIWGof&ra~it)'ot~e .... t.n.rthq.....,t.chsve.loo:lo1 tNt eamot do 11.t .U, or Cll.llnOt do.., woll, tor U\-.1....,, ill U..ll' loptrll.toll.nd~iv1dull.lupo.c1t.WI ,•

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oon:;I.U.Sonl - of tec:IU'it]'o And •p1n UM poop1o IM an ll.llJ' 1Jl tneil'-~t.

l:arl7•~doNilO~-:us eab:in~""'"' U. pcc: .. si­&nll.ba:lkdo.,oait.

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. LOGd before 1788 tbu• ••~ .tslu- !lere/ptla.,; out t.bt. lar.

ot canaan. An intrepid out poet breed t.be.r ,.,.. -- the aoo..u and U:le

nel&bbor' a chlae,-e •lt::bt lau worried tb.•• But IQdtau en4 redeoau

did not.~ Long be tore 178S, et Xaek:el!lkta t.lld V1neen,n , whh ICMt help

law.

Ohio to.pany who CllN to ltttlrteH11. eii.CI8 rather llll:e tbe -en Md .otum .>

or tbe w. .. aebuntu S..y COI!IIpet~¥ to Boston, u oraant?;ecl aoclety, lUI-

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,.,, de11t~d toE--Joa; b\11. aoe t etll'8 btlllf:H!lri to au,y. SuCb P"'i!le •1

~ a Rooeevelt I 1• a peraonal intero t hi tbe rQIIllllCII~<ho

rlae ot cial ori11.11l:n Uon n thla t "'na-.\lla&Jl bealn. Tor a -.bar

ot the RooM l ~ t.Uy tlrat but • and o~reted a et. bon dOWD l.!l.e

Ohio , do.n the i t taaatsstppt to t Gulf or Maxtco .

E.ent or the ttrl\ ch1.1 go•am.ment • •t ot tbe ortgl~~al thirt- at.ataa,

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tilled. tbo.t. bope,

force btb1n4 tbet al&r&ti on a.-.1 tbe (trtvtng force betlind the a r ettt 10cJal

explo:aUoa n al"' careytrc; on toi~.

on wave tor another bUDd. red yea r • 'lfent t o l l'lproTI t heir eoonOIUc lot .

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wblch 11 drhtl!l WI tod.,- .

W1 t.b batt- burned ltWipe w11 not hieb , bu\ tt wa.a cer~in . A t~Utl ly , or

not get done alone t.bat tbe rron~ler .. n tlltunlly reached ou~t.o ..:011rern•ot ­J

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bua illS bee or • root "' Q& ore awappi r labor 1:1. eoail oth •e

.....

opp.ort.unttl.el, They lookltd on ~em11111nt not as a thine; 'Pfl'"' ·- u •

Thor11 were worried legalilt l bllelt tn the Seaboord tOWI!.I Wlo were

~ ,. r, J. .• r eure t·- -• unoonat!t\rt.i<XW.l tor the Fe4eN.l Gore:t'1UA!!Dt to ..,1\ro.de

an~ n.tl•ot~ob eDd eanale Ulrout_'tl tbeM n .. urrltorte e -- wbo "r-. a.re

-were lt\l.l!llly lhtn,g tn the Northwest TerrltOl'J , ~ed up tbelr gttit ud.e

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co-.~nity or peopl.a wbe.tt.,er tbey need ~o u.,, llO .. , but eat~ not do at.

dlYidu.l!l}. capaelttea.•

Today u.nder new oon41Ucma a '!lbol.o Dtl \.l on, the orlstnal tbl:-t.een

lit tle bttD4 that C8C4I to llarhtta to creotte new ooodltic.» --or teeurity.

loi!UIY a 111!11'1 do.• not. own ble cabin lll\)'MOre ; ble pOIUIISIOM are a

be P"JI a contnctor eeah and bas to ba1'1 .,rtaase t'1DP1nc1ng t o tllld. t be

ea8h. AM it that fi.Dand~~t; 11 or tbe wroar; UM. or goee bad -- he-.,.

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iD dan&er ot torecl OIN.l'l. TM canlry oapta l n ..tlo protected tba log

at co,.rn~:~~nt C!lD be extended to the t\IU.

On a thouaa.ni!. rronta &O'Iernunt -- eu.te(~pal. •• well ••

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or ;he .. rly eeUI.tire at \be NorUiweat.

¥0\'ern-ent h .2!!!:.!!!!..!! and not. an alien po.er ewer ua . The ulU~t.e

in 1938 u tn 1?88. I •• -=• tll._, ll::now "'-' •• will alweya ba1'a •

frontier -- ot eOciftl. proble .. _,;. aad the. t. we .uat a lways -• in to bring

bw and orOer to 1\ . In Lbat. oonf1donca 1 • pueb.tno on. I a a a~re 7011

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• AD:IRI QW '!"'" IDtJ,.

v l"A"'J T" A, OT"lO

lln.l' I" , 10!"'6

Lon ,. before 1'180 there -..or e h l t.e &tUI here , "spyJD£

ou1. tbla ltruJ or Canaan. '" An 1ntre-pl c:! out.~oat br.a" thOJ ... re -

tlem. rut lnUene e.nd ndcoat. did not .

1.oDI" t<etore 1'18e, at. JCaa'caalcla and Vlnccnoa, with

0 wl llcrnt'taa tor tbr .. oel••• - - ftnd for WI -- •1. 11' ttelr o 1'1 ,.are

t..ent1e ond tle1.r CMn lon,.. rlflce. P:ut t' ~lr !!7ftlbol Ia vtnoennea ,

not l.arlott.a.

lf~r• , Witt e.ll t ooor t.o t: • eoout.a end ttc atlral e!':era ,

we celabrat.e t.he COI'!.t n,. o1' a dl"teroot t ype of men and "'-lt. ell - -

tr&D~lantet' fro'"' ower ~· Ula,.h.,lea •~ole little oh111sattona

0 law,

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me~n t.o Vl nel nd , in a Dplrtt e ll o" l'd 't'UltuT'c. ut 1: I' ll.cm nnd

erlOWI 1n ret t.- l N ·" ntanmt rcourlt.~ tar !>:~e n t>.1t'1 "O"'"CD anr. o!'ol l 'ren

a.n~ l:c:x Lt. t MJ or no (;!'e l"t'•llnr 1 to pua' on ; Nl root. clli:'O

lnt.en 1n Cl at.e7 . -eo..,lt- I".'IJ not. be- t: c 1'1rat to OCUI' uer

0 1 tt e' l r •. 1 t!c.. men"""\ t.or·oo ilo .utall l •hod At'let\.e

1'&:.:0\0... ! ..;.1 t. t.:lt. Jol1nancl. . -.~ at. • ere

ut o 1 e a:rl lr. l I t.t.LII alat.ea.

'MI:ree prov1 ton• o • Ue ortt..,~at Oritlncaoa I 11braya

u like t.o rfr • bar.

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peaceabl e ancs orderlr u.nner shall • • er ..,_ !!:Ole•te on a ooount

or hie aode ot wo:rllt l p or tar r ellptoua c.nt1v.m\. tn t he ~at.cl

territory".

bel l'l8 oeoeaaeey t.o ro~ ovornmmt. encl t1lo he.pplneaa or ranklnd ,

ala Tory in t a "'errl torr.

hoc , et'!uceto •, God- h·erlf\>" •en 8&1 •.-of"CCn - - ha t 1•

' '-t t he Ulrto(.n atatce t.ope tue new eat raul<" ezer-{111t)' . It

t•• •ell f'ulrLUo~ 1at hare .

<~

under ita own dlfhl'crt. oot or c1 rouute.no es. Anrono ageoulat.log

on our l"Mt •ll'nt.lon ... -eat. .arCS 1s et.ruck -.itt U!t hW1lln para.llel

between ttf" rlYln ~orca tle1 1n' t.•..at al ration Md lba tr1Ylfl6

toroe bahlal! t he ~tteat I!IOc~l OXJ~lontlon •·• tre oalT)'ill;, on tocay.

0 I oat o t· e peopl e ll'ho ~•m. out. to Ohio ln 1'188 eod

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C'6lr c,oonc:rlo lot . In ot~Lr 'Ot1e, t 7 • ertl 'ollo ln \be..,.

t. t e Gl. o~ t • • 01'1 ru•• t ere •• •crC't ln. ?Ort'

tt as corta~::~ . !'I\: 11y, O" •t Ql:t e t-. n~l • ooul ~.a r.olf'

atlt'- .u!'rlcla. tooncr.l ant'!" - l r:. or "oo to • at !.! a r: n

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