Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-06-06

called upon for this sacrifice again.
This can be done. 1t must be done.
And 1t will be done. The things that
these men left us, though they did not
In their counsels conceive it, is the
great instrument which we have just
erected in the league of nations.
"The league of nations is the cove
nant of government that these men
shall not have died in vain. / like TO
think that the dust of those sons of
America who were privileged to be
buried in their mother country will
mingle with the dust of the men
who fought for the preservation of
the Union, and that America might be
united, these men have given their
lives in order that the world might be
united.
'"Those men gave their lives in order
to secure the freedom of q nation.
These men have given theirs in order
to secure the freedom of mankind, and
l look forward to an age when 1T will
be just as impossible to regret the re-
suits of their labor as it is now
impossible to regret the results
of the labor of those men who
fought for the union of the states. l
look for the time when every man who
now puts his counsel against the uni
ted service of mankind under the
league of nations will be just as
ashamed of it as if he now regretted
the union of the states.
Fight Final Battle for Right.
you are aware, as l am aware, that
the airs of an older day are beginning
to stir again, that the standards of an
old order are trying to assert them
selves again. There is here and there
an attempt to insert into the counsel
of statesmen the old reckoning of sell
fishness and bargaining and national
advantage which were the roots OF
this war. and any man who counsels
these things advocates a renewal OF
the sacrifice which these men have
made; for If this is not the final bat
tie for right, there will be another that
will be final.
Let these gentlemen who suppose
that IL Is possible for them to accom-
plish this return to an order of which
we are ashamed and that we are ready
to forget, realize they cannot accom-
plish it. The peoples of the worlt
ere in the saddle. Private counsels ot
statesmen cannot now and canno
hereafter determine the destinies Of
nations.
IF we are not the servants of tn,
opinion of mankind, we are of all mel
the littlest, the most contemtible, thu
least gifted with vision. If we do no
know courage, we cannot accomplish
our purpose, and this age Is an ag,
which looks forward, not backward
which rejects the standard of nationa
selfishness that once governed tn,
counsels of nations and demands tha
they shall give way to new order o
things in which otIy the questions will
be-. is it rightT is it just? Is it il
the interest of mankindY
This is q challenge that no previ
GUS generation ever dared to give ea
to. So many things have happened ant
they have happened so fast in the las
four years that do not think many O
us realize what it is that has hap
pened. Think how impossible it woul
have been to get a body of responsible
statesmen seriously to entertain tn
idea Of the organization of league O
nations four years ago!
sand think of the change that ha
taken placel i was told before 1 cam
to France that there would be confu
sion of counsels about this thing an
found unity of counsel. l was toll
that there would be opposition and
found union of action. found tn
statesmen with whom 1 was about t
deal united in the idea that we mus
have league of nations; that W
could not merely make peace settl,
men and then leave it to make itsel
effectual.
: Spirits Not Buried With Bodies.
Ladies and gentlemen, we all b,
lieve, / hope, that the spirits of thes
men are not buried with their bone
Their spirits live. hope-I believe
. that their spirits are present with 1
at this hour. / hope that 1 feel tn
compulsion of their presence. 1 hoI
that / realize the significance of the
Z presence. Think, soldiers of thos
comrades of yours who are gone.
they were here, what would they say
0 They would not remember what yo
e are talking about today They wouI
h remember America which they lie
!; with their high hope and purpos
v And they would say:
d "Forget ,all the little circumstanc,
t of the day. Be ashamed of the jea
!, ousies that divide you. We commar
= you in the name of those who, iii
e ourselves, have died to bring the cou
o sells of men together. and we remir
you what America said she was boz
4 for, She was born she said, to sho
;. mankind the way to liberty. She W,
a born to make this great gift a commC
y gift. She was born to show men Il
y way Of experience by which tht
" might realize this gift and maintain
e and we adjure you in the name of 6
n the great traditions of America
make. yourselves soldiers now once
l. all in this common cause wher4 :
% need wear no uniform except the I'll
d form of the heart"