Have Faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed.

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Title: Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and
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Author: Calvin Coolidge
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HAVE FAITH
IN
MASSACHUSETTS
[Illustration: Portrait of Calvin Coolidge _Copyright, Notman_]

HAVE FAITH
IN

MASSACHUSETTS
A Collection of Speeches and Messages BY
CALVIN COOLIDGE
Governor of Massachusetts
SECOND EDITION ENLARGED

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

INTRODUCTORY NOTE
There are certain fundamental principles of sound community life
which cannot be stated too emphatically or too often. Few public men
of to-day have shown a finer combination of right feeling and clear
thinking about these principles, with a gift for the pithy expression of
them, than has Governor Calvin Coolidge. It was an accurate phrase
that President Meiklejohn used when, in conferring the degree of
Doctor of Laws on him at Amherst College last June, he complimented
him on teaching the lesson of "adequate brevity."
His speeches and messages abound in evidences of this gift, but in the
main the speeches are not easily accessible. It has seemed to some of
Governor Coolidge's admirers, as it has to the publishers of this little
volume, that a real public service might be rendered by making a
careful selection from the best of the speeches and issuing them in an
attractive and convenient form. With his permission this has been done,
and it is hoped that many readers will welcome the book in this time of
special need of inspiring and steadying influences.
It is a time when all men should realize that, in the words of Governor
Coolidge himself, "Laws must rest on the eternal foundations of
righteousness"; that "Industry, thrift, character are not conferred by act
or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil." It is a time when we
must "have faith in Massachusetts. We need a broader, firmer, deeper

faith in the people,--a faith that men desire to do right, that the
Commonwealth is founded upon a righteousness which will endure."
THE EDITORS
_Boston, September_, 1919

NOTE TO SECOND EDITION
In the issue of a second edition of this collection of Governor
Coolidge's speeches and messages, the opportunity has been taken to
add a proclamation and three recently delivered addresses, which bring
the volume practically up to the date of publication.
_Boston, October, 1919_

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency CALVIN COOLIDGE
GOVERNOR
A PROCLAMATION
Massachusetts has many glories. The last one she would wish to
surrender is the glory of the men who have served her in war. While
such devotion lives the Commonwealth is secure. Whatever dangers
may threaten from within or without she can view them calmly.
Turning to her veterans she can say "These are our defenders. They are
invincible. In them is our safety."
War is the rule of force. Peace is the reign of law. When Massachusetts
was settled the Pilgrims first dedicated themselves to a reign of law.
When they set foot on Plymouth Rock they brought the Mayflower
Compact, in which, calling on the Creator to witness, they agreed with
each other to make just laws and render due submission and obedience.
The date of that American document was written November 11, 1620.
After more than five years of the bitterest war in human experience, the
last great stronghold of force, surrendering to the demands of America
and her allies, agreed to cast aside the sword and live under the law.
The date of that world document was written November 11, 1918.

Now, therefore, in grateful commemoration of the unsurpassed deeds of
heroism performed by the service men of Massachusetts, of the
sacrifice of her people, sometimes greater than life itself, of the service
rendered by every war charity and organization, to honor those who
bore arms, to recognize those who supported the government, in
accordance with the law of the current year
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1919
is set apart as a holiday for general observance and celebration of the
home coming of Massachusetts soldiers, sailors and marines. In that
welcome may we dedicate ourselves to a continued support of the cause
for which they freely offered life, that there may be wiped away
everywhere the burden of, injustice and every attempt to rule by force,
and that