The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-01
ADDRESS DELIVERED AT
LORD MAYORS LUNCHEON
President Gives Renewed Evi-
aence Of His, Versatility as a
Speaker and Phrase Maker.


fuf and generous welcome Of tnis
great city and you have reminded me
OF what has perhaps become one OF
the habits Of my Lie.
You have said that have broken
EM precedents in coming across the
ocean to join in the counsels Of the
s peace conference, but think those
who have been associated with me II
Washington viii testify that that is
nothing surprising. / said to the mem
bers of the press in Washington one
evening that one Of the things thai
y had interested me most since lived ir
Vashtngtou was that every time die
&1yfhing perfectly natural it was sale
to- be unprecedented.
It was perfectly natural to breas
ef1is precedent-naturaa because the
demand for the conference took prec.
edence over every other duty. And
after all. the breaking Of precedents
) hunght this may sound strange doc.
time in England, is the most sensible
thing to do. The harness Of prece-
dent is sometimes very sad and ha.
RAISING trammel.
ILLS case I41S OA QiS
{ 6edent is sensible for a reason thai
IS very prettily illustrated ia re-
mark attributed to Charles Lamb. One
evening in a company Of his friend
! they were discussing person who
was not present and Lamb said. in his
heItahng manner: Z h-hate that fel-
5 absTa W by. Charles, one Of his friends
said, Z did not know that you knew
him oh, he said, Z, I, I, d-dont
Ic.cant h-hate a man know.
And, perhaps. that simple and at
ttactive remark may furnish a secret
Cor cordial international relationship.
when we know one another we can
rot hate one another.
stI have been very much interested
before coming here to see what sort
% "a person was expected to be. So
far as I can make out, was expect
ed to be a perfectly blodless think
sng machine, whereas am perfectly
sEares that I have in me all the IN
saIrgent elements of the human race
tsI am sometimes, by reason of long
! Scotch tradition. able to keep these
instincts in restraint. The stern Gov
cnanter tradition that is behind me
sends many an echo down the years.
It is not only diligently to pursue bus
mess out also to seek this sort OF
comradeship, that feel it is a priv
sfege to have come across the seas and
in the welcome that you have accord
ed Mrs. Wilson and me, you have
raade us feel that companionship was
accessible to US in the most delight
ful and enjoyable form.
Il thank you sincerely for this wei
come. sir, and am very happy to join
III a love feast which is all the more
enjoyable because there is behind it
a background Of .tragical suffering.
Cur spirits are released from the
darkness of the clouds that at one
time seemed to have settled upon the
8 world in way that could not be dis
persed, the sufferings of your own
people, the suffering of the people Of
France and the indefinite suffering of
the people OF Belgium. The whisper
Of grief that has been blown all
through the world is now silent as the
sun of hope seems to spread its rays
and TO change the earth with new
prospect of happiness. So our joy is
all the more elevated because we
know that cur spirits are now lifted
out Of that valley"
The text Of President Wilson'S
speech at the Guildhall this afternoon
is: as follows:
.sMr. Lord Mayor: We have come
upon times when ceremonies like
this have new signihcation which
most impresses me as I stand here.
The address which I have just heard
is most generously and graciouslE
conceived ard the delightful accent
Of sincerity in it seems like part Of
that voice Of counsel which is now
everywhere to be heard. I feel that
a distinguished honor has been con-
ferred upon me by this reception and
I beg to assure YOU. sir. and your as
sociates Of my very profound appre-
citation. but I know that I am only
part of what I may call great body
OF circumstances.
81 do not believe that it was fancy
on my part that hea'yi in the voice
Of welcome uttered in the streets OF
this great city and in the streets OF
Paris something more than person
al welcome. 1t seemed to me that /
heard the voice Of one people speak
ing to another people and 1t was
voice in which one could distinguish
a singular combination of emotions.
There was surely there the deep gratc-
fulness that the fighting was o''e:
There was the pride that the fiehtinG
had had such a elimination. There
was that sort of gratitude that the
nations engaged had produced suc'1
men as the soldiers of Great Rritat''
and of the United States and OF
France and OF Itaiy-men whose