The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-05-25


PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON.
States is that It, has always been in
process Of being made ever since that
little beginning and that there have
| always been the same elements in the
process. At the outset there was at
the heart of the men who led the
movement for independence a very
high and handsome passion for human
liberty and free institutions. And yet
there lay before them great CONT
nent which It was necessary to sub.
due to the uses of civilization If they
were going to build upon it great
state among the family of nations.
heard preacher once point out the
very interesting circumstance that our
Lords prayer begins with the petition
Of our daily bread from which he
drew the inference that it is very diff
cult to worship God on an empty stom.
ach and that the material foundations
Of our life are the first foundations.
What want to call your attention to is
that this country ever since that time
has devoted practically all Of it's at
tention to the material foundations Of
Its life; to subduing this continent to
the uses Of the nation and to the build.
Ing up Of a great body Of wealth and
material power. I find some men who
when they think of America do not
think Of anything else but that. But,
my friends, there have been other ma
inof vito
full In comparison with the other ma.
tions Of the world as the United States
is, and it is great deal more impor-
, tant that we should determine what
we are going to do with our power
than that we should possess 1t.
Origin Of America.
"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 Here more
than anywhere else has been preserv
ed great part of the original stock
which settled this country, particular
ly that portion Of the stock which
came from the British Isles Il am
not meaning to exclude Ireland) And
then find great many of my friends
who live in New England imagining
that the history Of this country is
merely the history Of the expansion
Of New England, and that Plymouth
Rock lies at the foundation Of our in.
stitutions. As matter Of fact, my
, fellow-citizens, however mortifying II
may be to them or to US, America did
J not come out OF the South, and 1t did
not come out Of New England. The
characteristic part of America origi
!, mated In the Middle States of New
York and Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey, because there from the first was
that mixture of populations, that mix
ture Of racial stocks that mixture OF
antecedents which IS the most singu
lar and distinguishing mark OF the
, United States. The most important
single fact about this great nation
which we represent is that it is made
up out Of all the nations Of the world
, dare say that the men who came tC
America then and the men who have
come to America since came with g
, single purpose; sharing some part ot
SAAS PttooAoAi Aoi huIidlA llpCiIy WHICH
characterized the men who founded
| the Republic, but they came with all
sorts Of blood in their veins, all sorts
OF antecedents behind them, all sorts
OF traditions in their family and ma
, tional life and America has had tC
serve as a melting pot for all the diver
sified and contracted elements. Wha,
, find Of fire Of pure passion are you go
kind of fire OF pure passion are you 60
order that the mixture that comes out
may be purged of It's dross and may
be the fine gold Of untainted Ameri
, canism? That la the problem
Elements In the War.
"I want to call your attention to
. another picture. America has always
, been making and to be made, and
while we were in the midst OF this
process, apparently at the acme and
crisis Of this process. while this trav
| all OF soul and fermentation of ele
, ments was at its height. came this
great cateclysm OF European war, and
, almost every other nation in the
world became involved In O tremen
Governor Manning and his party
} were later escorted from the hotel to