The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-06
AMERICA NOT DECEIVED
BY REPUBLICAN, CHARGES

ID surely America can hurl upon you
the malediction OF 81. Matthew upon
the Pharisees:
Ye are likenod to whitened sepul
chres. which appear beautiful out
ward. bit within are filled with ell
unelcanliness and unrighteousness-
and cry unto you. Eye Pharisees and
hypocrites. how shall We escape the
damnation OF hell 7''-
This nation is not deceived. Her
people Will not be deluded in foolish
ness or in fraud The truth has
awakened upon her. She sees the Re-
publican masters In the light of truth
that falls upon them. They are un-
masked. They stand in the hypocrisy
in which they are convicted The
American citizen knows Of the indies
cribabie burdens that have been laid
upon this administration He knows
the days OF care and nights q agony
horne by this man in the White House
during those critical hours when the
nation trem BLEED in the balance of war
with the world or peace with earth.
how this captain OF the Democracy
stood, as 1t were, at the head OF his
ship, with his eyes scanning the dis
tant seas. knowing the treacherous
rocks and that on every side were
the reefs and all around him the
pirates who would wreck his ship that
they might feed and fatten upon It's
shfpwrecked cargo OF liberty and JUS
tice- Still he stood steady, unafraid,
the storm blowing about him, the
winds bowling upon him, terror
shrieking across him. but steady TO
the single star OF Peace on earth,
good will 10 men" he steered
Seemingly this aptain had God for
= pilot. And today we are in harbor,
a he re
we have composed differences with
Germany. She has accepted America
- the author of the new policy Of
international law in peace and inter-
national protection TO neutrals in war
She has accepted the Republic OF
America as the guide and counsel in
the affairs of humanity while the
world is In the crisis of disorder and
death. We have linked hands with
Germany's children who are In
America-friendship restored. hatreds
hurled. arnity and affection once again
the enjoyment and delight between all
OF these children. now all American.
Following the wake OF her sister. Ger
many, Austria accepts in sweet and
gentle friendship the renewed associa
lions OF America, and slips her arms
through that OF the United States and
walks beside her in friendship be-
fore the world. THE result following
from the wisdom and sagacity. the
sacrifice and the endurances of the
Democratic President tortured by OBJ
Structions, by SANDER, by misrepre-
eentations inspired against him by
evil agencies In his own country he
has stood the bulwark Of strength, the
security, and the safety OF the insti-
tutions of the Republic. Malice could
asperse him, SANDER could calumniate,
d1sloyaity could retard him, and trea-
son At times defeat him: but TO the
noble purpose to which he was moved,
M OF the combined powers Of his OPP
J position could not defeat him.
H was one. momently by errors host
III Aasailed,
81 Stands strong as truth in graves Of
granite mailed;
And tranquil fronted, listening over all
the tumult
81 Hears the angels say. Well done"
ss And yet with our nation once again
composed in peace, her citizens of
<1vory nationality forgetting the differ
khooes that once divided them, and all
*4nfning their faces to the call of love
@nnA demand OF patriotism. we find
o6oee them 10 the leader of the Re-
IiicAnA Who AZ though he were