The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-14
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BY NATIONS A[|
PRESIDENT WILSON brc,
VIOLENCE AIDS eeRM.s)
PROPAGANDA HERE
Chief Executive Calls Upon A..
Show World That While II r,.s
for Democracy Abroad il !, y.
Destroying Democracy at Hon.

Washington.-Prcsident Wilson
personal statement issued ON Ju.
addressed to his fellow cu,n,,,.
denounced mob spirit aud moh ~
called upon the nation to shov
world that while it fights for A.
racy on foreign fields, it is moi d..,.
ing democracy al home
The president denounced mos,
phatically mob action OF all SORTS
cially lynchings, and Willie he dn
refer specifically Ito lynchings If
groes in the south. it is known fins,
included them in his Characterized
OF mob spirit as ~ blow at the i.
of ordered law and humane jus,is,
The president statement. In
follows: l.
my fellow countrymen | tsks "
liberty of addressing you upon N
ject which SO vitality affects the ME-
of the nation and the very charsrS
and integrity of our institutions M
l trust you will think me justified IS
speaking very plainly about it.
II allude to the mob spirit WI
has recently here and there very re
quently shown its head anongs Is
not in any single region, but in uuS
and widely separated parts Of n
country. There have been many w.
ings, and every one of them has ~
blow mt the heart of ordered Law q
humane justice. No man who III
America. no man who really cares n
her fame and honor and character I
who is truly loyal to her institute
can justify MOD action Willie the cdus
of justice are open and the goyrt
ments of the states and the nation q
ready and able to do their duty.
I'VE are at this very moment fa3
ing lawless passion. Germany has a
lawed herself among the nations Y
cause she has disregarded the sacd
obligations of law and has made lyva
ers of her armies. Lynchers emuas
her disgruceful example. |, for 4
part. am anxious to see every comm
ity in America rise above that led
with pride and a fixed resolution wha
no man or set of men can afford 10 y
spise.
1--WE proudly claim to be the chs
pions of democracy. If we really 4
in deed and in truth. let us see tsI
that we do not discredit our owl
say plainly that every American "
takes part in the action of mob
gives any sort of countenance is
true son of this great democracy !
its betrayer, and does more TO discrrl
her by that single disloyalty to
standards of law and of right than
words of her statesmen or the sc
fees of her heroic boys in the trend
can do to make suffering peoples
lieve her to be their saviour. n
shall we commend democracy to the'
ceptance of other peoples if We
grace our own by proving that it
after all, no protection To the wes
Every mob Contributes to German
about the United States what her ID
gifted liars cannot improve upon
the way of calumny.
II therefore very earnestly and
EMMY beg that the governors of ALI
states, the law officers of very q
munity, and, above all. the men
women of every community in
United States. all who revere .Amei
nd wish to keep her name with
stain or reproach. will cooperate
passively merely. but actively
watchfully, to make an end ot this
graceful evil. 1t cannot live where
community does not countenance y
Il have called upon the nation
PUT its great energy into this wal,
IL mas ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS witt
spirit and a genius for action that
thrilled the world. l now call upol
upon its men and women everywh
TO see to it that it's laws are kept
violate, its fame unturnished. Let
snow our utter contempt for the tn
mat have made this war hide
among the wars of history by SHOW
how those who love liberty and ri
ana justice and are willing to lay d
'helr lives for them upon foreign III
stand ready also to Illustrate to
mankind their loyalty to the thing
nome which they wish to see es
hshed everywhere as Il blessing
protection to the people who D
never known the privilege of lib'
ana self-government.
Il can never accept any man a
champion of liberty either for
selves or for the world who does
reverence and obey the laws Of
own beloved land. whose laws we
serves have made. He has adopted
standards of the enemies Of his g
uS' whom ne affects to despise.
WOODROW WILSON