Fergus County Democrat., 1916-06-15
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jury he maintained "would mean )er
petual war and this Is the policy a
our opponents, deny it how they will
II would give us war abroad each
time the fighting cock of the Euro.
pean weather vane shifted with tho
breeze. II would make America the
cockpit OF tue world. We would be
SO busy settling other peoples quar-
rels that we would have no time to
, attend to our own business"
In his treatment OF the issue OF
Preparedness Mr. Glynn asserts that
the genius Of this country Is for
peace.
I'VE have built our greatness on
the resources of nature and the peace.
tul toil of our people The ring Of
the anvil not the rattle of the saber.
the song of the reaper. not the shriek
of the suldior, the clatter Of the shut.
tie not the crack of the rifle have
won us the place we occupy In the
councils of the world
Like the old Mohawk chief who
loved peace, we would like to throw
the tomahawk Of war so high in the
sky that no mans hand could ever
pull it down. But when some other
Us Il bundle Of arrows wrapped IN tAA
skin of a rattlesnake. we want, like
old Governor Bradford. of Massachu
setts, to be in a position to send that
rattlesnnke's skin pack stuffed with
powder and with ball.
I'VE have been carried too close u
the rocks Of war during the pas; two
years to believe that those rocks do
nf at {,,x
ture we can perceive that If our soy.
ereignity IL not challenged, if' our
peace is not assailed it will only be
strong enough to defend ourselves
from every foe
For these reasons this administla.
ton has done more for our army and
cur navy than any administrator in
our history.
More than this. 1t has mobilized
the resources OF the nation to meet
the needs Of war. IT has placed tha
wealth OF the country back OF the
strength Of the country. the toilcr back
Of the soldier and the sailor.
| And to our opponents we say you
| can't create IN army, can't create
navy In the course OF day: TO them
We sny II our navy is not strong
enough the republican party Is 80 per
cont TO blame for tho republican
party has been In control Of this ma
tion so per cent. NJ the time during
the past 30 years
The democratic party advco oates
| and seeks preparedness, but ID IL pre-.
! paredness for defense, not prepared
; ness for aggression.
1T Is the preparedness which builds
| the nations house upon rock. 30 It
will not fall when the rains descend
and the floods come and the Winds
blow.
"A regard for national surety MS
wen ns pride of personal honor
will therefore bring the American
! neople to the support Of their presi,
dent Whether their blood is 'rawu
J from tho baake Of thc Hhipe; r
! whether they hail frAAl Alrinr yui
/ lees or Ire uleado@s III the rryneu4
whether th,ir descent bc German or
| French. Irish or English, Austrian or
| Italian Russian or Greeks. the men
! who have sworn an oath of fcalty
10 the ideals Of America will be true"
! They may love ihe lands OF their
| feathers much. but tney love the land
Of their children more. They may
cherish the memory Of the sod from
whence they sprung. but they stand
ready to die for the soil that they
have hallowed with their homes"
In his review of our domestic policy
the temporary chairman pointed that
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