The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-13
Poindexter Warns Country i
of the Danger of BolsheUi

dollars a year arc being laid in taAcs
upon the backs OF the people Of the
world TO feed. clothc and Inaintain the
martial hosts Of Europe which still
await the settlements Of peace. These
settlements SC intensely practical ana
so lonScd for by war-wcary world.
arc postponed from week 10 week eno
month to month. while the international
con ference cxpcnds its time and enrr-
GIGS in searching for the philosophers
stone which Will prevent all futurc
wars.
We went into q war q great prosper
GUS free. sovereign and happy people.
cherishing the nationality Of tho United
States: looking upon its flag rs the
emblem of ultimate power. and absolute
self-government. After long delays.
both as To preparing for tho obvious
conflict which was coming and IL TAX
inE action to save our vital rights upon
the seas md our ultimate independence.
We entered ,he war A r"assurlnG proof
was given of the continued PATRIOTISM
and power of the American spirit. The
people were united and diIiStnt IN sup
porting tho government. II was par
tisan government. but the people were
non-partisan in its support. They poured
out their wealth and made no limit or
their sacrifice Colossal blunders OF
administration deprived us Of American
made field artillery and shells. and unll!
the concluding days Of the war, OF ma
chine guns or acroplancs. But the ma
ton was again glorIiled by tho hcrolsin
of its soldiers. They ovcrcamc all dill
cultics and shortages of equipment. ma
gave to the world another example OF
true glory.
We came out Of the war in victory.
! and. VIC are told by the leaders Of tho
! Administration. into a new world II
! has seemed TO many of US that tho
greatest blessing. which we could enjoy.
! would be the old world in which we
| lived from the time. when. under the
| leadership Of Lincoln. We saved 1t from
| Civil War. to the time when in self
i defense VIC entered the great European
| conflict. We perhaps had "a great a
| share Of human blessings as ever came
! to nation. There was liberty combined
with security. The theory Of our gov
eminent was that 1t was for the indivtd-
| ual, contrary to the: German theory that
| the individual existed for the govern
! nlent. We enjoyed and regarded as n
| sacred treasure tho peculiar traditions
| Of the sovereignty Of the American crti-
! zcnship, of n great free nation '"nlch
! was in control Of its own destiny, ot Inc
snccial life which tho soil and climate
Of the land which our fathers had won
/ had developed for uS on this continent
| We arr aroused from the concentrn~
ton Of mind and body in the great war
to bc told that the old American ideals,
pulicics, and traditions have passed
| away. We arc told that VIC can no
! longer be the master of our souls. but
! that VIC must mtrgr our affairs with all
! The other nations OF the world and SINK
! our sovereignty in a Supcr-goHcrnmcnt
! which will enforce it's dccrccs. some say.
/ by military force. some say by the power
) Of world public opinion. ana some say
bv economic hnycott upon us. The Key
! rrjnrinlc of Washington. which has nc
! come a part Of the Constitution or our
! foreign policy, that We should avoid
; cntangling alliance with Europe. and It's
: supplement and counterpart. me famous
! message of Monroe. that Europe Snouid
! he excluded from establishing lis Sya-
! TENS in the Western Hemisphere, nc arc
| io,d must be discarded. and i'll its place
substituted the exact opposite of hoth;
,Ent wr should en,anGlc ourselves in all
. nr ,hr International quarrrls md prom
lens or Europe. Asia anu AFRICA. ana
! thai Europe, Asia, and Africa, should
! vb,ro ,yj;h uS in directing the intcrnn-
,ion,l affairs Of tho United States anu
, every other nation in North and South
= America. We find. strange I" say. the
government nr III" United States itself
! Ialiuc. tho lead in setting un in the
! world this now principle or control OF
! irtrrnatjnnHiiSm. ~ opposed 10 thc oIn
n.ljunaliSm, which NC loved under
which VIC were 50 happy. and by winch
we grew as a; nation into our present
! mighty stature. and through which VIC
| have done so murh for tho peace AND
! h,nrincS,' Of the world. II is aS though
wr hnd been through the war In Il state
of coma, a period Of uncunSclou:neSH
and when VIC awake crom that nirran'
"a, find ourselves indeed in Il new Worlc
ii new world in which the very trus-
! fees to whose guardianship had: been de-
! ,iy,rcd for safe keeping the priceless
! Independence for which Henry spoke and
Washington wrought engaged In deliver
ing il over TO that very Europe from
| whom. in tho long series OF years our
race. has wrcsted it's liberties. IL Is
! indeed. my brethren. new. ana q
y.rtnr" world. and strange times. IN
which We 1--we.
While, on one hand. wr flnd the GOV
ernmrnt itself SuyrcndorinE our ancient
doctrines into Il world imperialism, on
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