The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-07
Chief Executive Details His Plans For
National Preparedness Disloyalty
at Home Denounced-Urgent
Need Of Our Own Ships.


most etYectually secured against the
danger OF maladministration. and that
when any government shall be found
inadequate or contrary to these pur
poses majority of the community
hath an indubitable, inalienable and
indefeasible right to reform, alter o,
abolish 1t in such manner as shall be
judged most conducive to the public
veal" We have .unhesitatlngly ap
piled that heroic principle to the case
of Mexico and now hopefully await
the rebirth Of the troubled republic
which had SO much OF which to purge
itself and SO little sympathy from any
outside quarter in the radical but nee
essary process. We will aid and be
friend Mexico, but We will not coerce
her, and our course with regard to her
ought to be sufficient proof to all Amer
lea that we seek no political suzerainty
or selfish control.
The N. . is that the states Of Amer.
ica are hostile rivals, but coop.
Grating friends. and that their grow
ing sense of community of interest,
alike In matters political and In mat.
tiers economic, is likely to give them a
new significance as factors in interna.
tional affairs and in the political his.
tory of the world. 1t presents them as
in very deep and true sense a unit
in world affairs, spiritual partners,
standing together because thinking to.
gether, quick with common sympathics
and common ideals. Separated they
are subject to all the cross currents Of
the confused politics of world OF hos.
tile rivalries; united in spirit and pur-
pose they cannot be disappointed OF
their peaceful destiny.
None Of the Spirit Of Empire.
This Is pan-Amerlcanism. 1t has none
Of the spirit of empire In It 1t Is the
embodiment, the effectual embodiment,
Of the spirit of law and independence
and liberty and mutual service.
A very notable body Of men recently
met in the city Of Washington, at the
Invitation and MS the guests of this
government, whose deliberations arc
likely to be looked back to us marking
memorable turning point in the his,
tory Of America. They were repre-
sentative spokesman of the several
independent states OF this hemisphere
and we're assembled to discuss the
financial and commercial relations Of
the republics Of the two continents
which nature and political fortune
have so intimately linked together.
earnestly recommend to your perusal
the reports of their proceedings and Of
the actions Of their committees. You
will get from them, | think, fresh
conception OF the ease and intelligence
and advantage with which Americans
of both continents may draw together
in practical cooperation and Of what
the material foundations Of this hope
full partnership Of interest must con
sist-of how we should build them and
Of how necessary 1t is that We should
hasten their building.
There Is, venture to point out. IN
especial significance just now attach
ing to this whole matter of drawing
the Americas together in bonds Of hon
orable partisanship and mutual advan
tage because Of the economic readjust
ments which the world must inevitably
witness within the next generation
when peace shall have at last resumed
its healthful tasks. In the perform
ance of these tasks believe the Amer
icas to be destined to play their parts
together. am interested to fix your
attention on this prospect now because
unless you take 1t within your view
and permit the full significance Of 1t te
command your thought l cannot FIND
the right light in which to set fortl
the particular matter that lies at the
very front of my whole thought as
address you today. mean nationa.
defense.
No one who really comprehends the
spirit of the great people for whom We
are appointed to speak can fail to per
celve that their passion is for peace
their genius best displayed in the prac
ticc Of the arts Of peace. Great democ
racies are not belligerent. They do moi
seek or desire war. Their thought is
Of individual liberty and Of the free
labor that supports life and the un
censored thought that quickens 1t
Conquest md dominion are not in oul
reckoning or agreeable to our princl
pies. But Just because we demand un
molested development and the undis
turbed government Of our own lives
upon our own principles Of right and
liberty, we resent, from whatever
quarter It may come, the aggression We
ourselves will not practice. We insist
upon security in prosecuting our sell
chosen lines Of national development
We do more than that. We demand II
also for others. We do not confine oul
enthusiasm for individual liberty ant
] free national development to the Incl
dents and movements of affairs which
affect only ourselves. We feel It wher
ever there Is people that tries to wall
in these difficult paths of independence
and right. From the first we have
made common cause with all partisan,
Of liberty on this side the sea and have
deemed It as important that our neigh
bors should be free from all outside
domination as that we ourselves shoult
be; have set America aside as whole
for the uses Of independent nations ant
political freemen.
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