Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-03-07
the same high code of honor that
We demand OF individuals.

We demand OF individuals.
Repeated utterances of the lead
ing statesmen Of most OF the great
nations now engaged in wax have
made it plain that their thought has
come to this-that the principle o.
public right must henceforth take
precedence over the individual inter-
ests II particular nations. and that
Tie nations OF tn. world must in some
way band themselves together tp
see that that right prevails az against
any sort or selfish aggression; that
henceforth alliance must not be set
up against alliance, understanding
against understanding, that at the
heart of that common object must
lie the invfolable rights of peoples
and of mankind. feel that
the world is even now upon the eve
Of great consummation, when some
common force will be brought into
existence which shall safeguard right
as the first and most fundamental
interest of all peoples and all gov
ernments. when coercion shall be
summoned not to the service of poll
teal ambition or selfish hostility,
der, n common justice, and a COM
mon peace. God grant that the dawn
OF that day of frank dealing and Of
settled peace. concord and coopera-
ton may be near at hand!-(Address
to the League to Enforce Peace,
Washington. d. c.. May 81. 1850
A Disentangling Alliance.
I shall never myself consent to an
entangling alliance, but would glad
ly assent to disentangling alliance,
an alliance which would disentangle
the people of the world from those
combinations in which they seek their
own separate and private interests,
and unite the peoples of the world
to preserve the peace of the world
upon a bosis of common right and
justice. There is liberty there, not
limitation. There is freedom, not
ENHANCEMENT. There is the achieve
ment of the highest thing for which
the United States as declared It's
principles. IL Memorial Day Address,
May 80, 1860
A Feasible Association.
We believe that every people has
under which it shall live; that the
small states Of the world have a right
to enjoy from other nations the same
respect for their sovereignty and for
their territorial integrity that great
and powerful nations expect and in
Sist upon: and that the world has
right to be free from every disturb
ance of its peace that has its origin
in aggression or disregard Of the
| rights of peoples and nations; and
we believe that the time has come
when 1t is the duty Of the United
States TO join with the other nations
of the world in any feasible associa-
ton that will effectively serve those
principles to maintain inviolate the
! complete security Of the highway of
the seas for the complete and unhin-
dered use Of all nations Public
| address: June IT, 1860 80.
A just and Settled Peace.
There must be a just and settled
peace, and we here in America must
| contribute the full force of our en-
thusiasm and of our authority as a
nation to the organization of that
peace upon worldwide foundatins
that cannot easily be shaken. No
! nation should be forced to take sides
in any quarrel in which it's own hon
or and integrity and the fortunes Of
its own people are not involved; but
| no nation can any longer remain
neutral as against any wilful disturb
| ance of the peace of the world. The
effects Of war can no longer be con-
fined to the areas Of battle. No ma
ton stands wholly apart in interest
when the life and interest of all ma
tons are thrown into confusion
and peril. Speech of Accep-
tanca at .nnu PRO nch. Cant a,,,ha.. O