Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-07-10
to the rights of man into definite ac
Patriotism Consists
of Practical Things.

ton.
Patriotism Consists
of Practical Things.
Patriotism, he said consists of some
very practical things, among which
the President enumerated the stay of
members of tn House and Senate, Gin
hot Washington Ia maintain a quorum
of the houses and transact public
business"
81 honor them for it," he said, "and
| am mighty glad to stay there and
stick by them until it is over.
at ispatriotic also to know what
the facts are and tn face them with
candor," the President continued. az
have heard great many facts stated
about the present business conditions
in this country, for example, great
many allegations of facts, at any rate
and it is strange that these facts
as stated do not tally with each other
"Now, the truth always matches
the truth, and when | find gentlemen
insisting that everything is going
wrong, when it is demonstrable that
most things are going right, l won
der what they are trying to do. Are
they trying to serve the country, or
are they trying to serve something
smaller than the country? Are they
trying to put hope into the hearts of
men who workand toll every day, or
rather, are they puttingdiscourage
ment and despair into these hearts?
If they love America and anything is
wrong, it is theirduty to put their
hands to the task of setting it right.
| have had some experiences
in the last fourteen months which
have not been entirely refreshing. 1t
was universally admitted that the
banking system of this country need
cd reorganization. We set the best
minds we could find to the task of
discovering the best method of reor-
ganizaton. We met with harly any
thing but resistance from the bankers
or this country, or at least, from the
majority ofthose who said anything.
And yet the very nextday after that
act was passed tire was an universal
chorus ofapplause from the bankers
of the United States. Now, if it was
wrongthe day before it was passed,
why was it right the day after it was
passed?
"You know the Declaration of
Independence has,in one sense, lost
its significance. Nobody believed it
could be Independent when that docu-
ment was written. Now, nobody would
dare to doubt weare independent. But
1t is one thing to be independent and
it is another thing to know what to
do with your independence. One of
the most serious questions for sober
minded men to address themselves to
in these United States is what are
we going to do with the influence and
power of this great nation. Are we
going to play the old role of using
that power for our own aggrandize-
ment?" "
Dollar Diplomacy is a
Thing of the Past.
"The Department of State is con-
stantly called upon to back up COM
mercial enterprises and the industrial
enterprises of the United States in
foreign countries, and it at one time
went so far in that direction that all
its diplomacy was designated as IDOL
lar Diplomacy" 1t was for support
ing every man who wanted to earn
anything anywhere if he were an
American. Now there is a limit to
that. | have been preaching year up
on year for the United States to show
her wit, skill and enterprise in every
country of the world. But there is
limit laid upon usmore than any other
nation in the world. We set I'D this
nation and we proposed to set it up
upon the rights of man. We did not
name any differences between one
race and another; we did not set up
any barriers against any particular
race or people, but opened our gates
to the world, and said all men who
wish to be free come to us and they
will be welcome. We said that indie
pendence is not merely for us sell
fish thing for our ownprivat use, but
for everybody to whom we can find
the means of extending it, +"