The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-16

pTeternatural poise and clearness OF
vision, he is plotting America
through the rushing storm. Who can
deny the existence of moral de.
sign in the universe? Who now can
question its fulfillment? Who now
can close his eyes to the destiny of
democracy to make the principles
of civilization dominant, to bring the
warning nations of the earth together
in lasting peace? The passions of
men die. The truth lives. America
has called to Europe Europe is re-
spending in terms of revitalized
civilization. The sublimest picture
in civil history is that of plain
American citizen manoeuvring with
the weapons of reason and human
ity against the navies and armies of
the contending nations, and bringing
them in accord with the principles
of international law. The American
standard Of peace and justice now
floats on the sea. 1t is unfurling
over the trenches of the struggling
nations. From the vantage ground
of imperishable Americanism the
matchless craft of a real pacifist has
not only avoided all war, but is
leading the world into the ways of
peace. What is peace but the asser-
tion Of moral progress? What is the
assertion of moral progress but the in
destructible civilization of Europe and
America? From the smouldering ruins
of a thousand cities, over the graves
of millions of brave men, out of the
blackness of the battle smoke, aris-
ing from the obscurities of national
passions, already the peoples of the
earth recognize the dim outlines,
growing ever more distinct, Of the
composite soul of America in the pa
worlds real pacificator. OF what
avail all the wealth of our beloved
land if it had been consumed in the
destructiveness of war? What avail
the travail of human progress for
ten thousand years had not the
schoolmaster and statesman been
pacificator His achievement is so
vast that ambitious men are blind
to its reality. But the plain millions,
of all creeds and nationalities, rec
ognize in it the imperishable glories
of Christian civilization. 1t glori- |
fees the peasant and king alike. The
is statesman, the states
man is financier, the financier is
the emancipation is the |
pacifcator of the world.
Thus the nation accomplishing the |
destiny of democracy. The command
ing fact of the modern age is the |
spread of intelligence. The school
house has conquered ignorance. The
press has transformed the
purposes and capacities Of man. Edu-
cation has qualified him for better
existence. The bible has made him
a moralist. Men know that the world
Is big enough to support the human
family in peace and comfort. Men
know that the great problem of peace
and comfort is not yet solved. They
know that it cannot be solved by the
savagery of war. They know that
It's solution is obtainable only in con-
ltons of peace, reason and a prac-
teal morality. This state of knowl-
edge is the crowning achievement of
progress.
The American experiment of self
government has stood the test. The
of the American system
ire known of all men and felt
the world. The United
States is the worlds asylum. Here
III races, all conditions, all creeds
re assimilated, helped elevated, and
nen are made into selfgoverning
nen. In America justice has made
S greatest progress, because it is
rogress in which all men have a
art. That form of government
which affords the fullest opportunity
or happiness and comfort is destined
0 be the universal form. Such is
he resistless syllogism of progress.
var cannot stop its inevitable
larch. The opinion of all men is
lore potential than the opinion of
ne man. The best opinion of the
est men, by the force of eXample1
nd mutsality of interest, becomes
he opinion of all men. American
pinion is embodied in a man of
eace. American opinion is march
lg through the world.
When the Imperialism of Europe
asst the iron dice of destiny. America
lrew the moral dice of destiny. AM
rica staked the principles of her JUS
ce. There they stand in untarnish-
integrity in the gaze of a strick