Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-12-08
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great matter and to avow my convlc-
tons with deep earnestness. | have
tried to know what America is; what
her people think, what they are. what
they most cherish and hold dear.
rope that some of their finer passions
are in my own heart-some OF the
great conceptions and desires which
gave birth to this government and
which have made the voice OF tins
people a voice of peace and hope and
liberty among the peoples OF the
world and that, speaking my own
thoughts, | shall at least in part,
speak theirs also, however family II
inadequately upon this vital matter.
We are at peace with all the world.
No one who speaks counsel based on
fact or drawn from a just and and1d
Interpretation of realities can say that
there is reason TO fear that from any
quarter our independence or the IN
tcgrity Of Our territory is threatened.
Dread Of the power ~ any other ma
ton we are incapable OF. We are not
jealous of rivalry in the fields of COM
merce or of any other peaceful
achievement. We mean to live our
own lives as we will; but we mean
also 10 let live. We are indeed a true
friend to all the nations OF the world,
because we threaten none, covet the
possessions of none, desire the over
throw of none. Our friendship can
be accepted and is accepted without
reservation, because it is offered in d
spirit and for a purpose which no one
need ever question or suspect. There
in lies Our greatness. We are the
champions of peace and OF concord.
And we should be very jealous IT
this distinction which we have sought
TO earn. Just now we should be par
ticularly jealous of it, because 1t IS
our dearest present hope that THIS
character and reputation may present
ly, in Gods providence, bring us an
o%pportunit, such as has seldom been
youchsafed any nation, the opportuni-
tv to counsel and obtain peace in the
world and reconciliation and a heal
ing settlement Of many a matter that
has cooled and interrupted the friend
ship Of nations. This is the time
above all others when we should wish
and resolve to keep our strength by
self-possession, our influence by pre-
serving our ancient principles Of ac-
ton.
From the first we have had a clear
and settled policy with regard to mil
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had, and while we retain our present
principles and ideals we never shall
have, a large standing army. II ask
ed, are you ready to defend your
selves? We reply, most assuredlv,
to the utmost, and yet we shall not
turn America into a military camp.
We will not ask our young men to
spend the best years of their lives
making soldiers Of themselves. There
is another sort Of energy in us. 1t
will know how to declare itself and
make itself effective should occasion
arise. And especially when half the
world is on fire we shall be careful
to make our moral insurance against
the spread of the con1agration very
definite and certain and adequate in
deed.
Let us remind ourselves, therefore,
Of the only thing we can do or Will
do. We must depend in every time #
national peril, in the future as in the
past. not upon a standing army, nor
yet upon a reserve army, but upon a
c~itizenry trained and accustomed TO
arms. 1t will be right enough, right
American policy, based on our accus-
toned principles and practices, TO
provide a lystem by which every citi-
zen who will volunteer for the train
ing may be made familar with the use
OF modern arms, and the rudiments
Of drill and maneuver, and the main
tenance and sanitation Of camps. We
should encourage such training and
make it a means Of discipline which
our young men will learn to value.
II is right hat we should provide it
not only, but that we should make It
as attractive as possible, and so III
duce our young men TO undergo IT at
such times as they can command 4
freedom and can seek the phys
ical development they need for mere
health's sake, ii for nothing more.
Every means by which such things
can be stimulated is legitimate and
such a method smacks of true Amcri-
can ideas. 1t is right, too, that the
national guard Of the states should