The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-05

(Continued from rage on0'
Men everywhere hare been se'Asu
With an apprehension they Dssu
knew before. We are compos,'s
srd cosmopolitan people. OF the
blood OF all the nations that are =
war. Ii Is no war u ours peA =
has ;revitably sci It's mark froni
the first on our industry, eommef'e'
no,it;eaI and social activities 10
Snch nm extent to be Indefinite q
independent is OFT OF the qies''on'
And yet all the while ! have pee.
fonscious of the fact that we nad
rot part In it. Then was con-
sc;ous, despite any divisions. tnat
we were being ssrawn into It. we
have been deeply wronged on u'e
seas, but We did not wish % Wrohs
or iniure any other nation or pet'-
ple.''
1--WE may even be drawn into q more
immediate association with the grea.
steieple itself, but nothing VIII aiter
aur thought or our purpose, TOO
clear to be obscure and too plain 10
be altered. We wish nothing tha'
be can had only at the cost o. an
other people. We have always pro-
tossed an ussselfish purpose and coyei
the opportunity to prove this proles-
sion sincere.
.sThere are many things to be done
at home to clarity our politics ana 20
give new vitality to industrial pro-
cesses of our own lives. but we RAJ
lie that there is much to be done for
The worldwide and universal forces
of mankind. We are making ready
for these things, which will follow
closely upon the war to set cislliza'
ton up again. We are provincial Nc
longer.
1.-THE tragical event of thirts
months OF turmoil through which we
have lust PASSED has made as cit
icons Of the world. There is no turn
ing back. Our fortunes rs a nation
Involve us wIietiss1. we would have Il
SO or not. We are no less 3.si@riean
on that account. We would be siS
more American Ii we but yemain tEnt
TO the principles in which We have
been bred. There are no principles
iasre OF the pi oyincial or single cor.
tinent. We have known and boosted
all along of liberated mankind.
These therefore are the things that
we stand for whether in war or in
peace:
"That all nations are equally in
terested IN the pcace of the world
and political stability of a frea
y, ople ard equally responsible for
their maintenance.
THAT peace cannot securely OF
justly rest upon an armed balancs
of power.
THAT governments derive all Their
powe, from the consent of the
governed and no ether power can be
supported By tho common thought
purpose or power OF the family Of
nations.
THAT the seas should he equally
free and safe for the use of all tho
people under rules set up by corr
mon agreement aad SO far as practi
cable ba accessible on equal terms
THAT national armament should
be limited to the necessity OF nation
al order and don este safety.
II need not a cue these principles
to you for they are your own l,ria.
eiDies, part and parcel OF your own
thinking and motives In affairs. Thes
spring up naked before lis. Cpou
these we can stand together. 1t Is
imperative that we should stand to-
gesher.
1--WE arc forged into new amt,
amidst the fires that now blaze
throughout the world. In their an
dent heat we shall, in Gods PROV.
ince lei us hope, be purgcd of the
factions ard divisions and purified
of the truculent honors of party and
party interests and stand forth in
the days 10 come i'm a new dignity OF
national pride and spirit
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ulacn for the eonvenfjou ~ ha MA