The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-22
Significant Statement Seen
in Wilson's Address
at Charlotte
AMERICA STRIVES
IN PEACE REALM
Just as the Belligerents Are
Striving in War,
He Said

Charlotte, n. o., May 22.-Presiden
Wilson speaking Saturday at an ami
versary celebration of the Mecklenbur
declaration of independence, told hi
hearers that Americas example of bring
ing all the world together on terms o
liberty, cooperation and peace was
prophetic sample of mankind. Involve,
in the European struggle, said the pres
ident, is the very thing that has beer
Igoing on in America competition o
national standards, national tradition,
and national politics.
Europe" he said, "has grappled in wal
as we have grappled in peace to see what
is going to be done with these thing:
when they come into hot contact with
each other. What you see taking place
on the other side of the water is the ire
mendous-I almost said final--process by
which a contest is turned into co-ordi-
nation and cooperation of elements.
"For it is an interesting circumstance
that the processes of the war stand still.
These hot things that are in contact with
each other do not make much progress
against one another. When you cannot
overcome you must take counsel"
The reference was given significance
by the presidents hearers in view of re-
cent discussion of possibilities of ending
the war.
81 would like" said the president, ito
think the spirit of this occasion could be
expressed if we imagined ourselves lifting
some sacred emblem of counsel and peace,
of accommodation and righteous judg
ment before the nations of the world and
reminded them of that passage in the
scripture: After the wind, after the
earthquake, after the fire, the STILL small
voice of humanity"
Before speaking President Wilson re-
viewed parade. Afterward he was the
guest at a luncheon, motoring later to
Davidson college, where he once was a
student At the college he visited the
room in which he lived as a student. The
president and Mrs. Wilson and their
party left last night for Washington.
The presidents speech follows:
II do not know, my fellow citizens,
whether ! can interpret for you to-day
the spirit of this occasion, but it is
when we get together in cele-
bration like this to take counsel together
with regard to just what it is that we
wish to celebrate. You will say we wish
to celebrate the memories of that time
to which we look back with such pride,
when our fathers with singular wisdom
Of counsel and stoutness of heart under |
took to set up an independent nation on
this side of the water; but it is very !
much more important that we should |
remind ourselves of the elements with |
which our forefathers dealt. There were |
only three million citizens in that origi- |
nal republic of the United States of |
America. Now there are one hundred |
Millions. 1t is long cry back to those
modest beginnings; a great period of
line, not only, but great period of pro-
ound change, separates us from that
ime, and yet | would remind you that
he same elements were present then
hat are present now.
What interests my thought more than
nything else about the United States
S that it has always been in process OF
'eing made ever since that little begin
ling and that there have always been
he same elements in the process. At {
he outset there was at the heart of the
men who led the movement for independ-
nee very high and handsome passion
or human liberty and free institutions.
Ind yet there lay before them a great
ointment which it was necessary TO sub |
ue to the uses of civilization if they {:
fere going to build upon it great state {
mong the family of nations. s
81 heard a preacher once point out the
cry interesting circumstance that our !
.ord's prayer begins with the petition
or our daily bread from which he drew /
he inference that it is very difficult TO 7
'orship God on an empty stomach and /
hat the material foundations of our life {
re the first foundations. What / want O
0 call your attention to is that this a
ountry ever since that time has devoted v
ractically all of its attention, perhaps n
DO much of its attention, to the material C
of its life; of subduing the t
ointment TO the uses of the nation and a
, the building up of great body of v
ealth and material power. ! find some t
len who when they think OF America o
D not think of anything but that. {
"But, my friends, there have been 9TH
nations just as rich and just as pow L
full in comparison with the other ma p
ons of the world as the United States il
and it is great deal more important o
lat we should determine what We are il
ling 10 do with our power than that a
e should possess il. 5,
you must remember, therefore. the a
ements with which we are dealing lo
Dmetimes those of us who we're born
this part Of the country persuade our n
Ives that this is the characteristics part N
America. Here more than anywhere In
Sc has been preserved a great part Of Al
ie original stock which settled this
untry, particularly that portion of the :
ock which came from the British Isle
am not meaning 10 exclude Irelandl
ID then / find great many OF my
lends who live in New England mag 4.
ing that the history OF this country is
erely the history Of the expansion Of 4
sw England. and that Plymouth rock
s at the foundation Of our institutions. S
a matter Of fact, nv fellow citizens.
.sever notifying Il may BE- 10 them OF
us. America did not come out Of the
nth. and Il did not come out Of New
GLAND The characteristic part Of
nerics originated in TIE middle states
New York and Pennsylvania and New :
rsev. because there from the first was
at mixture ~ populations, that mig