Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-02
UPHOLD WILSON
IN GREAT WAR
representative Pleads for Elec-
ton to Congress of Men Only
Of Well Established Loyalty
HOW TO WIN is ONLY ISSUE

UUW ~ WIN ~ SkEt
The House had under consideration House
resolution 42s.
Mr.. NELLY. Mr.. Speaker, war. with its
iununerabe bardships. unreasonable burdens
and INDISPENSABLE horrors is never a subject
for pleasurable contemplation. Our natural
Inclination is to think and speak of the tri-
uulphs and treasures of peace rather than
the havoc and anguish of wer. But TO escape
consideration and constant consideration Of
the war in which we are now engaged is a
task as difficult Of performance was that
II the vestal virgin. who. in order to prove
her innocence, was required to carry water
IN a seive from the banks Of the Tiber 10
tie top Of the Capitolilie Hill.
TIE American people have never reveled in
bloodshed. gloried In slaughter, delighted
IN the images of camps and Rieges and bat
tles They have found the welA springs Of
their being and the qualification of their ambi
tion in telling the forests and subduing the
forces Of nature; in sowing in sprinstine
and reaping In harvest in discovering the in.
Vulnerable curious things and inventing the
countless cunning devices that diminish the
burdens and Increase the joys of life; they
have delighted more in the swish of the
scythe, the sound of the hammer, and the hum
of the saw than In the roar of the cannon,
the call Of the bugle. or the beat Of the drum
they have loved the chimes Of the church gbeil
more than the wild weird music Of war. They
have been content to cuitivste & the< tee Aos
knowledge and gather the ripened fruit of q
civilization more splendid than that of the
Greeks. more magnificent than that of the Ro-
mans, more enduring than that of the an
Gent Egyptians
Since the very hour Of this Nation's birth
the American people have loved peace: tKey
have loved It with an ardor second only to
that with which they have loved their honor,
their country, and their God In the temple
Of peace the American people have worshiped.
upon the altar of peace they have burned
tacir incense, at the shrine Of peace they
have bowed their knees. They have never
sought var; they have never fought ons
except last resort. (Applause) sSs
We fought the War of the Revolution rs
the last means of seyering the tyrannieal ties
that held US in bondage to Great Britain We
fought the War of 1872 in order that we
might enjoy the freedom of the seas. We
:
this Government might endure, that slavery
might die. and human liberty live forever and
forever. We fought the Standardization
war to the end that the tyranny and perse-
eutien Of the Old World might cease to exist
In the new. tApplausel
And now. after a notable period of 10 gori-
Gus years Of priceless peace. we are again at
var, We are at this hour engaged in MIGHTY
conflict more deadly than any that ever ragged
among feroeious beasts Of African Jungle !;
more barharous than any ever conceived by
american Indian: more s,apendous than any
ever dreamed of by Alexander the Great. the
Macedonian madrnan, who, with his iron-shod
i0ot on the throat of PROSTATE humanity. went
because there were more worlds for him
to CONQUER. applause
That our ardor may not abate that our
Preparations may not pause that our fight
ing may not cease until the Huns shall have
made restitution of all that they have stolen !;
mace all possible PREPARATION for every injury
hey have indicted and given satisfactory guar
aniles that they will never again disturb the
Peace Of the world, let US keep constantly
N mind the reasons that impeiled us to take
70 arms against the German empire and it's
allies.
Why Are We At War?
Generally speaking we are in this war be-
sause Germany, by her tyrannical. lawless,
ana murderous course. made It impossible for
2 10 stay out of it without proving ourselves
Nation OF n-ewling molycoddIes and cring-
n2 eowards Bua particularly speaking. we
a'e IN 1t because for more than two long
'esrs before our acceptance OF the existence
:" state OF war the Imperial German gov
,fhnent malicicusly outraged our citizens on
ana and sea; feloniously destroyed our prop
~ at home and abroad brazenly invaded
VaF rights; insosently violated our honor
"antonly insuted our flag polluted its stripes
'Aa dimmed Its stars they brutality murdered
suf men, mereilesy slaughtered our women.
sna hendishly butchered our little children.
sAh the full knowledge and apparent an
r'ovai Of her embassy in the shadow of the
s-R'ol or this Nation. in open violation Of
ssiy principle Of international relationship,
e endeayored to incite the Mexicans to make
upon us, Offering them Arizona. Texas
'a' New Mexico as a reward for assaiIing US
,'A IRE and sword. She also tried to induce
s-pah to take up arms AGAINST us and thrust
y spear of oriental militarism into the de-
Naseless eide Of this pesce-oving republic.
after more than two years of these accnmu-
agsressions and unmitigated evils, we
'u national honor. the traditions of our
s'sfs the spirit Of independence, the law
i si-detense. the gaping wounds of PERISH
humanity. the shiyeriag ghosts OF muir
sn men ard wcmen-all pleading with uE
'ss'st this unutterabIe reign of Frusslan
49, With force and arms. and to shed more
'''a' 4 mead be. liz order that the blood Of