New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-18

New York is that il has always thought
that the great thinking was done III
View York. But. whether by one IN
nuencc or another, We have been mace
conscious Of a great power lying
,broupbout the United States. used
70 he a hopeless provincial ] wouiu
80 remained one if l had stayed in
one place ,.,..
Mr. Wilson went on TO explain that
law moving around one saw things ID d
diferent light: that besides variety
of place there was variety OF thought
lie then said:
Won have imported the thoughts OF
another part Of the country the
thoughts Of the south into New York
mt there is no serious consciousness
of sectionaIism in this country to-day
II disaupcared. not by the healing
changes Of time. but the world mas
changed. America is not what it was
when the Civil War was fought. There
can he no sectionalism to-day because
there is a union Of interest
After talking more Of the people who
came from the South, Mr.. Wilson SAID:
"The South is an idea with most
Southerners. I find some people VINO
think America was settled when me
Puritans landed. but it was settled long
before that in a settlement called Viz
ginia."
This brought him TO another thought
the beauty and grandeur Of mselhsh-
ness-and he pointed out i'm this respect
that Virginia was not herself materially
concerned i'm the causes that brought
about the Revolutionary War. but none
the less Joined Massachusetts and the
other colonies i'm their fight.
He then came TO the causes OF the
Civil War. which was supported by
many i'm the South because they were
dgbting-not for material advance but
Cor an idea. Slavery, he said, many of
them knew was wrong, and if they had
becn successful they knew they would
he mtting themselves at a great eco
pomic disadvantage with the rest of
the world.
"Nlen who will lay down their lives
for an idea are men made OF I'm
conouerabIc stuff" said the speaker.
Then turning his thoughts New Jer-
seward. the President-elect said;
u have been swimming against the
tide all day i'm New Jersey. We have
straiehtened things out there, but they
won't stay straight Of themselves a
man can live in Washington and know
what is going on in New Jersey A
man in Washington can say what he
thinks of the way things are going on
in New Jersey. and he can do that most
effectively bv mentioning the names Of
The gentlemen concerned, and he can
do il best by talking in specifications.
Talking i'm specifications is the only
thing that ever made me effective But
there is no use telling you who is
doing the mischief unless YOU disap-
prove of it,
THE Journey we have 10 take cannot
be taken unless we take it together. |
have gone through the campaign
speaking Of things and not of persons.
The only way to keep out Of trouble in
the years TO come is to see that your
names are connected with the right
things. This is not said as a threat,
but as an intimation Men must now
stand up and be counted and put their
names down on this or that side.
God knows the poor are suffering
enough already in this country. We
must emancipate the poor. Prosperity
is not a thing that can be consumed
privately or by a few persons"
And then the Governor went on TO
explain that the best sort of prosperity
was that which was spread among the
greatest number, thus creating more
energy in the nation.
Future Inspiring.
He was optimistic of the future. He
said America had seen visions and had
realized some Of them, and again had
lost herself i'm the mist but now she
was lifting her head into the light and
seeing things clearer and better
He then referred To the task Of fill
Ing offices, one that he did not relish,
and added:
But the task ahead of me, 50 far as