The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-16
PRESIDENT HAS LED
COUNTRY IN SAFETY
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in America, from every factory wheel
that turns, from every growing thing
that breathes its prayer of plenty to
the skies, from every quiet school,
from every crowded mart, from every
peaceful home goes up a song of
praise, paean of thanksgiving to
hymn a nations tribute to the states
manship that has brought these things
to pass"
To Keep the Peace.
"Fighting for every degree of i'm
jury" he maintained, would mean
perpetual war and this is the policy
of our opponents, deny it how they
will. 1t would give us a war abroad
each time the fighting cock of the
European weather vane shifted with
the breeze. 1t would make America
the cockpit of the world. We would
be so busy settling other people, s
quarrels 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.
"The Democratic party advocates
and seeks preparedness, but it is pre-
paredness for defense, not prepared
ness for aggression.
at is the preparedness which builds
the nations house upon rock, so it
will not fall when the rains descend
and the floods come and the win is
blow.
"a regard for national surety as
well as a pride of personal honor
will therefore bring the American
people to the support of their presi-
dent. Whether their blood is drawn
from the banks of the Rhine or
where there River Shannon flows,
whether they hail from Alpine val
leys or the meadows of the Pyrenees,
whether their descent be German or
French, Irish or English, Austrian or
Italian, Russian or Greek, the men
who have sworn an oath of fealty to
the ideals of America will be true.
"They may love the lands of their
fathers much, but they 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 domestic policies
the temporary chairman pointed that
the promise made by Democracy four
years ago had been faithfully kept.
To-day the prosperity which the
nation enjoys bears witness that De-
mocracy has kept the faith. Today
the gates of opportunity are open; the
hosts of special privilege stand dis
armed. Today the forces of govern
ment are encouraging, not blocking
the full expression of the nations
progress. Today the business man,
the artisan and farmer find themselves
free to enjoy the fruits of their labors,
unhampered by the sinister powerfof
special privilege or the selfish OPP
preston of invisible government {"
Of the federal reserve act Mr..
Glynn had this to say:
"In the panic of 1907, under the
old system, New York could not lend
a country bank $4,000 with which
to meet factory pay rolls; in 1915 un-
der the new system, inaugurated by
this Democratic administration, New
York loaned Europe $500, O,OOO,0 even
though the financial centres of the
world were disrupted by the world
war. and there were still left in New
York the largest bank deposits in it's
history.
eff this Democratic administration
had performed no other public SER
vice than the enactment of the fed
eral reserve act, it would deserve the
unstinted approval of a grateful ma
tion. Thanks to Democracy and to
Democracy's great leader, the busi-
ness man who is struggling to estab-
lish himself may now work out his
destiny without living in terror of
panics and hard times. The toiler in
the factory may ply his tasks in se-
curity, knowing that his employers
business is safe from assault. The
farmer who must borrow to move his
crops may do so without spending hi
days in anxiety, his nights in night
mares of foreclosure and disaster"