Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-06-08
MAJOR BULLIrT'S ADDRESS.

The court room was filled last Sat-
urday to hear Major Bullitt's address.
A number of ladies were present. 1t
was, in very truth, solemn serious
crowd that listened in GREATNESS at
tention to this great, patriotic ad-
dress.
Mr.. j. W. Chapman presided and
made short, earnest and eloquent
address in introducing Major Bull
lit. Mr.. Chapman said, in part:
sour great country is facing the most
serious condition in IT'S history. This
is 10 time to discuss the question of
war or no war, whether we can avoid
war or not, we are actually and al
ready at war this very moment" lie
charged the German Emperor "guil-
ty of the greatest brutality and saw
agery, not only in rEuope, but upon
our own people" Foreign nations
are stretching out their hands for
help" wIc," said the speaker, "has
forced us into war for our freedom,
and the freedom of all peoples of the
earth. Some must give their lives TO
save others from death"
Mr.. Chapman, in closing, present
cd Major Bullitt rs "a man who had
many business engagements and II
large law practice, all of which he
gave up to answer his country's call.
Major Bullitts Address.
The speaker said in part, that he
was glad this was not political
meeting. Once before this he had
spoken in the county, but on politi-
cal questions. All of us now are mil
itary men, and it is not our province
TO ask why? The speaker reviewed
history briefly, and gave n graphic
statement of the causes forcing us
into the war with Germany. lie said
that nineteen years ago we declared
war against Spain, and wrote Il new
that we would never sit quietly by
and permit q strong nation to OPP
press the weak without entering pro-
test, sympathy, active if necessary.
The cave ;lwellcr was never sympa-
thiZcr with the weak The sentiment
that "might makes right" was born in
the dark ages. The cause OF the
Spanish war was Spain's
oppression of the weak The United
States was the first nation ever to
take up arms in defense and protec-
ton of the weak. And so, Il new and
bright page was written in the an
nails of American history. The sink
ing of the Maine was the spark which
set off and exploded the battery.
The present war is in some respects
like the war with Spain. The sinking
of the Lusitania, crowded as it was
4 with men and women and children,
~ helpless and unoffending, was an in
III suit and outrage which could not be
j ignored. The invasion and oppres-
"a sion Of the little country of Belgium
y was great outrage, and was suf-
ficlcnt cause for our active protest.
The over-running and treatment of
the people in cities and towns, insti-
gated and approved by the German
rulers and people, has appealed loudly
to the sympathy of our great coun-
try. The purpose Of the German Kai-
ser, said the speaker, is one of uni
versal empire and the methods of
warfare adopted and prosecuted
clearly express the intimate inten-
ton OF the German people And so.
the entrance Of the United States
into this war becomes largely if not
exclusively, war in self defense.
Unless we help conquer Germany we
will ourselves be over-run eventually
We must send, said Major Bullitt,
two and probably three million men
to France. He called upon Tazcwell
men to volunteer. He said Tazewcll
young men are the kind of men the
army needs and wants.
No newspaper report can do JUS
tieeor give any adequate idea of this
burning, sensible and eloquent ad-
dress.