The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-09
should .be our eonst4nt policy to mako
these provisions for our national
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should. .be our constant policy to mako
these provisions for our national
peAce Ehd safety. lsgees -.
More than this carries Ffth>it re-
gdrsai of the whole history ana Char
Fadeef' OF our polity. More Than this,
proposed at this time, permit me to
say, would mean merely that we had
lost our self-possession, that we had
with which we have nothing TO do,
been, thrown off our. balance by d war
FwhPge causes can not touchaus, whose
very existence affords us fopportuii.
ties of friendship and dfsintereatea
service which should make US asham-
ed OF any thought OF hostility or fear
full preparatio ntor trouble. This is
assuredly the opportunity for which a
people and government like ours
were raised up, the opportunity not
only to speak but actually to embody
and exemplify the s.ounsels CT peace
and amity md the lasting concord
which is based ON justice and fair and
generous dealing. r I.
A powerful navy we have always
regarded as our. proper and natural
means OF defense; and 1t has always
been Of defense that we have thought
never of aggression or OF conquest.
But who shall tell US now what sort
.of navy to build? We. shall take
leave to be strong upon Che seas, In
the future as in the past; and there
will be no thought or f61ensS Or OF
provocation In that. Our ships are
our natural bulwarks. When will the
experts tell us Just what kind we
should construct - and then will they
be right for ten years together, II the
relatiyef efieiencysof craft iot different
Kinds and uses cont finuesn to- change as
we have seen 1t change under our very
eyes in these last few months?
But turn away from the subject.
Il is not new. There Is no new need
te 5tscnss H. saats1 = re- e sssisttaSS csffsi
attitude toward IL because sons
among us are nervous and excited.
We shall easily and sensihly' agree
Upon a policy OF defense. 'Tiia dues-
ton has not changed its aspecfs be-
cause the times are not normal. Our
policy will not be for an occasion. It
will be conceived as a permanent and
settled thing, which we viii pursue at
all seasons, without haste and after
q fashion perfectly, perfectly, consistent witl,
the. peace of fthe world, the abiding
OF States, and the unham-
pered freedom Of all with whom we
deal. Let there be no ztisconce3tion.
The country has been misinformed.,
We have not been negligent OF nation
oil defense We are>pot unniindful Of
the great Responsibility resting upon
US. We shall learn and profit by The
leeson of every experience and seyery
new circumstances. and What IS need
cd will; be adequately done. 3 & Z ]; Ssa
]. close, as began, by reminding
yTia snf, tho gEeat tasks and dntiea of.
peace which challenge our bestS pow
ere land Invite us to build what viii,
last, the tasks to which we car ad-
dress Duraelyes now aftd at an times
With free-h hearted zest ana with ali the
finest gifts of constructive :Hiadom wss
possess. y no develop DUR life and our
resources; to supply our own people.
and the people or the world as their
need arises, from the abundant plenty
OF our Eeldss and oar inarts OF trade;
to enrich the commerce OF orr own
States and OF the world with the pro-
ducts OF cur mines, Nsir farms, and
our faetoriet, with the creations OF
our thought and the fruits Of : oar;
this Is what Will hold ofir
attention and our enthusiasm eteatii-
", now and In the years to come, as
we strive to show In or life aa na-si
tion what liberty and the iNapiratisras1
or an eulnnciDated spirit nAy do FOR
men and for societies. for individuals,
for States, and for mankind.