The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-16

ever gave this nation"
Mr. Glynn impressed on his hear
ers that it was the business of this
convention representing every sec
ton of the United States, speaking
for every racial strain in America,
to send forth message to all the
world that will leave no room for
doubt.
Good for Business.
The laws restraining big business
from sitting competition, the trades
commission act, the movement to fos-
ter expansion of American trade, the
close union of economic, commercial
and financial interests between the
United States and the nations of
South, America are shown to be legis-
lation of the widest benefit. The Un-
derwood tariff Mr.. Glynn character
lied as the fairest and the best of all
American congresses have enacted.
Under the present administration the
United States has enjoyed wonder
full era of good business and good
times. -
The Americans ideals and his aspi-.
|rations .served4 enail NJ 81 Sisi xof <th0l
speakers opening discussion.
In asking for an Endorsement of
the presidents peace policy Mr.. Glynn
said:
Keeps Flame at Bay.
"Fortwo years the world has been
afire; the civilization that we know
has been torn by the mightiest strug-
gle in its history. Sparks from Eu-
ropes conaagration have blazed in our
own skies, echoes of her strife have
sounded at our very doors. That fire
still burns, that struggle still contin-
ues, but thus far the United States
has held the flame at bay; thus far
it has saved its people from partici-
patton in the conflict.
"What the people of the United
States must determine through their
suffrage is whether the course the
country has pursued through this
crucial period is to be continued;
whether the principles that have been
asserted as our national policy shall
be indorsed or withdrawn.
"This is the paramount issue. No
lesser issue must cloud it, no un-
related problems must confuse it."
In declaring that the policy of neu-
trality is as American as the Ameri-
can flag, Mr.. Glynn asserted that:
"The president of the United States
stands today where stood the men
who made America and who saved
America. He stands where John
Adams stood, when he told King
George that America was the land he
loved and that peace was her
grandeur and her welfare. He stands
where Gen. Grant stood when he said
there never was war that could not
have been settled better some other
way, and he has shown his willingness
to try the way of peace before he
seeks the paths of war. He stands
where George Washington stood when
he prayed that this country would
neved unsheath the sword except in
self-defense SO long as justice and our
essential rights could be presented
without it.
"If Washington was right, if JEFF
ferson was right, if Hamilton was
right, if Lincoln was right, then the
president of the United States is right
today; If the Republican leaders are
right then Lincoln was wrong and
Jefferson was wrong and Hamilton
was wrong and Washington was
wrong"
The justification of the policy of
neutrality is expressed by Mr.. Glynn
in these words:
Neutrality is the policy which has
kept us at peace while Europe has
been driving the nails Of war through
the hands and feet of crucified hu-
manity.
The Real Fruits.
"The praises Of this policy are not
written in the ruling of American
homes, not in the wreck Of American
industries, not in the mourning of
American families; they are found in
the myriad evidences of prosperity
and plenty that makes this content
ed land. From every whirling spindle
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