The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-11

lalIy conducted. There have. been
times In this country when the expedi-
tions Of credit were personally con-
Iducteda i could name some of the
agencies on which guides were pro-
lyfded, but IL you are starting an enter
prise In one part OF the country. yoa
do not want any guides: you rather
resent guidance from another part
OF the country. And there were times
when there were limited circles In the
eastern portion of our great country
who thought they knew more about
| business in the other parts of the
country than the people who lived in
those parts Of the country. ! always
doubted them.s | now know that they
did not.
| "The vision of democracy that ]
/ have is this. that we must not he
presumptious enought to determine
before hand vnere the vitality Is going
to come from. The beauty of a demo-
cracy Is that YOU never can tell when
youngster is horn what he is going
I to do with you, and that no matter
how humbly he Is born, no matter
where he is born no matter what cir
cumstances hamper him at the outset.
he has got a chance to master The
mind and lead the imaginations of'the
whole country.
~ TlSTIt3 may now Ildhe NthtiAtSt
Of the world. When the present great
conflict in Europe is over. the world
! is going to wear different aspect.
No Patchcd-Up Peace.
Il do not believe that there is going
to be. any patched up peace. i believe
that thoughtful men of every countey
will insist that when we get peace
again we shall have guarantees that
I it viii remain and that the instrh-
mentslities of justice will be exalted
above the instrumentalities of force;
| | believe that the spirit which has
/ hitherto reigned iii the, hearts Of
Americans, and in like people, every
where in. the world viii assrrt Itself
once for all in International affairs
and that If America preserves ter
poise. preserves her possession.
preserves her attitude of friendiiless
towards all the world. she may have
the privilege, whether in one form or
another, OF being the mediating in
fuence by which these things may be
/ induced.
u am not now speaking Of govern
mental mediation. ! haven't that m
mind at all. l mean the spiritual
mediation. l mean the recognition OF
the world that here Is country that
has always things done that way, and
whose merchants when they carry
their goods will carry their ideas along
with them, and that this spirit OF give
and take: this spirit of success only by
having better goods and better brains,
and better training, will, through their
Influence, spread the more rapidly to
the ends of the world. That Is what
| mean by the mediating influence
which think American commerce viii
exert. SO l challenge you and mon
like you throughout the United States
to apply your minds % your business
as If you were building up for the
! world a great extent of the United
States. as If you were going out in the
spirit of service and achievement. the
! kind of achievement that comes only
through service. the kind of achieve
ment which is craftsmanship. the
craftsmanship of these arrangements
which are most serviceable to the
world.
The American Spirit.
! ''As You do this, the American
{. spirit. whether it he la beled so or not.
will haze Its conquest far and wide.
and when we Come BACK from our long
voyage of trade. we will not feel that
we have left strangers behind us. but
that we have left friends behind us
and have come home to sit by the fire.
: side .ena speak af the commen kin
! ship Of all. naankind."
!; The President arrived ~ Sac .this
morning, and after disnissing local
reception committee Politely at his
hotel enjoyed. an hours stroll atoui
town. After the. luncheon, be was tas
central figure in a public reception ~
the State House. In two hours time
1000 persons shook hands with aim
an unprecedented number, members
sof his party said.
n Tonight. he made an address before
i Fthe Federal council Of churches which
has been in session here three days
considering problems relating to the
coalition of church denominations and
, the promotion of rural community
, life.
!, The President left at lo;45 tonight
for. Washington