The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-20
AN AMERICANS VOICE
How Descendant of the Heroic Age
Feels About Wilson.

Feels About Wilson.
To the Editor of the Sun-Sir: Two
years ago l would have been the first
to denounce any man who reflected on
the President of the United States
For seven generations, from Washing
ton himself down my family have serv
ed as officers in the army and navy
of America, and l have inherited the
idea from those officer forbears that
the President is my chief and never
to be criticised, no matter who he is
as long as he holds the office.
With all the deep dyed and inherit
ed loyalty to the President of the
United States, the present situation
is intolerable and l feel that to Mr.
Wilson | owe no allegiance; | nor any
other Of the tifty-eight million true
born Americans who are descended
from the first eighty thousand and or
iginal settlers who handed America
down to US as glorious heritage.
1t has gradually been borne in on
me, as blush has succeeded blush
relative to the foolish, senseless and
dastardly actions Of Mr.. Wilson's Ad-
ministration, that every true Amer
lean should voice his sentiments re-
gardless of all cost and give vent to
his deep Indignation: Mexico, Bel
GUM. Lusitania, Bryan, Daniels and
dozens in between, and latest the
cringing attitude Of our country, thru
its chief representative, to labor vote
getting from on-representative, ar
rogant mob; the picture Of the ''fou1
pens signing our country to shame
and the presentation of said pens af-
terward to those who have since been
repudiated by all decent labor men
Oh. the pity of it! and Oh! the
danger of it to America and to the
whole world, which is Immediately
| feeling the results thereof and will
for many years to come.
What is the answer? Every des.
cendant Of an officer Of the army anC
navy. every descendant Of soldie
or sailor who has fought for our coun-
try, every true American who has his
country's honor and welfare at heart
should rise and alter these condition:
at the polls at the next election. We
should put into the Presidential chai1
a man like Charles Evans Hughes, {
great American, a man of deeds ant
strength, and clean Augean Stable
by letting out the man of words AM
of weak and ignoble actions touched
up with fancy word painting.
Mr. Wilson's election was made SUR
by the Southern vote, who romantical
ly and sentimentally rushed to stan,
by man from Virginia, "The Mothe
of Presidents" Do any we'll inform
ed Virginians believe that Mr.. Wilson
represents the real Virginia and tn
South of Washington and Lee? Coz
save the mark! Has President viii
son surrounded himself with repre-
sentative Southerners? A thousan
times no; and every real representa-
tive of the South knows it and blushe
for it.
The parrot cry of "Wilson saved u
from war" is so absurd to the averag
posted American that it is laughablt
What war? We all know there woul
have been no war; and if by mil
> acle Germany had declared it, W
know that even had she succeeded
her fight America would have bee
immune for two years at least, pre-
tected by the British feet, and stim,
lated by the threat America woul
have been prepared for any eme1
gency and have had navy and arm
fit to cope with the situation, an
would not have been kept back
the tardy preparation which after tw
long years has been forced upon tt
Administration by the universal sent
ment of the country. If we do n,
take advantage of this wonderful o.
portunity to get America back #
Americans God will never forgive ,
and we will eternally regret it.
George l.. Upshur
New York Sun, October 10th.