The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-07-11
LIBERTIES OF ALL
MUST Be SECURE
lat Tomb of Washington, Pre-
dent Wilson Says Americas
Participation in This Var Is
Fruitage Of What Our Fore
fathers Planted.
HEARTENs STRICKEN RUSSIA.

There Can Be But One Issue-The Set
tlement Must Be F%inal-Ihe rc Ca'
Be No Compromise-Tbese Are IN
Ends FOR Which the Associated peo
nile Of the World Are Fighting am
Which Must Be Conceded Them Be
fore There Can Be Peace.
Observation-Disclosures Wilson Wis
tied the tomb OF Washington at Noun
vernon on Inc Fourth of July nno
there delivered the followiEe '1ress
Gentlemen Of the Diplom;,, Corps
and My Fellow Citizcns-l am happy
IN draw nrn"t with YOU to this Quict
Mace Of old counsel IN order to speak
n little Of Tie meaning OF ms ia! Oh
our nations independence. me pl'c'
seems very still and remote. IL IS us
serene an, untouched by the hurry Oh
the world as ii was IN those great d"HS
long AGO when General washington
WIS mere anu lI'I'I lou =
with The men who were TO be lSSocIaI
cd with him in the creation OF Il ma
tiOn From these gentle slopes tnrN
,,oLrd out lpon the world and snw 1t
wicic. saw ii with the light OF the fll'
turc upon il. saw ii with modern eyes
that turned away from a past which
men Of liberated spirits could no long
or endure. 1t is for that reason that
we cannot feel. ever here, In the I'M
mediate presence Of this sacred tomb,
that this is n place Of death. 1t was n
place Of achievement. a great prom
isr that was meant for all mankind
WAS here given plan ana reality. The
associations by which we are here sur
rounded are the inSpiri,ing aSSocin-
lions of that noble death which Is only
II glorious conSummation. From this
green hillside we also ought to be able
to see with c~omprchending eyes the
world that lies about us and should
conceive anew the purposes that must
set men free.
Acting for All Mankind.
1t is Signiticant-signitcant of their
" character and purpose and of the
influences they were setting nfOot-
that Washington and his associates,
like the hnronS at ltunnymcde, spoke
and acted, not for n class, but for a
people. 1t has been left for us to gee
to il that 1t shall be understood that
they spoke and acted. not for a single
people only. but for all mankind. They
were thinking. not of themselves and
Of the material interests which center
I'd in the little groups of landholderS
and merchants and men Of affairs with
whom they were accustomed to act, In
Virginia and the colonies to the north
II south Of her. but of a people which
wished to be done with classes and
special interests and the authority Of
men whom they had not themselves
chosen to rule over them. They en-
tcrtaincd no private purpose, desired
no peculiar privilege. They were con
S~ciously planning that men Of every
class should he free and America Il
plucc to which men out of every nation
might resort who wished to share with
'l'rm III" rights and privileges Of free
men. And we take our u from them,
do we not? We intend what they in
tended. We here in America believe
our participation in This present war to
d" only the fruitngc OF what they
planted. Our ease differs from theirs
only III this. that it is our incStimable
privilege to cpnpprt with man ont NJ