The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-03

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despised level of a commodity to the
high plane OF human unit In our
industrial life. a service that has dig
nifled them-the great army of work
ers Of the field. factory and mine; a
service that opened the courts to all
men upon equal terms OF justice and
constitutional liberty a service that
freed the money OF nation from the
control Of a money oligarchy' and
lodged ii in the hands of the govern
ment: service that at once destroyed
two trusts. money trust and a panic
trust where business can not be OPP
pressed or destroyed by manipulation
OF the money market, nor legislation
controlled, intimidated, or suppressed
by the panic trust, These two trusts
that your service and matchless lead
ership destroyed live only in memory.
as contemporary with the malodorous
rule of the boss ridden and monopoly
controlled stand-pat Republican party.
\ SERVICE THAT HAS
PREPARED NATION ITS WORK
1T is service which has prepared
the nation for its defense, a service
TO fair and equal treatment to all
men by destroying subsidy fed to
all American monopoly; a service to
LlH 1aI ulSlS Ol our country VINO ScAGn
for a home and fireside to call their
own by enacting into law a Federal
rural credits system that makes credit
and home building easy to the tillers
of the soil; a service that in the
stormiest hours OF Americas life and
the bloodiest days of the life of the
world. you have kept our people al
peace with all the earth; a service
that has kept homes happy family
II Ir~ hi ~ II
staggers beneath its weight of sorrow,
mourning and death; a service whose
victories for the freedom of the seas.
the rights of neutral life, the protec-
ton of American citizens and Ameri-
can rights stands resplendent in the
worlds International law and the
earth's diplomacy. This great triumph
which you have achieved for America
ana the world gave protection to nom
combatants and neutrals that war
mad countries must respect, and this
diplomatic achievement will be the
guiding, protecting precedent to MIL
lions of lives of the innocent and I'M
oTending long after you are gone.
This triumph of yours will not be told
In history by a great war debt, a
mammoth pension roll, vacant chairs
at unhappy firesides and Decoration
Day services to place flowers upon the
mounds of those who achieved il. bu-
II will be told in the victory of match
less diplomacy and Of Irresistible
logic. presenting in an uneQualed man
ner the everlasting principle OF Jus
tice.
UNRIVAI4ED AND FEARLESS
IN HIS LEADERSHIP
Under your unrivaled and fearless
leadership you have rescued the little
children Of America-the future faith
ers and mothers of our race-from
the grinding slavery Of the sweatshop
and the factory. No dividends or
fortunes In the future will bear the
stain Of their toll and tears: their
youthful days will be spent in the
fresh air OF growing life and In the
schoolrooms Of the land. where they
will be properly prepared in strength
and mind to become the future CITE
liens of great humane and free Ro-
public.
You behold your country after
three and a half years OF your admin-
istration more prosperous than ever
In its history. The earnings Of tho
laborers OF America exceed by three
billion dollars their earnings under
four years of the administration Of
your predecessor; tho savings OF .he
people deposited In the banks Of our
country amount to six billion dollars
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