Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-29

and yearning for than hear any of
the vOciferOus proclamations of pol
icy as it. is 50 easy to hear and SO
easy to read by picking up any scrap
Of printed paper. ......
There is only one way to hear the
things and that is constantly to 60
back to the fountains of American
action. Those fountains are not to
be found in any recently described
sources. a...
Not Question Of Justice.
Senator Harding was saying just
now that we ought to try when we
are a hundred million strong, to act
in the same simplicity of principles
that our forefathers acted when they
were 100000 strong. I heard some
body say do not know the exact
statistics-that the. present populat'
ton of the United States is one hun
dred and three millions
Justice has nothing to do with ex-
pediency: Justice has nothing to do
with any temporary standard what
ever. 1t is rooted and grounded in
the fundame entail instincts of human.
ity. -. = ' Nh, ~, .'. ..s..,.
America ought to, keep out OF this
war at the sacrifice of everything en-
cept this single thing upon which her
character and history are founded;
her sense Of humanity and justice.
If. she sacrifices that, she has ceased
to be America; size has ceased to
entertain and to- love. the traditions
which have: made9as proud to be
Americans and when we 60 about
seeking safety at the expense of
humanity, T., for one, will believe
that I have always been mistaken in
what l have conceived to be the spirit
OF American histUll ~ y \ S \. e 81. NJ. !, -
l,'rl{sss Rsil sot atn .s, s,zss;-sss
b, "You can neyersAeN your rectior
except by long mepSAFenients Yot
cannot establish 4 linS lbystwo posts
You have got to hive three at leas
to know whether they are straight
with anything, and the longer YOU
line, the more certain your measure
ments. There is only. one way il
which to determine hpW8the future o
the United States is to be projected
and that is by looking back and see
ing which way the lines ran whicl
led up to the present moment of pow
er and of opportunity There is nj
doubt about that: There is no ques
ton what the roll Of honor in Americ
is. The roll Of honor consists Of tn
names of the men who have suffere
their conduct By ideals, of duty
There is no one else upon the roster
there is. no one else whose name W
4 care to remember when we measur
things upon a national scale. An
l wish that whenever an impulse t
settle thing some short way tempt
us, we might close the door and tax
down some old stories s0f what Amer
lean idealists and statesmen did /
| the past. and not let any counsel i
that door not sound In the authenti
voice Of American tradition. The
We shall be certain what. the lines {
the future are, because we shall knov
we are steering w. the lines of til
past. We shall know that no ten
porary, convenience no temporary e,
pediency, will lead us either to b
!, rash or to be cowardfy:S would b
just as much ashamed to be rash a
; would to, be a coward. Valor
self.respecting. Valor Is circumspec
q Valor' strikes only when, it is +rigf
to strike. Valor Withholds itself frOi
| all small implications and 'entangl,
ments and waits for the great oppo
! tunity when the sword viii flash as
its blade" 2 SO s : : r = %