The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-05-23


small voice of humanity would pre-
vail AGAINST the rumblings OF hatfeo
snd disrniou. the closing phrase Oh
President Wilson's address here to-
6,y was the logical development OF
his review of the processes by when
America LAD grown great. The presl-
dant traced. in Slight outline, the
,nc.,,. of American liberty in It's
dependence upon the moral forces.
The presidents speech follows;
.Tt is with unaffected pleasure rhat
find myself in the presence OF tnls
interesting company today, for have
come back for visit all too orler 10
region very familiar to my heart
snd the greeting of whose people Is
peculiarly welcome to me-
81 do not know. my fellow cl'lzens'
whether can interpret for you tooa'
xha snirit of this occasion, but 1t 10
necessary when we get together IN
celebrations like this to take couneei
,osotber with regard to just what 1t
: that we wish to celebrate. You
wi,, saw that we wish to celebrate tne
memories Of that time to which We
look hack with such pride, when our
fathers with singular wisdom o'
oounsa, and stoutness of heart under
took to set up an independent nation
o, this side of the water; but II IS
~erv much more important that We
sbonld remind ourselves OF the Gle
ments with which our forefathers
dealt There were only three miiilon
oi+izans in that original republic or
the United States of America. Now
there are one hundred millions. IT, Is
a long cry back to those modern De
ginnings; a great period OF time mol
only but a great period of profound
change separates US from that time
and yet 1 would remind you that the
coma elements we're present then thai
are presnt now.
what interests my thought more
aaan anything else about the Unlteo
States is that it has always oeen III
process of being made ever since thas
qittle beginning and that there have
always been the same elements IN
4ba nrocess At the outset thers was
at the heart of the men who lea thS
movement for independence a very
high and handsome passion for nu-
man liberty and free institutions
And vet there lay bfore them great
continent which it was necessary 10
subdue to the uses Of civilization II
they were going to build upon II a
great state among the family OF ma
tionS.
The Daily Need.
SCI heard a preacher once point OUT
the very interesting circumstance
that our Lords prayer begins with
the petition for our daily bread
from which he drew the inference
that it is very difficult to worship Goo
on an empty stomach, and that the
material foundations Of our life are
the first foundations. What ! want
to call your attention to is that ehls
country ever since that time has de-
voted practically all of its attention.
perhaps 100 much of its atte1tlon, 10
the material foundation of its HE;
TO subduing this continent to the uses
of the nation and to the building up
a great body of wealth and material
power. I find some men who, when
thev think of America, Go not think
of anything else but that. But friends
there haze >beea other nations just as
rich and just as powerful in conpar-
5son with the other nations Of the
world as the United States is, and i
is great deal more important thai
we should determine what we are go
ing to do with our power thaa thai
we should possess it.
..You must remember, therefore.
the elements with which we are deal
ing. Sometimes those of US who were
born in this part Of the country per
suade ourselves that this is the char
acteristic part of America. : more
than anywhere else has be i preserv-
ed great part of the original stock
which settled this country, particu-
larly that portion of the stock which
came from the British Isles. q am
not meaning to exclude Ireland) And
then 1 find a great many of my
friends who live in New England i'm