Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-01

| that the people of this country want
| war with anybody
Sentiment Echoed by Thousands.
| ct got off a train yesterday and as
was bidding goodbye to the engineer.
he said in an undertone, Mr.. President.
| keep out of Mexico And If one man
has said that to me. thousand have
| said it to me as / have moved about
the country.
! IF 1 have opportunity to engage
them further in conversation. they say,
| OF course, we know that you cannot
altogether. and it may be necessary,
| but for Gods sake. do not do 1t unless
| it is necessary
Il am for the time being the spokes-
man Of such people, gentlemen: l have
not read history without. observing that
the greatest forces in the world and
the only permanent forces are the
moral forces. We have the evidence of
a very competent witness-namely, the
| first Napoleon-who said that as he
looked back in the last days of his life
| upon SO much as he knew OF human
history. he had to record the judgment
'that force had never accomplished any
thing that was permanent.
Force will not accomplish anything
| that is permanent, l venture to say, IN
the great struggle which is going on
on the olnsi SUI @aa,;shaS
pe ea LIS ~ oninion Of man
kind Is brought to bear upon the issues,
and the only thing that Will hold the
stetau+ sii1nowerful opinion of man
i;nS
| "Force can sometimes hold things
| +oaSr u,ti1 oninion has time to form
80, that vas ever exerted
excant in resnonse to that opinion was
| ever a conquering and predominant
|
o,+o, n.c1ora+;on If Tndependence.
| ct think the sentence in American
.;u. .h,+ T myself am nroudest of is
| his''S '" ' 30
! that in the Introductory sentences Vi
| the Declaration of Independence, where
tha wr;ters saw that a due respect for
| INC ,a, +h,+
| the opinion OIL manklhu oeii"iu" ma
| they state the reasons for what they
are about to do. l venture to say that
| a decent respect for the opinions of
| mankind demanded that those who
| started the present European war
| should have stated their reasons, but
| thew did not pay any heed to the opln-
ion of mankind and the reckoning Will
so, gentlemen. l am willing. no mat
Ter what my pelsoiai . tot ae ,,ani;nd
Personallv it will be matter of in
| difference to me what the verdict on
the 18th OF Novemoe per rs, proNloeu Zee,
| 1atsr i,,ry ats T shall get their judg-
| ment in my favor Not my favor per-
| sonally-what difference does that
| make? But in my favor as an honest
/ and conscientious spokesman of great
| national convention.
| There are some gentlemen who are
| under the delusion that the power OF
| nation comes from the top. 1t does
| not. 1t comes from the bottom
| Power and virtue of the tree does
| not come from the blossoms and fruit
| down into the roots, but it comes from
| the roots in the obscure passa ge of the
earth where the power is derived which
f, displays itself in the blossoms and the
| fruit; and | know that among the 81
! lent, speeches. masses of the Ameri-
| can people is slowly coming up the
| sap of moral purpose and love of JUS
| tice and reversion for humanity which
constitutes the only virtue and distinc-
| ton of the American people.
Look for your rulers of the future.
Can YOU pick out the families that are
to produce them? Can you pick out the
| localities that are going to produce
them,
Tr,l,+. IN 7jnco1p
| w
"you have heard what has been said
| u !, s;ra,,,.r
ABOUT ABRAHAM hihooin' II 10 81" '"-
| how touching every reference to Abra-
ham lincoln ia It ALWAYS makes YOU
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