Fergus County Democrat., 1916-06-15

&dNanccd plni TIA go to war with all
.! them u, one and The same time
'i,ut VIC didn't go to war. Lincoln
attdea a}r troubles by negotiation
irat as the president j. irving to do
today.
WHEN Pierce was president the
British minister i'll this country and
three of his counsel violated our nett
trality during the Crin'ean war. We
gave these representatives OF Great
Britain their passports and sent them
home.
"1ut we didn't 80 to war. Pierce
settled car troubles by negotiation
Just as the president of the United
States Is trying 10 do today
"When Van 5urcu was president a
dctachmtn Mt of Canadian militia dur.
ing the internal troubles in Canada,
boarded the United States ship Car
olina in the American waters OF Mia
CARA river. killed an American member
of the crew, fired the ship and sent her
adritt over Niagara falls.
''Isut we didn't so to war. Van
Buren, settled our troubles by negotia,
ton Just as the president OF the Unit
ed Ssates is trying to do today
when Jefferson was president Eng
land seized hundreds OF our ships and
Napoleon hundreds more.
when Adams was president France
preyed upon our commerce She cX.
tended her seizure searches and con
fiscations to the very waters OF the
United States themselves, until she
had piled up In our state department
charges of over 1900 violations Of neu.
trality's law.
But we didn't go to war Adams
settled our troubles by negotiation,
iust az the president of tho United
States Is trying to do today.
When Washington was president
and neutrality first declared, war con.
vulsrd Europe, our ships dared not to
Tut out to sea, commerce. was para.
lyzed and business depressed; Ameri-
can passengers and American crews
We're thrown into prison and deprived
Of legal rights.
but we didn't 30 to war Washing.
ton settled our troubles by negotiation.
Just az the president Of the United
States IL trying to do today"
In concluding this issue, Mr.. Glynn
asks:
DO the critics Of the present ad.
miniBtration believe that Lincoln
should have risked national disaster
by using the sword rather than the
pen in pressing the Alabama claims?
Are they willing TO brand Grant AZ Il
coward because he kept us at pence
with SPAIN"
IN
President Wilson's policy does not
satisfy anyone, Mr., Glynn replies: Gle
means that II does not satisfy those
who would map out Il new and I'm.
tried course for this nation to pursue,
Tut they forget that 1t does satisfy
those who believe the United States
should live np to the principles ii has
rroleaHeu for a century ana more"
"Ghl,f Justice White Of the United
| states Supreme court says this policy
has gwen America the greatest dipla
n'atic victory Of the past generation.
Mnxmlian Harden, Germanys noted
editor, says that never once has this
republic violated his neutrality and
| Gilbert X. Chosterton, the famous
English journalist. says it Is tho
duty of the president of the United
States to protect the interests OF the
poople of The united States that he
can't dip his country into hell just to
show the world he has keen sense
OF being an individual savior"
This policy" Mr.. Glynn continues,
may not satisfy those who rcvel in
destruction and find pleasure in de.
splir 1t may not satisfy the fire,