The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-27
PRESIDENTS NIGHT SPEECH

In ms nlSHI SpeGCn ITGSlQoIl w lISOll said he was ready to engage in war for the rights of mankind, declared money accumulated in the United States should be used after the war only for righteous purposes and called upon people who wished to be con sidered Americans to act as Amer jeans.
 He spoke in Music hall, packed to the doors Outside the streets were crowded When the President appeared on the stage beside former Gov. Jud- son Harmon of Ohio the people stood and cheered. waving American flags. America is not made up cut of a single stock.' said the President. Here we have a great melting pot. The sin gular thing about America is that it has not the ambition that leads na- tions to seek aggression.
 "The influences that govern inter- national affairs on the other side of the ocean are secret purposes. Amer lea will not be governed in secret. "It Is inconceivable that America should wish to take anything from other nations. We are the clearing house for the synpathies of mankind. We are debtors to mankind to see that we square our policies with human lib- erty everywhere. "The problem we are engaged in now is to see that our sympathies
 
 "We could crush some nations if we chose. for we are powerful, but we want to help the small nations" Mentioning the federal reserve act, he said it placed credit before anyone who had security.
 There was time when you had to be known in influential quarters to get credit" he continued That is no | longer necessary. We freed ourselves l from guardianship in order that we might not commit the importance of guardianship to other people. I do not know how to take care of you" l The President was interrupted by cries of "Yes you do." following by | cheering
 "No, my fellow citizens" he respond | ed. "I only try to find out what you i want me to do and do it. We have got l to step out in the great arena. Some | day we may have to use the physical force of this nation. Being the nation l that we are we cannot use it to pro- mote aggression. Being the nation that we are we should use it to prevent ag- gression."
 | He repeated the present war was l due largely to secret intrigues. "We have seen that the position of neu- l trals becomes almost intolerable. As 1 between right and wrong. there can 1 be no neutrality. We must see that no | ildllOI HOcS LO Woi AVi ooiiC SoNoO AiO' approved by the verdict of mankind. That's the kind of war I am will | ing to engage in.
 Other nations owe it to respect for the opinion of mankind to submit their
 cases to the opinion of mankind. l q know that our nation will be willing to lend every dollar of her wealth, every ounce of her blood to | the maintenance of the peace of the world built upon that foundation.
 We know that happiness lives in l the atmosphere of peace. We are disciples of righteousness and we want peace because we know that righteous ness cannot breathe any other air.
 'The problem of our politics|I am i not speaking of the problem to be 1 settled November 7-," began the l President. but he was interrupted by l cries of "Wilson. Wilson"
 "The seventh of November will come | and go and be forgotten. Don't ler | men lead you who are looking over l their shoulders. Let men lead you who | are looking forward"
 That's Woodrow Wilson," shouted 3 group in the crowd. as MT. Wilson ! smiled.
 | But follow the men," continued the President. "who do not ask wha' Is your race. what is your religion who do not even ask what is your politics. but simply say. Are yot | IAmericans?"