Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21

| his seat.
occupy in the councils of the world
Like the old Mohawk chief who
loved peace, we would like to throw
the tomahawk OF war so high in the
sky that no mans hand could ever
pull it down. But when some other
tribe among the races Of men sends
us a bundle Of arrows wrapped in the
skin OF rattlesnake, we want, like
old Governor Bradford, of Massa-
chusetts, to be in position to send
| that rattlesnake's skin back stuffed
with powder and ball.
Wilson and Preparedness.
I'VE have been carried too close to
the rocks of war during the past two
years to believe that those rocks do
not exist. And looking into the flu
ture we can perceive that if our SOW
ereignty is not challenged, if our
peace is not assailed it will only be
because the world knows that we are
from every foe.
'For these reasons this admins
tration has done more for our army
and our navy than any administra-
ton in our history.
"More than this, it has mobilized
the resources Of the nation to meet
the needs Of war. 1t has placed the
wealth Of the country back of the
strength of the country, the toiler
back Of the soldier and the sailor.
And to our opponents we say you
can't create an army, can't create a
navy in the course of a day; to them
we say if our navy is not strong
enough, our army not big enough, the
Republican party is so per cent to
blame, for the Republican party has
been in control of this nation 80
per cent of the time during the past
so years.
"The Democratic party advocates
and seeks preparedness, but it is pre-
paredncss for defense, not prepared
ness for aggression.
at is the preparedness which
builds the nations house upon a
rock. so it will not fall when the
rains descend and the floods come
and the winds blow.
"a regard for national surety as
well as pride Of personal honor
will, therefore, bring the American
people to the support Of their Presi-
! dent. Whether their blood is drawn
from the banks Of the Rhine, or
where the River Shannon flows, whe-
they they hail from Alpine valleys or
the meadows Of the Prenees, whether
their descent be German or French,
Irish or English, Austrian or Italian,
Russian or Greek, the men who have
sworn an oath of fealty to the ideals
of America will be true.
"They may love the lands Of their
fathers much, but they love the land
OF their children more. They may
cherish the memory of the sod from
whence they sprang, but they stand
ready to die for the soil that they
have hallowed with their homes.
Democratic Domestic Policy.
"To-day the prosperity which the
nation enjoys bears witness that
Democracy has kept the faith. To-
day the gates of opportunity are
open; the hosts Of special privilege
stand disarmed. To-day the forces
Of government are encouraging, not
blocking, the full expression Of the
nations progress. To-day the busi-
ness man, the artisan and farmer
find themselves free to enjoy the
fruits Of their labors, unhampered
by the sinister power Of special priv
ilege or the selfish oppression Of I'm
visible government
The Underwood Tariff.
"The Underwood traiff, enacted by
this administration, has banished
greed from the gates Of our ports
and written justice into our tariff
schedules. Of all the tariffs we ever
enacted this is the fairest and the
best.