The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-27
Col. R.ooseycIt's Address,

Sol. Noose'eAV'
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. AuE. -".--@pcfn
~, ,,., war urrnarc TO defend ourselves
..,., .,,d,. =, snIvc tho
I q "'" ''''' ''' ,,,
industrial S"rial pr"bl"iHS VIII" VIII
.,,,,,,. ,,l,h n,:,r,, were tho Demands OF
.r ,.,, .,.,r,.,.i IN an ad-
'"''''"'"
H"'*& h" 'i"ii\"r"I h"r' t'"'!'
CniOnCl l;uU%,'HciI spoke at Inc 'chtcH-
NAL celebration -: thr admission al !I!l-
: u,IS 10 statehood. .
"Th. t%u great N""b> 'thc Hi"IilcHt'
H., said. ar, L. INSIST upon t""r"uEh-
guInT and abSoiui" .'ihtTiCAhi9hi
throughout this land. and /" speed up
The war: and SECONDLY to th"S" ncCo$
,.,,,rn lhr needs Of beginning even now
Ia mlk. ready |" 'i.w" Tor thr tl*hS
Inn, ara. &, come alter tn. war. the task
, ~ ,r,rlrinr So that never again shall
! war md uS h, iplrSS and iii" task "f PR
r,,rtu,r for re. .,n.Iat and industrial prob
! irn,a wh,,h Tins Garth Shaking conflict
uI rinr.s viii i,;y,. III It's rIiu,I!S WAKE.
~, insist upon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lnn
Der rt NmrricuniSm AMONG all our
lrr,il. IL merely Hu"ihcr way Of saying
ilIai VIC insist upon being \ natl"n proud
ri ner National PAST and confident al OFT
future ~ the greatest of the nil IONS %
mankind: for If W. permit our rr"Ii" l"
be- split into Il <cur, Of different naiI"nnl-
/ i,irS. each speaking Il different dahfu'i';c
and each paying lis real soul homage 10
some national ideal over sous. wc shall
moi nc = nation al all. but merely poly
,,InI harding nuiSc; and nobody feels
,,,,ch Inv,irv l., a pulylut boarding
/ n,,,,.. or !. nrnl. ,n belong To IT,
w, ara moi IrtrrnatiunnlislS VIC are
American uatiu:i.!iStE We intend TO do
;ns.,i'.c 10 ali n,h.r nations. Eut in the
Ins, frnr yrurs tho pruTrSs,ri InIcrna-
tTotInliSIs. iik. III" proud paciiists. hav'.
rIuy.d tn. gam" ~ h:Wtti ii"rrnaT an
,rrr,c.. inc I-,r1. ii III. niiilnr!eii il
and ripir.lisIIc which now absolutely
! ruiru ,,,r p:ISSiauiX"d Germany Of the
iiIb.ny,.lIrruy American pacilIsm has
h..,, fL. ,,lI and ally -! u, rnlau mill
,nr,Sln, ana has r"pr' S"nt"'i, and always
VIII rrur;Scnj deep LiSluyaiIty to our
hrInvrL country.
! For I'm. lnnincnt the paciliSts and in
trcn;tllonaIl>i& and I'ru-l;"rntau dar. not
he unisy I:ul lrl our pruplv Srwar" Of
,h,,n az su,u as the p..tCc negotiations
h...lu. and from that tInc onward. They
hay, worked tu.rin,r in In" past. and
they VIII wrrk together i'll the lUturt
1hc uru-LirrlnnnS furnishing the mos:
powerful AMI most sinister element ~
the combination, wh!lr IL" pacilStS AM
ih. Observation-Disclosures France IN The fore
Ground and furnish tllr rhetoric
y t., our people. rrurlnbrr that for the
iva and Il hair years brlurr W. entered
IN, war III" pacilis;S clam"rouSly IN
sisted that if W. kcpt unPr'rAr"d ~
would avoid war. We'll, "" lrIrd III" ~
pertinent. We kept completely uurr''
pared. Ev"u aft w broke all dlp!H'
matte relations wllH - rHIaiIF w. r.
fused to make III" slightest preparation
And. nevertheless. W. urll'cd INTO III.
war. Iac!iiSIn ana appropriateness neF''
kr' nation "ut OF war. nc! ihE''
war. ana th'! insure ma IL M't '"iii'
il shall h, costly ana lGhE uFH"h "u'
and bloody.
Let us'' rrfh"rnp"r inns ."'h ''''
peace C'Iii'S. l'"iit trHSl inc lft''''H'7
ihry ar" ~" H'n!!'S "f RIGHTEOUSNESS
Don't trust ~" int:rnt'i"hAHS'S! 'h"E
are tn" enemies o. nitlIunailSm ain
.Nnl""h:an%n.
''Whcn ISac" comes lct us accent any
rraS"iI;th! Pr"l'NEl'' ""''ii'' ''i'''"3
Il I"asu" "I nations ar Ter amy "ih' !
machinery whiCh W" can III S",,I la.''
act upon. ana which h"':, really "ii'i
some chance 81 lrSS"h!ilE IN" H"''''"'r 81
;uiUr" Mar ANA diminishing l."iV HrFI
l:ut let u% n yer i"fSI' l'Iilt any l'"iii'>'
that suck Il l"aEu" "- "lH"r piece :"
machinery Will IT. inii"!N d" away VIII
! war is either sheer n"nScnSr or ram