The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-01-12

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your buslness. how long they take
in determining h. 1t is none. OF nv
business and It is none OF yours how
they. go about the business. The
country is theirs. The government
Is theirs The liberty, il they can
.eet u, and sedspeed them IN gettir,s
II; rs theirs. And 50 fafT ne ms sr,.sa-
euce goes while / am President. nc
tody shall Interfere with them.
That is what / mean by a great
emotion. the great emotion of SYM
pathy. Do you suppose that the
American people are ever going to
count small amount of material
benefits and advantages to people
doing business in Mexico against
the liberties and the permanent hap
piness Of the Mexican people? Have
not European nations taken as long
as they wanted and split as nuch
blood as they pleased in settling
their affairs. and shall we deny that
to Mexico because she is weak? No,
l say! / am proud to belong TO a
strong nation that says: This coun-
try, which we could crush, shall have
just as much freedom in her own af-
fairs as we have II am strong. 1
am ashamed to bully the weak. In
proportion to my strength is my
pride in withholding that strength
from the oppression OF another peo-
Pile.
And l know when / speak these
things mot merely from the generous
response with which they have just
met from you, but from my long
time knowledge of the American
people TsSTeeff TIA: Is the sea..:aea. CO the
american people.
with all due respect to editors
of great newspapers, have TO say to
them that !. never sake my opinion
pssthA fnsriG paaea~t frm shsar
editorials. 80 that when some dailies
not very far from where 4. am tem-
porar:ly residing thuadcrea With RS
ing scorn at watchfuI waiting. Wood
row sat back in MS chair and
chuckied, knowing that he laughs
best who laughs last, knowing in
short, what were the temper and
principles OF the American people.
II did not think / knew. l would
emigrate. because I would not be
satisfied to stay where am. There
may come q time when the American
people will have to judge whether
know what am talking about or
not. But for at least two years more
I am going to think that I do.
1T is by the way, a very comfort
ing thought that the next Conxrss,
OF the United States 10 going to Be
very safeiy Democratic and there
fore. We can altogether feel as much
confidence as Jackson did that we
know what we are about.
SO feel. my friends, in a very
confident mood today. feel conf
dent that we do know the spirit of
the American people, that we do
know the program OF betterment
which 1t will be necessary for us IN
undertake, that we do have a very
reasonable confidence in the supnort
OF the American people.
Il have been talking with busi-
ness men recently about the present
state OF mind Of American business.
There is nothing the matter with
American business except a state of
mind.
Commenting upon the motto of the
indianapolis Chamber Of Commerce
III you are going to buy it buy Il
now" the President said It is tus,
as safe to buy now as it ever will be
and that If the buying is started
there will be no end to it. The
President said he was sure of that
because he had taken counsel with
the men who know and that all thar
Is needed In America now 10 to be-
heve in that future. He said that
he could secure his hearers as one
OF those who spoke for the Demo
cratic party that II IL perfectly safe
to believein in the future.
We are ~ much tn friends e
businsss ahaAnf s1>1fbp cor Z -iE( 4
stns the enemies or those who were
trying to control buxiness. I say fora
little time because we are now recon-
ciied TO them. They have graciously
admitted that we had right to do
what We did do. and they have very
handsomely said that they we're GO
ing to play the game.
Il believe, ! always believed. that
American business men ware .hao-