The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1919-03-08
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dreadful var Ia the history 81 the
world, the entire responsibility fot
|, which rests Oh the head Of this same
HoheuzoIleru As result of 1t thte
millions who survive. not forgetting
the millions who died in the awful
butchery OF four years, are insisting
upon and will not be denied a covenant
by which 40 one OF two nations mas
hereafter plunge the world into a sim.
liar var Their cry for permanent
peace has made Il possible for Mr.
Wilson 90 bring about such a combina,
ton Of the great Powers as MI Roose.
welt said would earn for the ruler OF
statesman who would succeed IN doing
SO "a place ia history for all times" aud
his tile 10 the gratitude oi al man.
kind
On what ground can the Republican
| Congress OF today oppose what two
great Republican leaders ana the Re.
! publican Congress Of 1910 proposed I?
Can the Republican party successfully
defend Itself If il defeats the Paris
plan only because Mr. Wilson built
! it
Still another great Republican autho
fity might be quoted. NO less "A iiplo-
mat and statesman than John Hay. who
drew for the first Hague delegation
q summary Of resolutions by American
Legislatures. and both houses of Con.
gress and utterancea by prominent
stat 'smen, including Republicans like
Charles Sumner, James G Blaine and
John sherman, going to proye that tie
idea OF a League Of Nations to preserve
world peace had been iypiealy and
consistently American
The case Is well put by the New
York Evening Post when il says
The question Is, then. whether
Senator Borah Is lfuer ihtefpro
ter Of the American spirit than
Roosevelt and Taft and Choate
ard Root whether the bray Of
Missouri mule better represents
the voice OF the United States
than the words of Olney and bay.
yard. liryan and Wilson Arbitra.
ton. moderate afmaments. inter
national courts oI justice. agree
meats between nations 10 keep the
peace al all hazards these things
Rave entered into the warp and
woof Of American diplomacy They
are nos embodied tn the League
OF Nations Are Ne going TO deny
our own Al the moment Whea
the European Powers that politely
rejected Our proposals al The
Hague Conference have been led
by a devastating var 10 FWiHg
around 10 the American project
for preventing var Is this eoun
try to abandon what It has been
urging for generations This would /
be wisdom destroyed by her own
children, instead Of Justified by I
them
The war having ended the Borah /
type OF Republican politician and the +
Reed type Of Democratic politician are
willing 10 east our traditions and our
consistent policy overheard II they can
only compromise and embarrass The
President.
but the Borahg and the Reeds hold
no brief To speak for the American
people, and II the American people
In the debate now on. come TO The con.
clusion that the covenant " the League
OF Nations IL what the President says
II il, and IT'S language clearly indicates
II Is an instrument which. II mol a
perfect preventive of war. vet viii
serve to lessen the possibility of IN.
ture horrors like tina, out Of which We
have presently come with close TO ten
millfen dead. no senatorial comhna-i
ton will dare deny their demand that
Il shall be ratified.