The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-07
TEXT OF WILSON'S SPEECH
DELIVERED IN MANCHESTER

Trade hall audience today is as fol-
lows:
"My Lord Mayor, Ladies and Gentle
men: Perhaps may be permitted to
add fellow citizens: You have made
me feel in a way that is deeply de
lightful the generous welcome which
you have accorded me, and back of
it / know there lies the same sort of
feeling for the great people whom /
have the privilege Of representing.
There is a feeling of cordiality,
fraternity and friendship between the
two great nations, and as have gone
from place to place and been made
everywhere to feel the pulse of SYM
pathy that is now beating between us,
have been led to some very serious
thoughts as to what the basis of it
all is.
For l think you will agree with me
that friendship is not mere senti-
ment. Patriotism is not mere sem
timent. It is based upon principle,
upon the principle that leads man to
give more than he demands. Similar
ly, friendship is based not merely up
on affection, but upon common ser
vice. The man is not your friend who
is not willing to serve you and you are
not his friend unless you are willing
to serve him. And out of that inn
pulse of common interest and desire
of common service arises that noble
feeling which we consecrate as friend
ship.
Government by. Partnerships.
And so it does seem to me that the
theme that we must have in our
minds now in this great day of settle
ment is the theme Of common interest
and the determination Of what it, is
that is our common interest. You
know that heretofore the world has
been governed, or at any rate the at
tempt has been made to govern it, by
partnerships of interest and that they
have broken down.
Interest does not bind men togeth-
er. Interest separates men. For the
moment there is the slightest depart
ure from the nice adjustment Of inter
ests, then jealousies begin to spring
up. There is only one thing that can
bind peoples together and that is COM
mon devotion to right
Ever since the history of liberty
began men have talked about their
rights and it has taken several hun
dred years to make them perceive that
the principle condition of right is duty
and that unless a man performs his
full duty he is entitled to no right. 1t
is a fine Correlation of the influence of
duty that rights is the equipoise and
balance of society.
"And so when we analyze the pres
ent situation and the future that We
now have to mould and control, it
seems to me there is no other thought
than that that can guide US. You
know that the United States has al
ways felt from the very beginning OF
her story that she must keep herself
separate from any kind of connection
with European politics.
81 want TO say very frankly to you
that she is not now interested in Eu-
pean politics, but she is interest.
8 ed in the partnership Of right be.
tween America and Europe. If the fu.
ture had nothing for us but new at.
tempt to keep the world at right
poise by a balance of power, the
United States would take no interest,
because she will join no combination
of powers which is not combination
of us all She is not interested mere.
ly in the peace of Europe, but in the
peace of the world.
Therefore, it seems to me that in
the settlement which is just ahead of
US, something more delicate and diff
fcult than was ever attempted be-
fore has to be accomplished gen.
uine concert Of mind and of purpose:
But while it is difficult there is an
element present that makes it easy.
Never before in the history of the
world, / believe, has there been such
keen international consciousness as
there is now.
There is great voice of humanity
abroad in the world just now which he
who can not hear is deaf. There is a
great compulsion of the common con-
scious now in existence which if any
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