The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-04
BARRIERS WORDS OF PROTEST

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 BARRIERS WORDS OF PROTEST
 After avowing that he wanted to pro- test against such a resolution, Mir. Bar Der said in part
 There has been deliberate, studious, malicious prosecution of scheme, na- tion- wide if not world wide, to aggravate precipitate, and inv volve this nation ir the world conflict
 The League to Enforce Peace was formed with no other purpose, and the Navy league has spent thousands of dol lars, I am told, to bring this about
 "The press-the mercenary, venal, scur- rilous press-has carried on propaganda to push this nation into war, and I speak with the voice of millions when I say that.
 And it has remained for the most egregious coward in the state of Alabama to question my bravery; man who ac- cepted an appointment which he knew was illegal, and a man, who failing in his diabOHcal scheme to be seated in the United States Senate in violation of the law, accepted $500 of the peoples money for services in the Senate when he did not sit there one minute, to question my bra very and patriotism when I bear on my body the marks of my fealty to this gov ernment
 "I take second place to no man in my love for my native land. The nationality of my forebears and my personal sym pathies would make me partisan to the allies. My father was born in England and my mothers antecedents were from Ireland. But the moment England lai! mines in the North sea and ordered United States vessels to keep out of that sea they were doing the very thing we say Germany must not do now. Why is it that our vessels are not sail ing into German ports today? Why have our mails been ruthlessly rifled by the allies, and We have not done one thing to prevent it? And I say this as a par tisan of the allies
 STANDS FOR FAIRNESS MT. President. l stand for fairness, and say in all seriousness and in full knowl- edge of the import of what l say, that one of the disgraces to the civilized world has been the part the federal government has played in this world conflict, and which now promises to drench it with our blood. It is all on account of few capi- talsts who want to sell goods to the allies.
 Tt is because J. P. Morgan & Co., and other great financial concerns have bet $2, ,0O0, ,000,000 that Germany would be whipped in this world conflict That is the reason, and the only req son tndI tHe CHlteu states IS now aD- preaching war with Germany" He then referred to the action of Pres ident Wilson in refusing to sanction I loan by capitalists to the allies ''He said that because he knew tha, where the treasure lies. there also lies the heart, said MT. Barber. ''Mr. President, I stand for fairness, ] want to see the color of the mans eve who will stand before me, look me in tho Co T ,ocfin a,,,xy +,.1 . to brand him as an infamous, villainous and cowardy liar, and don't care if he presides over an Alabama newspape who his antecedents are, or where he comes from.
 But I do protest against our people dividing the lead while few plutocrats in Wall street, ensconced behind their desks, divide the gold.
 'Let us weigh carefully what we are about to do. We are about to take a step that puts our indorsement upon this great conflict"