Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1915-11-11

out of the danger zone until the Gov
leEnmept restores order and compels
respect for the rights of American
citizens" But suppose it cost us not
one hundred thousand men but a half
million or a million. That is not the
greatest objection to the war.
Great as is the first objection, based
on the possible cost in money, and
greater still as is the second objection,
based upon the possible cost in blood,
there is a still greater objection; viz,
that we can not become a bel1igerent
and at h same time remain neutral.
We stand at the head Of the neutral
nations; the world looks to us to act
as mediator when the time for media
ton comes. If, for any reason, no
matter what that reason may be-, we
enter this war, we must step down
from our high position and turn over
to some other nation an opportunity
such as never came to any nation be-
fore and may never come again! -
Then, too, we are the next of kin to
all he nations now at war; they are
blood of u blood and bone of our
bone. Not a soldier boy falls on any
battlefield over yonder but the wall of
sorrow in his home finds an echo at
some American freside, and these ma
lions have a right to expect that we
will remain the friend of all, and be
in position to play the part of a friend
when a friend can aid.
Some nation must lift the world out
of the black night of war into the light
OF that day When an enduring peace
can be built on love and brotherhood,
and I crave that honor for this nation.
More glorious than any page of history
that has yet been written will be the
page that records our claim to the
promise made to the peacemakers.
This is the day for which the ages
have been waiting. For nineteen hun
dred the gospel of the Prince
of Peace has been making its majestic
march around the world, and during
these centuries the philosophy of the
Sermon on the Mount has become more
and more the rule of daily life. 1t
only remains to lift that code of morals
from the level of the individual and
make it real in the law of nations,
and ours is the nation best prepared to
set he example. We are less ham
pered by precedent than other nations
and therefore more free to act. I ap-
preciate the value of precedent-what
higher tribute can l pay it than to say
it is as universal as the law of gravita-
ton and as necessary to stability? And
yet the law of gravitation controls only
inanimate nature-everything that
lives is in constant combat with the
law of gravitation. The tiniest insect
that creeps upon the. ground wins a
victory over it every time it moves;
even the slender blade of grass sings
a song of triumph over the universal
law as it lifts itself up toward the
sun. So every step In human progress
breaks the law of precedent. Prece-
dent lives in the past-it relies on
memory; because a thing never was
precedent declares that it can never
lbe. Progress walks by faith and dares
to try the things that ought to be.
This, too, is the leading Christian ma.
ton. We give more money every year
to carry the gospel toethose who live
under other flags than any other ma
ton now living or that has lived. The
two reasons combine to fix the eyes
of the world upon us as the one ma.
ton which is at liberty to lead the
way from the blood-stained methods
of the past out into the larger and
better day.
We must not disappoint the hopes
which our ideals and achievements
have excited. If I know the heart OF
the American people they are not will
ling that this supreme opportunity
shall pass by unimproved. No, the
metropolitan press is not the voice
of the nation; You "a no more meas
ure the sentiment of the peace-loving
masses by the froth of the lingo press
than you can measure the oceans 81
lent depths by the foam upon its
waves.
At the conclusion of this address
Mr.. Bryan was overwhelmed with the
handshakes of admirers, and as soo1
as possible he was escorted again tc
the Hotel, where he is resting and al
4 o'clock will be given another drive
about the city, after which he will be
the guest at supper of Mrs. Mary G
Daniels, mother of his good friend
Hon. Josephus Daniels, and tonight al
1870 o'clock he will be heard again
This time in the First Baptist church
in his great sermon on "The First
commandment"
Following his evening. address Mr.
Bryan will be escorted by the commit
tee on entertainment to the Algonquin
C1ub-about $3.50 O'Clock, where open
reception will be held in his honor to
the Goldsboro public.
He will leave on the early train il
the morning for Kinston, where he
will open the great Kinston Fair to-
morrow.
,ISAGE TEA DANDY