Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-12-12


as others have done in the past, with
appearances and symbols, but when
you shall have committed this Repub-
lie to a scheme Of world control based
upon force, upon the combined mill
tary force Of the four great nations of
the world, you will have soon destroy
ed the atmosphere of freedom Of con-
fidence in the self-governing capacity
of the masses, in which alone de-
mocracy may thrive. We may become
one Of the four dictators of the world,
but we shall no longer be master Of
our own spirit. And what shall it
profit us as a nation if we shall go
forth to the dominion of the earth
and share with others the glory Of
world control and lose hat fine sense
OF confidence in the people. the soul
of democracy?
Look upon the scene as It is nov
presented. Behold he task we are 70
assume, and then contemplate tn
method by which we are to deal wlln
this task Is the method such a. o
address itself to a government 'cor-
ceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all Tlen are create
equal?" When this league. this CO.
bination is formed, four great powers I
the common peorle VIZ /
rule one-half of the inhabitants of tn
globe as subject peoples-rule hv
force, and we shall be a party to tn
rule of force. There is no other way I
by which you can keep people in sub
lection. You must either give them
recognize their right
IS nations to live their own life and to
set up their own form of government
1r you must deny them those things
by force.
That is the scheme, the method pro
POSED by the league. 1t PROPOSES NJ
,ther. We will in time become in
lred to its inhuman precepts and its
ioulless methods. strange as the doc
rine now seems to a free people. If
We stay with our contract we will
ome in time to declare without asso-
iates that force-force, the creed Of
he Prussian military Oligarchy-is
fter all the true foundations upon
which must rest all stable govern
lents. Corea, despoiled and bleeding
t every pore; India, sweltering in ig-
ORANGE and burdened with inhuman
axes after more than hundred years
f dominant rule; Egypt, trapped ana ,
0bbed of her birthright; Ireland, with
DO years of sacrifice for independ-
is the task, this is the at :
losphere, and this is the creed in and
nder which we are to keep alive our
elief in the purposes and self-govern-
Ig capacity of the people, a belief
ithout which the republic must dis y
tegrate and die. The maxim of lib y
'ty will soon give way to the rule of
God and iron. We have been plead =
e here for our Constitution. Con- u
rm this league, it has been said, to .
e technical terms Of our charter and -
! will be well.
But I declare to you that we must
further and conform to those senti-
ents and passions for justice and -
sedom which are essential to the ex-
ence Of democracy. You must re- =
ect not territorial boundaries, not
rritorial integrity, but you must re- p
ect and preserve the sentiments and -
ssions for justice and for freedom -
Itch God in His infinite wisdom has III
lnted so deep in the human heart -
It 10 form of tyranny however bru-
no persecution however prolonged, .'e
a wholly uproot and kill. Respect 'e
respect Justice, respect ~
edom, and you may have some hope :.
peace. but not so if you make your ~
ndard the standard Of tyrants and pa
spots. the protection OF real estate cr'