The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-09

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Ifo do that, and shall fin6 them wheh-
ever IL is necessary without calling
Iour people, away from their necessary
tasks to renedr compulsory military
service in times Of peace,SA. !.
Allow me to speak With great
pfainness and directness upon this
great matter and to avow my con-
pictions with deep earnestness I
nave tried to know what America is.
what her people think, what thew are,
what they most cherish and hold
dear. / hope that some of their finer
| passions are in my own heart,-f
some of the great conceptions ana
| desires which gave birth to this gov
ernment and which have made the
voice Of this people q voice of peace
and hope and liberty among the peo-
pies OF the world, and that, speaking
my own thoughts, I shall, at least in
part, speak theirs also, however faint
iy and inadeQuately upon this vital
matter.
! We are at peace with all the world.
No one who speaks counsel based on
fact or drawn from Just and candid
Interpretation of realities can say
that there Is reason to fear that from
any quarter our Independence or tine
integrity OF or territory is threaten
ed Dread OF the power OF any other
| nation we are incapable or. We are
not jealous OF rivalry in the fields of
commerce or OF any other peaceful
| achievement. We mean to live our
own lives as We VIII; but we mean
| also to let live. We are, indeed, a
true friend to all the nations OF the
world. because We threaten none.
covet the .possessdoyfs of 1loue, de
sire the overthrow OF none Our
friendship can Ee accepted and Is ac-
oepted without reservation, because
IT is offered in spirit and for a pur.
pose which no one need oyer qnrs-
ton Or suspect Therein sissees sisseess cur
greatness. We are the champions of
peace and Of concord. }Ahdlw should
be very jealous OF this distinction
which we have. sought to earn. Just
now We should be particularly Jealous
OF j., because 1t Is our dearest pres
ent hope that this character and rep
utation may presently, in Gods provi-,
dence, bring us an opportunity such
as has seldom been vouchsafed any
nation. the opportunity to counsel ana
obtain peace in the world and recon-,
ciliation and q healing settlement of
many a matter that has cooled and
Interrupted the friendship of nations.
This is the time above ali others
when we should wish and resolve to
keep our strength by self-pessession,
our influence by preserving our an
cient principles of action ,
From the first we have had clear
and settled policy with regard to
military establishments. We never
snt sna a9a igh.ls .n We Esss3a sar pres
shall have. large standing army. II
selves? we, reply. Most pssuredly, to
the utmost; and yet we shall not, tusn
America into military. camp. We
will not ask. our young ,menr to spend
the best years OF their lives making
soldiers OF themselves. There is an
other sort OF energy in us. st will!
know. how to declare itself and make
itself effective shonld occasion arise.
And eseecially when half the world il
on fire we shall be careful to make
our moral insurance against the
spread OF the confiagrati0n very def
mite and certain and adequate insl
deed.
Let Us remind ourselves, therefore.
OF the only thing we can do or will
do. We must depend In every time OF
national peril. in the future as In the
past, not upon a standing army. nor
yet upon o reserve army. hut upon d
citiEenfy trained and accustomed to
arms. Il Will be right enough, right
American policy, based upon orr ac-
|ctistoned principles and practices; to
provide q system by which every Cit
iges who VIII volunteer for the train
Ing may be made farniiiar with flieI
use or nS0dern arms. the radiments of
drill and n3aneuysr. and the mSinten-
Ialfce atld sanitation. OF camps We
should encourage such traiiiing and
make it, means OF aiscipIiifa which
our young, men viii learn 10 value Ie
yia right that we sheala peA giae q Anl
only, but that we should make IL as
attractive as possible. ana so induce,
our young men TO undergo it at sach
times as they can command 4 little
freedom and can seek the physschi de-
yeiopment they need for - sra heAlth
sake, IL Cor nothing more Every
means by which such things can hsl
stimulated Is legitimate. end snch 4,
method smacks Of true A,2aricAtf
|laean II Is right. TOO, inst the National
Guard sef the gtates should be develops
ed ana stfengthened By eyeFy means
Which Is not ineoissisterf wilh eur
lobligetjDaS % our own people or with
tl5s esehhiiehEA policy of our anyera1
ment. And thia. also. nor bacnuae A 4