The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-10
BY SIR HALL GAME. K. E. E.


Seven Sr.ur,. wears ago tn" American
people drought furth nu their great con-
,in"n, n Hat4"II cunS','r:ii"d !" Ebert!
and federated L. III. p".nrirl" that 'i'
men were. created EQUAL Then th"E ia"
many enemies and only on" friend. No"
;hey have many friends ana "h!F ''''
enemy Then th"E were !Itti% manu- vi
among 2thc peoples Of th"~cif'h' ~"
they arr a hundr,sl million. ana 'h"lr
mighty country - III" ha'i-hrh'h"r "'
uh,. world And to-day their kinHrru' ~
represented by the S"v"r"lEh@ az"
statesmen. tn" soldiers nm! sailors '''
speakers anu teachers and wrh'FS' -
many lands arr stretching hahdS !"
them across the SEA.
Why ar" ':h"y doing So" h"'auS'' NV
principle on which tn" Am"ri'tn ha''""
was founded has been FOUND IL hr iru"
and has prevailed: h"'auS" IN" "h''''
su founded has passed through times al
h,|rcc testing aud has endured: blrs''
h,r time Of S"para from tn" mother
land from which she Spranr. when 'i"S
h,.i To be- broken which might never "''
renewed. Then her time If civil war
with IFS million of dead tall her own
,l"adl. when friend WAS against fri"h"'
brother against brother. and laih"r
AGAINST son. and now her time az irati"
choice. hrtw""n peaceful security ON h'r
own continent and the p"ril"uS can az
Justice and humanity On ours.
why American Came IN
America cam" int" tn" war ,w" years
aftcr il Ind brrun. tn" tIrSt lhioN'-
cation Of the war fever had not touched
her Tho dclirious cxaltation Of the
early days had left her cold. She had
watched tn" struggle in the old w"F: :"
and seen the bitter fruits "f 1t. ; =
know how N" natlunS " Europe hh'l
suffered. and how The iron had entered
into our souls She had no illusion
about tho bloody business upon winch
she was cmbarkjnE, no mistaken est
mate Of the price she would have 10
pay. And yr, she cam" In. calmly. oc'
llherately without Qualm or Year.
Why did she come in" Sh" had n"
old score TO settle: no bad pcac" I" re-
adjust: no territorial or economic al
vantage to gain. AutocricinS may 20
70 war for a little carth. Ou, d"m"r-
rnci,S hav. only tho ltvcs, tho honor
and the welfare Of their subjects 10
fight for and American subjects on
their far-off shores wer" secure" but
liheIy Ind been violated: civilization hhN
been outraged: the right had oech
~r0nCpu, inc weak TlHl l"fil 'pliN''''
rho helpless had been injured. and De-
fore the iron arm cf a ncrcilcss trEan-
nv Justice and mercy and charity ana
humanity were being wiped out or the
world. If America was 10 b. true to
tho principl" to which she had c"nS"-
Grated her state. sh" had Ia resist these
crimes. Not I" resist th"m was To h"-
come accessory before the fact of th"m
Therefore. America had 10 fight. or m"
epirit on which she had founded h"r
own nation had to die.
Only for a litCc Will" did sh" hosi-
tate about her duty To step beyond the
limits Of her own continent. Tho moral
law knows nothing about frontiers. The
boundaries OF the human heart ar"
wider than tn" widcs. empire. AZ the
foot OF Calvary there is only ono c"un-
try. Tho cause Of liberty. OF justice
and Of mercy Is tffr cause OF humaniS
4 wrong done TO the least OF tho M
tons Ia wrong done TO all. SO
America would not shrink In the face
of her right and her duty.
"a friend lnvcth at MI times. and n
brother is born for adversely" On the