The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-03-01
A GREAT SPEECH

1 ne PrssIdni 10 permit to violate precedent long
@ I'D abEh ones utteranees its meetings. by handing to
press follows:
very little to say tonight except to express INV warm
appreciation Of the nvaabe courtesy of the re-
eOn have generously accorded find that am sell
dom tempted to anything nowadays somebody starts
something, and tonight nobody has started anything.
Your talk Mr. POSTMASTER has been great
ddaey for the presidency feeling my part but
which entertain with greater intensity formerly that
who seeks the presidency of the United anything
that viii bring him audaeious responsibilities
Of the Office ought to sober before approaches
One of the difficulties of the Office seldom appreciated say
IS that !. difficult 10 think many people talking
and particularly while many people talking in way that
obscures counsel s entirely of the point
"Te point national affairs gentlemen lies along the
lines of expedency always rests the field of principle
United States founded upon any principle epedency
founded upon profound principle liberty and of
humanity and whenever policy upon any other foun
daon than those builds the sand and upon
1t that the enlghtenng thing man can do
suggested by something which the Vice tonight He
complained that he found who attention was called
to the signs of spring. did not the blue heaven did
movement of the free Clouds did think great spaces of
the quiet continent but thought only of immediate
piece of business 1t that you think of
the things that lie beyond and away from from
this which attempt think and conclude you in
evtaby be led aay would great deal rather they
talking about quiet fesdes country than
what they talking about the Congress would
great the trains and by the
wayde and the shops and the thinking and
yearnng for than hear the vocferous procamans
policy which hear and easy by picking up
of printed paper There only hear
things and that constantly of Ame
action Those fountains not be found recently
discovered
Harding saying just now that we ought to try
when hundred million strong simplicity
of principle that fOreathers acted when
million strong heard somebody ayI do not know the
statistics that the present population Of States is
1O3OOOOOO If there 100000 thinking thing that
that original 100000 thought the 1OOOOOO0O saved for
iuous future They ready stake everything
ide and that idea not expedency but justice And the inf
mite difficulty of public affairs gentlemen to discover the
signs of the heaven and the directors of the wind
the things do by the not simple but complicated
justice Justice has nothing do with e1pedency Justice
nothing to do with temporary standard whatever
and grounded the fundamental instincts Of humanity
Amenca ought to keep out Of this She ought keep
of this the sacrifice of everything except single
thing which her character and history founded
Of humanity and justice that has ceased to
be America she has ceased entertain live
have made proud be Americans go
ing safety at the expense of humanity believe
that have always been mistaken in what have
the spirit of American history
"You tell your direction except by long
You establish line by posts you got
three whether they straight any
thing and the longer line the certain your
There only which determine
ture OF the United States going to be projected and that
looking back and seeing which way the lines which up
the present moment Of and Of opportunity There is
doubt about that There is question what the roll Of
America is The roll of honor consists Of
have squared their conduct by ideals Of duty There
the roster there is else whose
member when things upon national
that whenever impulse Of impotence upon
impulse to settle thing short way empts u.s. might
close the door and take down old stories of what
that does not sound the authentic voice of American
Then shall be certain what the lines Of the future
shall know steering by the lines of past
know that temporary convenience temporary szpsnes win