Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-15
HEART OF DEMOCRACY
SMELLS WITH PRIDE,
AS IT Halls WILSON
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asserted as our national policy shall
be Endorsed or withdrawn.
This is the paramount issue. No
lesser issue must cloud 1t, no unrelated
problems must confuse IT.
POLICY OF NEUTRALITY
ENTIRELY AMERICAN
In declaring that the policy Of neu-
trality is as American as the Ameri-
can nag. Mr.. Glynn asserted that:
THE first President of the United
States was the first man to pronounce
neutrality 4, rule OF international con-
duct.
I'm April. 1893. Washington declared
the doctrine; and within month. John
Jay. Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, in an
epoch making decision from the bench
whose realization would insure uni
Tersal and perpetual peace. wrote the
principle into the law OF this land
The Declaration of independence had
foretold il by declaring the rest of
mankind enmies in war. in peace
friends: the Constitution recognized
1t. but the first President of the United
States by proclamation. the first Chief
Justice by Interpretation gave It
vitality and power
The President Of the United States
stands to-day where stood the men
who made America and who saved
America. He stands where John
Adams stood. when he told King
George that America was the land he
loved. and that peace was her grandeur
and her welfare He stands where
General Grant stood when he said
there never was n war that could not
have been settled better some other
way. and he has shown his willingness
to Try the ways Of peace before he
seeks the paths or war. He stands
where George Washington stood when
he prayed that this country would
never unsheathe the sword except In
self-defense so long as Justice and our
essential rights could be preserved
without Il,
For vain glory or for selfish pur-
pose. others may cry up policy Of
blood and iron. but the President Of
the United States has acted on the
belief that the leader of a nation who
plurGes his people into an unnecessary
war, like Pontius PLATE, vainly washes
his hands Of innocent blood while the
earth quakes and tho heavens are
darhened and thousands give up the
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