The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-24
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most atroclOus crimes known to civili-
cation. Its soldiery has murdered in
nocent chlldren-outraged pure wom-
anhOod-and this not in isolated cases,
but today thousands of homes mourn
the lives of mothers and children and
fathers who have been outraged and
murdered in manner more cruel than
was ever practiced by the worst saw
ages of the ages past. The unspeak-
able crimes committed by the German
army have stamped this militaristlc
nation as the most dangerous enemy of
mankind on the face of the earth to-
day.
In this short address there is not
time to discuss the reasons and the
causes leading up to this war, nor shall
I take time to discuss at length the
reasons for the decline of the German
empire, once great country, to the
depths of crime and degradation to
which as n nation it has sunk. 1t has
worshiped "kultur" and the superman
instead of the true God; in other
words, II has made "kultur" and the
superman its God-nnd God has said
the nation that sinneth shall die, and
the onward sweep of republican ideas
clearly indicate that the hour of the
death of the German empire is now at
hand, and that this promise of God
shall be and is now being fulfilled, and
most of us living today will see the
f,tlfilln1nnf nf fliS in tho 1ao 4 IA
of Prussiansm-of autocracy.
Will Uphold Presidents Hands.
At the very beginning of this con-
test pledge you that If elected to this
high office, as l firmly believe shall
he, | will be, at all times, consistently
AMERICAN, and that unreServedly
and unequivOcally l shall support the
administration war policies and pur-
poses, and that in regard to questions
affecting us as Americans I shall sink
all thought of partisanship and as an
example of the training of n good
soldier shall follow where America, I'M
der our COMMUNICATIVE Chief, Woodrow
Wilson, leads. My party in Congress
has stood firmly behind the President
and the Government upon all of these
measures for carrying on the war and
the bringing about of a speedy and vic
torious peace, and heartily commend
this course.
For a Dictated American Peace.
Iplcdge you that I am now, and have
been all along, for nothing but an
American peace with victory, and
am malterably opposed to any sort of
compromise with Prussian autOcracy
and militarism, believing as | do that
this one thing surmounts and over
shadows all else-Americans demand
A PEACE BY VICTORIA Die
TATED PEACE.
Greatest Nation.
This nation is the greatest under the
shining sun, because it sprang from
the pick of the other nations of the
wOrld-therefOre the greatest, the
grandest, the noblest thing on earth
today is to be an American citizen
God-fearing, a God-loving American
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