Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-02

pay the price Of sclf-rcspcct ON
cannot pay the price ~ duties abdi
Gated. Of glorious opportunities neg
lcctcd, OF character, national charae
ter, vindIcatcd and exemplfed IN nc
ton. America has character aa dis
tinct as the character Of any lndlyd
ual amongst us. We read that char
acyer in every page Of her sIngula
and glorious history. We believe tina
that character Is written ia invisible
signs. which. nevertheless. oar splrit
can declphcr on the very folds ~ th'
flag which Is the emblem 81 our ma.
tional life.
The gentlemen who are ont-and
out pacifists are making one funda-
mental mistake That II not mis-
take about the sentiments Of America
but q mistake about the circumstance
Of the world. America does not con.
rtitute the world In many of her son
timcnts and predictions she does not
represent or Influence the world. The
dangers To our peace do not come any
longer from within our borders.
could not have said that u few months
ago. Passion was aStir IN the country.
There was clash Of sympafbles and
heat Of passion which, made our air
tense and make men hold their breath
for fear some OF our fellow country
men would forget that their first 10y
nlty was 10 America and their second
loyalty only 10 the ancient affections
which bound them and henorabiy
policy.
Internal Danger Passed
"llut those dangers have passed
America has reRaincd hor sclf-posses-
aion. Men are now ready to feel and
to act In common In the great cause
OF the national life and no influence
within America Is going TO disturb the
peace Of America.
But America can not be an ostrich
with us head In the sand. America
ran not shut itself out from the rest
of the world, because all the dangers
nj this present moment, and they are
many, come from her contacts with
the rest OF the world Ana those
contacts are going TO be largely de-
demonstrated by ourselves have
not come 10 tell you that there IL any
danger 10 our national life from any
thing that your government may do
or your congress proposes. have
come 10 tell you that there Is danger
10 our national life from what other
nations may do. And let me say, Ia
\
speak OF other nations In a spirit of
criticism. Not only would II not be-
come me 20 do So as your spokes
man and representative, but | would
not be Interpreting my real feeling II
! did so Every nation now engaged
In the titanic struggle on the other
side OF the water believes. with nm in-
ter,sIty OF conviction that can not be
exaggerated, that Il Il fighting for It's
rights and In most instances that IL
b. fighting for its life. and we must
not bc too critical OF the men who
lead those nations.
Would Go 10 Extreme Here.
IF Americas liberty were involved,
If we thought that Americas life was
involved. would we criticize our lend- (
ers and public men because they went
every length OF even desperate en-
deavor 10 see that the nation did not !
suffer and that the nntion did tri- |
umphy have II not N my hcat to
criticize these men. But | want You I
TO know the dangers that they are /
running, and that the dangers they I
are running are the dangers which /
involve us also,
For look what Il is that America
In called on TO do, because there Is
hardly day goes by that some bit Of
news does not bear to my office some
kind Of protest There Is hardly u
week goes by that some delegation
does not come 10 the executive office
in Washington bearing some kind of
protest some kind Of urgent message.
looking towards Il in the interest Of
peace. Why. J have talked with earn
est men and women not Of our own
citizenship bat come Of Tho body Of
those other great nations. who pleaded
with me to put the moral force Of the
government OF the United states into
one or the other of the European
scales, 50 MS 20 see that this great
struggle was tho sooner brought TO Il
peaceful conclusion America Is
looked upon 10 VT In a sort Of moral
Judgment upon the processes Of war
and the processes Of what a war! The
world, my fellow citizens, never wit
Messed a struggle like this before.
One Untouched Continent.
DO you know that there In not n
single continent except the continent
of South America that has not been
touched by the flame OF this terrible
confederation DO you know that
there Is not Il single country In the
world. not even excepting our own,
into which these influences Of this ire