The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-16

United States in every South American
republic. II would have forfeited the
rSr~ect of the world. 1t would have sub
stituted the tenets of imperialism for
the principles of Americanism IL would
have pros;itutcd the bravery and patriot
ism of American arms to the greed and
ayarice of conccsSionaries. 1t would
have robbed the United States OF the
grandeur of her mission ong the
nations of the earth. 1t would have
made might right and ~repudiated the
doctrines of Christianity. 1t would have
ignored the Fundamental conceptions OF
moral progress and denied the right OF
ii. 900, 600 of people to govern them
selves. Ambition and greed were pre-
pared to sacrifice America and all that
America stands for In order to acquire
the wealth of Mexico. The diplomacy or
"watchful waiting averted these cilam-
tiles and preserved in their original
purity the principles Of American freedoih
and Justice. "Watchful waiting re-
pudiated the brutal dictum of science
that the weak must go down before the
strong. Help Mexico lest over her
bloody grave are sown the dragons
teeth OF our own destruction.
wal with any European nation would
have set the world afiame and stopped
the march OF progress for a century.
Would any one have had L so In order
to affirm a "virile AlneriCahism'? is a
"vlrile Americanism" bloodshed. destruc-
lion, the horrors of war and its uncer-
tainties? The substance of civilization
Is the arts. the sciences. literature, phi
losophy, industry. the domestic virtues.
freedom. religion and peace. But this IL
The substance OF American n~ationalisin
This Is the virility Of Ainericanism. II
knows no national boundaries. II vet
lives in the trenches and broken honfs
Of Europe and pervades it's very thrones.
Therefore. America lives In the trenches
and broken homes OF Europe and its
thrones. The stupendous confiagration
is consumes the errors OF statesmen and
dynasties II is not consuming the sub
stance Of civilization. civilization is q
unity. War with Europe would have
cur asunder the moral forces that bind
the nations and left an age of darkness.
anarchy and despair. Standing on the
.ntnutable foundations Of such American
I'm. the sChoolmaster and statesman.
viii consummate skill. a skill that COM
mands the admiration Of the world.
directs the forces of civilization not
with arms, but with reason and moral
pressure against the excuses OF a bel
llgerent world. with preternatural poise
and clcarness of vision he Is plotting
America through the rushing storm. Who
cam deny the existence OF a moral design
III NV INV 'di IN'F
ton it's fulnlment? Who now can close
hi. eyes to the destiny of Democracy to
make the principles OF civilization Joni
nant. to bring the warning nations Of the
earth together in lasting peace?
Thepassions Of men die. The truthiives
America has called to Europe Europe
Is responding In terms OF revitalized
civilization. The subliinest picture in
civil history is that OF n plain American
'itiz"n ~manpuvring with the weapons OF
reason and humanity AGAINST the navies
and armies of the c~outending nations
nd bringing them in accord with the
principles Of International law The
American standard of peace and Justice
now floats on tho sea. IT is unfurling
over the trenches Of the struggling ma
tons. From the vantage ground ~ inn
pcrishablc Americanis'n the matches
raft Of = real pacihst has not only
avoided all war but "a leading the world
INTO the ways Of peace. What u peace
hu' The" assertion NJ moral progress
Therefore. my fellow countrymen, not
I. hut his deeds and achievements not
l.. hut the spirit and purposes 81
| america not !. but tho prayers OF lust
mon not |. hut civilization itself. MONT.
Mates to succeed himself IA the Frost.
dency " the United states. To the Pres. !.
d"ncy of a hundred million free people.
bound In i~lnpregnable union. the scholar,
| the statesman, the ~fnancier. the enamel.
rl.or. tho ?ari.ra'o-. the moral ,.ai.I
! of Democracy, Woodrow Wilsur.