El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-06-15

are btllI burns, that struggle still cot
ttnnaR. ,bpt, thus Tar the United state
hRS held me iane At bay; thus I'd
i has saved iits people from baiiieips
tlqn IN the qopAict
What the people Of the Unite,
States must determine through thei
suffrage, is whether the course TIL
country has pursued through thl
crucial period Is to be- continued
whether the principles that have beer
asserted as our national policy shall
be endorsed or Withdrawn.
"This is the paramount issue, M
lesser issue must cloud III, no unre
lated problems must confuse It."
III declaring that the policy Of neu
trality Is as American as the iAmeri
can flag. Mfr, Glynn asserted that
'The first president Of the United
States was the first man to pronounce
neutrality a rule of international con,
duct
TN April. 1898, Washington declared
the doctrine; and within a month,
John jay, chief justice Of the Su-
preme court OF the United States, IN
an epoch-making decision from the
bench whose realization would ensure
universal and perpetual peace, wrote
the principle into the law OF this land.
The Declaration of independence had
foretold it by declaring the rest OF
mankind enemies in war. in peace
friends; the Constitution recognized
II; but the first president Of the
United States by proclamation, the
first chief justice by Interpretation,
gave it vitality and power,
"The president Of the United States
stands today where stood the men
who made America and who saved
America. He stands where John
Adams stood. when he told King
George that America was the land
he loved and that peace was her
grandeur and her welfare. He stands
where General Grant stood when he
said there never was a war that
could not have been settled better
some other way, and he has shown
his willingness to try the ways OF
peace before he seeks the paths Of
war. He stands where George Wash
ington stood when he prayed that
this country would never unsheath
the sword except in self-defense so
long as justice and our essential
rights could be preserved without it.
For vain glory or for selfish pur-
pose, others may cry up a policy of
blood and iron. but the president of
the United States has acted on the
belief that the leader of a nation who
plunges his people into an ~unneces.
sary war, like Pontius PLATE vainly
washes his hands of innocent blood
while the earth quakes and the
heavens + darkened and thousands
give up the ghost
The Opposition
Speaking of the opposition to the
presidents peace policy, the speaker
continued:
by opposing what We stand for to-
day, the Republican party opposes
what Hamilton stood for a century
ago. The founder of the Republican
party and the founder of the Demo-
cratic party, placing their countFy's
sideration. forgot partisanship and
made American neutrality a national
creed. We who follow Jefferson stand
where Jefferson stood, but we look In
vain for a sign from the present lead
srs of the Republican party to show
hat they follow where Hamilton led. /
Where Hamilton counseled modera-
ion they denounce it. Where Hamil-
on thought only of country they /
.hink only of self. Where Hamilton
placed patriotism above craftsmanship,
hey placed craftsmanship above pat
How then do they dare to
speak for the great body of Ameri-
IAN citizens who form the rank and
lie of the Republican party? Do these
eaders believe that their Republic
is a better Republicanism than
1amilton's, their Americanism a pur-
" A~mericanism than that of Wash
i
IF Washington was right, If Jeffer-
was right, if Hamilton was right, {
{ Lincoln was right, then the presi- F,
lent Of the United States is right to-
lay; if the Republican leaders are !
light. then Lincoln was wrong and JEFF :
was wrong and Hamilton was
wrong, and Washington was wrong" !
Justifes Neutrality Policy {
The Justification Of our policy of {
.eutrality is expressed by Mr.. Glynn
D these words {
Before this declaration every war {
1as a world-war; since this declara- /
ion nearly every war has been a local |
Iar. Before this declaration war was !
whirlpool, ever-inoreasing in area S
nd In its whirl dragging down the ma
ions on the earth; since this declara- |
on war has become a sea of trouble t
pom which nations embark only from
from self-inteTest or the nee
of geographical position, Of I
nancial obligation or political al r
ance. Y
Neutrality is the policy which has t
ept us at peace while Europe has
cen driving the nails of war through
lie hands and feet of a crucifled hui j
p
THE praises of this policy are not 0
ritten in the ruins of American /
omes, not in the wreck of American Il
ldustries, not in the MORNINGS of e
merican families; they are found b
the myriad evidences of prosper Z
y and plenty that make this a con b
lnted land. From every whirling r.
)indle in America, from every fac a
lry wheel that turns, from every
thing that breathes its prayer
II plenty to the skies, from every P
net school. from every crowded Il
art, from every peaceful home, goes p