The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-21
press that feeling,

sion life which must give form to the
government and laws which you are
ABOUT to create AS we have devel.
oped our institutions to servo the
needs OF our national character and
life, 50 we assume that you will de.
Velop your institutions to serve the
needs or Russian character and life.
AS we look across the sea, we dis
tinguish no party, no class. We see
great Russia as q whole, as one
mighty, striving, aspiring democracy.
we know the self-control, essential
Klndliness, strong common sense, cour-
age and noble idealism of the Russian
character.
we have faith in you ALL We pray
lor God's blessing upon you all. We
Deileve you will solve your problems,
that you will maintain your liberty.
and that our two great nations will
march side by side in triumphant
progress of democracy until the old
order everywhere has passed away
and the world is free.
One Fearful Danger.
One fearful danger threatens the
liberty Of both nations The armed
FORCES Of military autocracy are at
the gates of Russia and the allies. The
triumph Of German arms will mean
the' death Of liberty in Russia. No
enemy is at the gates or America, but
America has come to realize that the
triumph Of German arms means the
death of liberty in the world; that we
VINO love liberty and would keep it
must light for 1t, and fight for it now
"hen the free democracies of the
world may be strong In union, and
not delay until they may be beaten
down separately in succession.
See, America sends another mes
sage to Russia that we are going to
light, and have already begun to fight,
for your freedom equally with our
own, and we ask you to fight for our
freedom equally with yours. We would
make your cause ours and our cause
yours, and with a common purpose
ana mutual helpfulncss Of firm al.
lance make sure Of victory over our
common foe.
You will recognize your own senti.
ments and purposes in the worlds Of
PRESIDENT Wilson to the American
Congress, when on the second Of April,
last, he addressed declaration of
war against Germany He said:
I'VE are accepting this challenge Of
hostile purpose because we know that
IN such government (the German
government) following such methods,
we can never have friend; and that
III the presence Of it's organized power,
always lying in wait to accomplish we
know not what purpose, there can be
no assured security for the democratic
governments Of the world We are
now about to accept the gauge Of bat
tie with this natural foe to liberty,
and shall, If necessary, spend the
whole force Of the nation to check and
nullify its pretenslons and It's power.
"Safe For Democracy"
The world must be made safe for
democracy. It's peace must be plant
ed upon the tested foundations of pill
tical liberty. We have no selfish ends
to serve. We desire no conquest. no
dominion. We seek no indemnities
for ourselves, no material compensa.
tion for the sacrifices we shall freely
make. We are but one of the cham.
pions Of the rights Of mankind. We
shall be satisfied when those rights
have been made as secure as the faith
and the freedom Of nations can make
them
"And you will see the feeling toward
Russia with which America has en-.
tered the great war in another clause
G
son further declared:
"'Does not every American feel that
assurance has been added to our hOpe
for the future peace Of the world by
the wonderful and heartening things
that have been happening within the
last few weeks in Russia? Russia was
known by those who knew her best to
at heart in all the vital habits OF her
thought, in all the intimate relations
ships OF her people that spoke their
natural instinct their habitual atti-
tude toward life.
"'The autocracy that crowned the
summit Of her political structure long
as it had stood and terrible as was the
reality OF its power, was not in fact
Russian in origin, character or pur.
pose, and now it has been shaken off
and the great generous Russian people
have been added, In all their native
majesty and might, to the forces that
are fighting for freedom in the world,
for justice and for peace. Here Is O
fit partner for league Of honor
Partnership Of Honor.
THAT partnership Of honor in the
great struggle for human freedom the
oldest and greatest Of democracies
now seeks in fraternal union with the |