French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-06-22

nag Wn0n reason primes the rl1o, |
when Honor draws the sword. when
Justice breathes a blessing on the
standards they uphold"
Fighting for every degree of in
jury" he maintayned would mean per
petual wal and this is the policy OF
our opponents, deny it how they will.
Il would give US a war abroad each
time the fighting cock Of the European
weather vane shifted WI tn the breeze.
1t would make America the cockpit OF
the world. We would be so busy
settling other peOple'squarrels that
we would have no time to attend to our
own business"
w have built our greatness on the
resources OF nature and the peaceful
toll Of our people. The ring of the
anvil not the rattle of the saber. the
song g the reaper, not the shrek of
the soldier, the clatter Of shuttle,
not the crack of the rifle have won US
the place We occupy in the councils OF
the world.
Like the old Mohawk chief who
loved peace, we would like to throw the
tomahaWk Of war so higE in the sky
that no mans hand could ever pull it
down. But when some other tribe
among the races Of men sends US a
bundle of arrows wrapped in the skin
OF a r~attlesnake, we want, like old
Governor Bradford, of Massachusetts
to be in a position to send that rattle
snakes skin back stuffed with powder
and with ball.
We have been carried too close to
the rocks of war during the past two
years to believe that those rocks do
not exist. And looking into the future
we can perceive that if our sovereign
ty is not challenged, if our peace ia
not assailed it will only be because
the world knows that We are strong
enough to defend ourselves from ever&
foe.
For these reasons this administra-
ton has done more for our army and
our nav than any administration i'll
our history.
More than this, it has modified the
resources of the nation to meet the
needs of war. 1t has placed the wealth
Of the country back of the strength of
the country, the toiler back of the sol
der and the sailor.
And to our opponents We say you
can't create an army, can't create a
navy in the course of a day; to them
we say if our navy is not strong
enough our army not big enough the
Republican party is eighty per cent to
blame for the Republican party has
been in control of this nation eighty
| per cent of the time during the past
fifty years.
The Democratic party advocates and
! seeks preparedness, but it is prepared
ness for defense, not preparedness
for aggression.
1T is the preparedness which builds
the nations house upon a rock, SO II
will not fall when the rains descend
and the floods come and the winds
blow.
"A regard for national surety as we'll
as a pride for personal honor will
therefore bring the American people
ia the support of their President.
| Whether their blood is drawn from the
banks, of the Rhine; or where the RiV-
er Shannon flows, whether they hail
from Alpine valleys or the meadows OF
the Phynees. whether their descent be
German or French, Irish or English,
Austrian or Italian, Russian or Greek,
the men who have sworn on oath OF
fealty to the ideals of America will be
true"
They may love the lands of their
fathers much, but they love the land
of their children more. They may
cherish the memory of the sod from
whence they sprung. but they stand
ready to die for the soil that they have
hallowed with their homes"
In his review Of our domestic policy
the temporary chairman pointed out
that the promise made by Democracy
four years ago had been faithfully kept
To-day the prosperity which the ma
ton enjoys bears witness that Democ-
racy has kept the faith. Today the
gates of opportunity are open; the
hosts of special privilege stand dis
armed. Today the forces of govern
ment are encouraging, not block ng
the full expression of the nations pro
gress. Today the business man. the
ARTISAN and farmer find themselves free
to enjoy the fruits of their labors, un-
hampered by the sinister power OF
special privilege or the selfish oppres-
sion of the invisible government"
"In the panic of 1907, under the old
system, New York could not lend q
country bank $4,000 with which &c
meet factory p%ayrOlls; in 1915 under
the new system, inaUgurated by this
Democratic administration, New York
loaned Europe five hundred millions
even though the financial centerS OF
the world were disrupted by the world
war, and there were still left in New
York the largest bank deposits in its
history.
eff the Democratic administration
had performed no other public service
than the enactment of the Federal Re,
serve act, it would deserve the unstint
ed approval of & grateful nation
Thanks to Democracy and to Democ.
racy's great leader, the business mar
who is struggling to establish him
self may now work out his destiny
without living in terror of panics anc
hard times. The toiler in the factor!
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