The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-12-16


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]ernl1eat nboes daif7arat ioos ~ Iii 20
TO be loo1.ed hocl- 70 nc n,a,t,i 1t -
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America tn, ara ,'anr.ga w. ,.ss
spokesr1ep Of IN, ea,,ra1 i,Jonan1o,t
states Of tbfs bo,nfs,I,orn ,,i 49, &C.
sembIed To diec,ss tba ga, raia1 .nI con,
| merciaI rela ti,ng of tbo ,ennhItcs of tba
two continents v,biab ,a t,,rn and r]oltttcaI
fortune have 60 intinoafaIy iinlfed "a
gether I eornos+Iy racon5h,ond 20 ,,o,,r
perisal the reports Of their proceedings.
ana OF the actions of their committees.
fou VIII get from them, | think, a fresh
conception of the case and intelligence
ana advantage with which Americans
CIV putR continents may draw together in
practlcal cooperation and of what the
material FOUNDATIONS of this hopeful part
heFsnlp OF interest must conslst-of how
we should bulld them and of how neces-
sarS II is that we should hasten their
ouitoihg.
Destiny of Americas.
There Is, venture to point out. an
especial Significance lust now ATTACHING
to this whole matter of dravinn +be
Americas together in bonds of honorable
partnership and mutual ADVANTAGE he.
cause of the economic readiustments
which the world must inevitably witness
Within the next aeneration. when peace
shall have at last resumed it's heaithfuI
tasks. In the performance of these tasks
| believe the Americas to be destined to
play their parts topether an, inter
ested to fix your attention on this MOS
pect now because unless Won take If with
in your view and hermit the f,u sip-
n%ificance of it to command vour thought
| Cannot find the right light in which
to set forth the particular matter that
lies at the very front of nv whole
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national defense.
Ideals ~ peno
NJ
sa;ni. onS "Ho realty compfehends the
spaiia OF lle great people for whom we
ceive that the;r ~, ssion NS W taa 70 Pc
genius best displayed in the nra ctica Of
fine arts of nooca 60. 80 u
~ =, peaee, ereat aemocractes are
nt.a IT, .ney 40 not seek or de-
sne war helr thought is OF individual
10. ano ot tne tree labor that sup
that quickens it. Conquest and dominion
are not in our reckoning. or aerenah 1e 10
our principles. But just because we de-
,,nd;s+,,rbad onnoa stiopnlen ana the
nan soVernrneht OF our own lives
upon our own principles. of right and
liberty, we resent from whatever quarter
1t may come, the aggression we ourselves
will not practice. We Insist upon security
In prosecuting our self chosan IInss &C.,
tionaI development. We do more thar
that. We demsnd - ,,.s mote lnah
do not oaas,'n - a.so TOT o1ners. we
~ ILL.,, ~ nonnhe our enthusiasm for indi-
u,auai .iperty and free national develop
affairs which affect only ourselves. We
feel 1T wherever there is a people that
trles 10 Walk in these difficult paths of
independence and right. From the first
partisans Of Iihartv - sause Win an
and have deen,aa - s"us sue the sea,
chr neiehhnrs sho,ia a. lmportans that
OUTSIDE domination as hat we ourselves
should be; have set America aside as n
whole for the uses of independent nations
60. 49,,
9 DePend on farmers.
out OF such thoughts grow all our poll
otes : we regard war merely as a means
OF asserting the rights of a neople against
aggression. And we are as fiercely ieaI-
GUS or coercive or dictatorial power with
M MI our own nation as of aggression from
without. We Will not maintain a stand
ing army except for uses which are as
necessary in times of peace as in times
OF war; ana We shall always see to it that
our military peace establishment is no
larger than Is actually and continuo,siv
needed for the uses of days in which M
enemies move against us. But we ID he
ssfsoi In a ooqy OF free citizens ready and
or the governments which they have set
up to serve them. In our constitutions
t.N We nave commanded that "the
right or the people TO keep and bear arms
siian nor pc lnfringed, and our conf
oe Sanr g uuen t3ae our safety In times
no ,inn 20 ,a mouaa ne ~ tne rising of the
ars Zee :. tahe Jars 81 llself, as the farm
IS Aos q LeAias.on
MUST Understand War.
But war has never been a inert matter
Of men and guns. 1t is a thing of disri.
pinned might. II our citizens are ever Ia
tight effectively upon a sudden
they must know how modern fsshtina is
done, and what to do when the Summons
comes TO render themselves Immediately
avaiiaple and Immediately effective. And
.ne government must be their servant In
tn.s mattsr, must supply them with the
sraan.hg shey need to take care OF them
serves and OF II. The military arm of
, laeir which they will not al
low 70 direct them. they may properly use
to serve them and make their independ-
ence secnre-and no their independ-
ence merely but the rights also of those
Will whom they have made common
cause, should they also be put In Jeopardy.
They must be fitted to play the great
role In the world, and particularly In thia
hemisphere. for which they are n,auGsJ
hv nrinnip1a and Inv, nba.rxul