Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-10

the world. I believe that our coasts.
the longest and least protected of any
nation, should be guarded and fortified
in such a way as to protect our people
from foreign invasion.
do not believe that this nation is
in any immediate danger of invasion or
war. unless it is brought upon us by the
incompetence and the vacillating for
eign policy Of the present administra-
ton. do not believe that the nations
now engaged in a war almost OF exter-
mination. will be in any position, at
its close, to engage a nation like ours
in q new war. These bruised. wounded,
battered and wrecked nations will
emerge from the smoke of battle too
weak financially and physically to en-
gage in war with a nation like ours.
Great oceans roll between us and any
possible foreign foe. and it seems to
me the height Of folly to expect war
unless it is brought about by the great
er folly of this administration.
have settled opinions upon what
should be our foreign policy. This ma
ton should with f1rmness, dignity and
courage assert the rights Of humanity
against the world. and defend the IN
terests of humanity and the property
and lives Of all its citizens. Some one
has truly said, "a government which
is Indifferent to the fate of its own
citizens, whether at home or abroad.
is unworthy of allegiance, and ought
not to have, and will not long retain,
a respectable position among the indie
pendent powers of the EARTH"
Our Country the Greatest.
To me, the United States is the great
est nation under the sun; the Amer1-
can people the superior Of any people.
Our people are the result Of perfect
blending Of the best from all lands.
Some years ago, a famous statesman on
the floor of the United States Senate
spoke thus of America, and his sentiment
Is my creed today. AAe said ''The American
republic was established by the united
valor and wisdom Of the lovers of lib
erty from all lands. The Frenchman,
with his gay disregard of danger; the
German, with his steady courage; the
Pole, with his high enthusiasm; and
the Irishman, with all these qualities
combined, were here in the long and
bloody. contest for American independ-
ence Lafayette, the beloved of WASH
inston; Hamilton. who rode by his side
and assisted to organize the govern
ment Pulaski, who fell at the head OF
his legion at Savannah; Dekalb. who
died upon the field with all his saber
wounds in front; Montgomery. who gave
I'D his life in the storm of Quebec;
steuben. the accomplished military or
sanizer; Kosciusko, with his genius and
daring; and large numbers Of their fol-
lowers and associates We're born under
alien skies and came to the banquet OF
battle and Of death because OF their
love for human freedom. On every
battle-plain of the Revolution, from
Bunker Hill to Yorktown. the bones OF
their countrymen have long since crum-
bled to dust, and at every subsequent
period Of American history the foreign
born citizen, in council and in field. has
been faithful to the common cause Tor
which his ancestry bled."
have said that we shall see as re-
suit of the present worldwide war, the
aftermath of this harvest of death. dis
ordered, broken, shattered nations where
now stand the proud participants in this
awful strife. And, as natural sequence,
when the war is over, we shall see tide
of emigrants setting out from the war
worn countries of Europe. seeking new
homes.
There will be broken. scattered house
holds, widows and orphaned children by
tens Of thousands, PROSTATE industries.
bankrupt treasures, extortionate taxes
for generations yet unborn. and labor
walking the streets Of ruined cities in
rags and despair.
Here. in the oning. under sunset skies.
stands America, ever the land Of prom
ise to their yearning gaze. but now es-
pecially the haven Of their hearts.
And there will come to US great influx
Of immigration. seeking America AZ an
asylum Of safety. a city of refuge from
the exactions Of the taxgatherer, and a
field of employment, where in direct COM
petition with our yeomanry the pauper-
lied European will wax fat at the ex-
pense Of American citizens whom he will
throw out Of employment.
II We would protect American labor
and our own people, We must not leave
the gates unguarded. In the words of
Aldrich,
wide open and unsuarded stand our
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