The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-08-25

belief that these things are neces- sary to the preservation of our own country by the bloody conquest that is going on in Europe and the use that is being made of it by design ing men at home. Our people have been driven into mysteries of fear and apprehension by the selfish pro- paganda that has been going on up and down the country, instigatea and financed by the men who make money out of war and preparations for war. This has been made inf nitely worse by dragging it into po- litics. Politicians and political par ties are joining in the senseless and and injurious cry of Americanism and preparedness because it has been made popular by the sordid means and influences 1 have men, tioned. When the elections are over and the people become sane again we may begin to inquire, and, in part at least, realize what it is that constitutes true Americanism, ana that it is not willingness to prepare for or to go to war and kill and maim our fellow men and destroy the fruits of their industry
 I have said something about phy sical courage as an attribute of good citizenship and a defense Of our institutions and our soil. With out physical courage, without the capacity and the will to fight if
 fighting becomes necessary in de- fense of the country, our Nation would would not be worth saving. It takes courageous men to make great or a worthy nation. If our country is not worth fighting for, it is not worth having, and if our people are not ready and willing to fight to preserve it, they are not fit to have a country or to receive the protection and the benefits it be- slows upon them. Neither do l question that in such times as these and after the rude awakening we have experienced as a result of the European war it is wise and patr- iotic to make reasonable prepara- tion to defend our country against invasion and to protect our citizens in their rights. Such is not my pur- pose. What I am seeking to do is to say there are infinitely higher attributes of Americanism than physical courage or the willingness and desire to prepare for national defense by force of arms.
 MT. President, this country is not suffering, nor is it in danger from any lack of physical courage on the part of it's citizens. It is suffer ing and it is in danger, serious danger, from a lack of moral cour- age on the part of its citizens, par ticularly those citizens who are in public life and as such the represen- tatives of the country's interests.
 What this Nation needs. what the world needs, most of all, is not physical but moral courage; cour- age to stand for what is right with out regard to the consequences to ones self; courage to respect and maintain the rights of other nations as we'll as our own; courage to with stand the temptations of ambition and self-seeking; courage to uphold the public interests as against per sonal or party considerations; cour- age to be loyal and true to the coun- try as against political expediency or party success; courage to say te the power of patronage and party gain, at the expence of the public interests and efficient service, "Ge' the behind me, Satan; courage tt resist the executive power in legis
 lation and appointment to office ant serve only the public good as judg
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 tator and despot; courage t J stand fearlessly against the powe