New Britain herald., 1916-02-26
AGE AT ANY COST BUT THE
 LOSS OF HONOR.

& LOSS OF. HONOR
 t was something like the death ot #tle Nell, this end Of the revolt in #igress. After life's fitful fever she Reps we'll" So it is with the con- essmen. After strife's fitful fever @y begin to settle down and take Hice; to realize that the nation as avhole is against the revolters at this Srticular time, that the rights of the Htlon must be upheld at any cost, Eat when the honor and self respect the nation are involved there shall no quitters. There are three salient Stures which had to do with the sietins of Congress:
 si aTelegrams and letters from all zrts of the. country, warning Con- Nessmen-, to stand behind the Presi- Snt in this his hour of trial and Ebulation, or else suffer defeat at the Vt elections
 a p President Wilson's remarkable Iter to the somewhat timorous and Eghtful Senator Stone,l which prom Rs to go down in history as one of Ie most patriotic documents of the |ntury, and, last but not least,
 l2. The self injection of William
 Sngs Bryan, the dissatisfied dis |1ntled and discredited apostle of lace at-any-price, into the situation. The final reason for the calming of nditions, the ''butting in" of Bryan, e great .grape-juicer, was the last raw. With his halo around his head i'd his dove of peace softly cooing in s ear the Commoner came like ief in the night and made his last eat attempt to sink the ship of state, c same craft he had abandoned car 1T in the tempest. But they caught sing to punch a hole in the side of Q craft and his efforts were nipped
 
 is, time to haul down the Stars and ripcs from the dome of the capitol, uttle all the ships in the American IVY, disbaud the army and turn the tion over to the controlling interests
 the Chautauqua circuit.
 But there need be no fear of this tion selling out or sacrificing any of srights for cOWardIy peace-at-any- ice so long as the people of the rious states of the union are willing stand behind their President during $ Controversies with foreign powers:
 shis letter to Senator Stone the 'esident has summed up all the great calls of the American people, all the ve of country which has made this ltion united, all the fervOr and de- ,tion with which true Americans look
 the flag that has never seen defeat. Announcing that he will not consent
 any abridgment of the rights of merican citizens; that the honor and lf-respect of the nation are involved, Ie President says: We covet peace ld shall preserve it at any cost but Ie loss of honor. To forbid our peo- C to exercise their rights for fear we fight be called upon to vindicate lem would be a deep humiliation deed. It would be an implicit, all lt an explicit, acquiescence in the DIation of the rights of mankind erywhere and of whatever nation
 allegiance. It would be 8 deliber- 6 abdication of our hitherto proud sition as spokesman, even amidst e turmoil of war, for, the law and e right. It would make everything is government has attempted and erything that it has achieved dur g this terrible struggle of nations eaningless and futile.'
 Written like man; spoken like a Ltriot. Whatever personal or other slikes we might hold against Wood w Wilson, there is no gainsaying the ct that he is an American first. last, Id all the time, and what true citi- n of this nation will not accord in .e declaration he has made for the oholding of the nations honor and e backing ,upfof it's principles? He lsF said the last word in patriotism, IS. shown the way, and the nation as man should stand ready to support ri in his task of preserving the n1ntry s3 honor and self-respect