The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-06

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dent havU gqne meeo e9sufaAu Il -
aid. more slnees0 = III frienAsaSDs
than thsesf Thsfsfors. under thssss
with thsm ana recognised CArranea,
rhen was givsn to CArranas the test
and Opportunity - eota6lish that
peace and order for 0oxioo necsssary
to the welfare of an UUvernment 60
tablishsd upon law. Let Il be rsmsm-
berad that at this time CArrAnsA had
been rsoosni.ed by the principal gov-
Spain. Germany and Russia--And all
Of South America Who shall say that
under such conditions the trial Of Car
rama was not wise and the only thing
expedient and justifisd In that hour
Now. therefore. Il was Carransa- It
may be that this was not the w1Sest
nor the suroSt course. - all govern
ment speculAtes upon the chance OF
thingA We know. Mr.. President, how
many things enter into the arrange
mont OF the affairs Of men which
could not be calculated upon. and UNI
settle or contribute 70 the end. Whas
events 1nterceded between the time
Of the Acknowledgement Of Carranxa
upN " SnS NAVH8kVA OGSW0VAA AAAD AOANCW
and our own government that were
neither his making nor our own. but
which served to undo the results OF
each we can not sAy. We can only
recognize that our duty was TO reckon
with the most serious that could be
anticipated, assured with the pi1iloso-
pfer that
Since the affairs OF men still rest un-
certain.
Let US reason with the worst that may
Tho United States prepared to treat
with that which had befallen, the
worst that could befal1-lawlessncs
where should be liberty. oppression
where there should have been free
dom, robbery and injustice where
there should have been righteousness
and equity. But. again. the Demo-
cratic President was destined to in
herit at the hands Of the minority de-
rision for his course. contempt for his
decision. obstruction in his undertake
ing. and defeat wherever possible to
his deAgns. In every other country
in the world there could be amfty
given to those who were the ruling
powers in their conflicts with foreign
nations and foreign people. Even IN
Japan we have lately seen how its
Parliament passed q resolution. as q
policy Of its government, that In mat
tiers Of foreign complication the policy
once asserted by those IN power should
be the will of tho whole pending it's
execution" This under the leader
ship Of Miur. but IN America the
civilized and refined government OF
scientific accomplishment and OF per-
fected patriotism, no such poor priv
i1cge could be accorded to the Presi-
dent of the United states, merely be-
cause he was a Democrat, and 1t was
assumed by Republican captains that
any humiliation put upon him. any
dishonor to his undertaktngA any de-
feat to his adventures, however hu-
initiating to the country. was justified
because this President was Demo-
crat Sir. to them the fact that the
will Of the people had placed him in
power, had commanded tho American
citizens to give him cooperation. that
he might give TO his government the
best that the intelligence OF his mind
and his inheritance from God AFFORD
ed, was Of no consequence: to them
this was Of no effect nor influence.
Their policy was to 4ndict and defeat
dIscredit and dizhonor the admins
tration in power, before Americans,
| and their own country before the
world. All this but achieve a party
advantage in being able to point out
to. their fellow cttisens failure. Sir.
|. that, this faihsHg was the result OF
Unreasonable design and dssloyal oppo-
sition on the part OF those who profit