The sun., 1916-10-06

permitted their Mexican policy to be
controlled by an enthusiasm, however
generous, for the political fortunes OF the
Indians Of Mexico and interfered in the
internal affairs of that country for the
purpose. as MIR. Wilson himself has toll
US. of giving the so per cent. a look In
In the government Of that country and
turned a deaf ear to the 10000 Ameri-
can citizens who were appealing in
peril and distress for protection they
somehow failed not merely In judgment.
not merely through being misinformed
and deceived as to the true nature OF
the civil strife In Mexico and the men
engaged In II, but they failed in the
spirit OF their work. The spirit that has
made America great n free was not
In them.
'The most precious possession Of the
American people Is not In our cities and
palaces. our railroads and factories. our
rich mines and fertile farms, for We
may have all these and lose u own
soul. The supreme necessity Of u life
IL the spirit that bore up our fathers in
their poverty and struggles the spirit
that inspired them in the great empty
spaces Of the New World with the con
ception Of n s~elf-governing republic.
bound together by the universal devotion
Of her sons. Instinct with the high and
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for justice. leading the world toward
the better things Of freedom.
Nations spirit sleepins.
THE spirit Is not gone II has been
sleeping. II has been overlaid By wealth
and prosperity and ease. What America
needs most OF all now II that she may
be revealed again in the hearts Of her
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love Of country that their patriotism
may be quickened that they may he
ready again 60 live for her honor and
die for her duty as their fathers lived
and died. and as millions Of men are
living and dying now for their countries
on those sad battlenelds Of the Old
World.
II have lived a long life. and. please
God. will die In the company and faith
OF the Republican party. ] have not
been blind TO It's faults or silent about
them. But from away back among the
dim impressions of childhood there come
10 me nov and then the voices Of women
praying that Gods infinite wisdom
might saw this nation for freedom
through the trials Of bleeding Kansas
and Nebraska. Among the memories OF
half comprehending and half forgotten
boyhood are the sounds OF marching
men and the strong. wrathful words OF
those who bore up the hands of great
hearted Lincoln. agonizlnE for his
country. against those who thought this
nation no. worth preserving.
During all the years siuce then.
whenever the stress OF trial pressed
through the surface OF prosperous life
TO the hard substratum Of conviction and
sense Of national duty. I have found the
men whose aroused conscience and
patriotism urged them TO stand for the
financial honor. the Industrial indepen-
dence. the moral integrity. the fidelity
to duty OF our country. seeking their
object chiefly through the organized
power OF the Republican party.
And. with cheerful hope. ] recognize
a. the true inheritor and interpreter Of
that ancient spirit which has made
America what she Is. the strong. true
n tried American gentleman whom
We are about TO make the twenty-ninth
President OF the United States-Charles
Evans Hughes"