South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-15
Here Is Marshalps Speech of Acceptance

history OF the republic from Wash
ington down is filled with illustra-
tons OF the taking of American life.
and the destruction of American
property but the instances are rare
i'm which American honor was 50
assaulted that the people deemed 1T
necessary 10 maintain that honor
by force Of arms Neither the presi-
dent nor the people have lost the
American spirit. Whether native
born or foreign born, am over
whelming majority love the flag and
are loyal TO our institutions. Let any
organized government upon the face
of the earth through its govern
mental authorities deliberately offer
an insult 20 the flag. or trample
upon the rights OF the American
people and the spirit of 80 Will be
found alive everywhere in our land.
But SO long as there is no manifest
intention or deliberate purpose on
the part of a government 10 insult
our government, not all the perurb-
ed orators who long for place can
stir the martial spirit i'm the breasts
Of our people We will not fight 10
please individual views We take up
arms only for the composite Ameri-
can who has been moulded in the
constitutional pattern Of civil and
religious liberty.
&. O. y. Army Of Intervention.
In regard 10 Mexico. let the repub-
licans say that they will intervene.
Let them announce their purpose
10 invade that country and police it.
TO guarantee title TO property how
ever obtained and 10 remain therein
as long as necessary. and then let
every son. husband and father. syn
enormously with voting the republic
can ticket enlist in the army of in
tervention. But if they Will not do
this let them keep silence Mere
criticism is not constructive No
body discharges one doctor whom
another criticises for his treatment
unless the second doctor offers a
better remedy Post mortems may
discover diseases but they do not
reincarnate.
The one bright. peaceful spot
under the sun this day is America
and it is 50 because the president
pleads guilty 20 the charge of using
words rather than shot and shell
and shrapnell. Three years ago we
thought that the age of brute force
had passed and that the brain and
heart Of man We're TO rule the world.
I Impartially and i'm accordance with
our treaties and principles of inter-
( national law, he president has used
mere words For this the eXigencies
of political campaign demand that
he shall be criticised. III America is
10 lead the world toward that now
/ seemingly far-distant goal where
brute force shall be bound 10y wis
I dom and conscience i'm letters which
I IL can never again break. then these
are the hours for mere words Par
ties come and parties go. Politicians
and partisans strut their brief hour
I and disappear. Socrates drank his
/ cup of hemlock but philosophy lived
| on. The spirir of Savanarola went
I up I'm smoke from the market place
/ in Florence but religion remained
| the supreme hope of the human
\ heart. HoclSed at. misunderstood.
\ misjudged, Lincoln Went TO his
1 martyrs crown but the republic was
reunited and still survives. In this
/ hour of world darkness. / have faith
that humankind is going upward 10
the heights. not downward to the
wales. The Judgment of the Ameri-
can people is not TO make a martyr
of the man who brooded over the
republic in storm-stressed times and
by mere words spoke peace TO the
I troubled seas of international pol
itics
Not for additional honor. but in
the hope that I may assist i'm the re
election of " oodrow Wilson who has
not walked where the path has led
but who has walked where there
was no path and who has left "a trail
L accept this nomination.