Evening journal., 1919-02-28
URGES SENATE
TO VOTE AGAINST
NATIONS LEAGUE
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against the dangers Of entangling
alliances.
"That our President should make
his home In the White House at
WashinatOn, when Congress Is I'm
session, where he can best perform
the executive functions of the great
Office which he holds, instead OF
entertaining himself In the banquet
halls of European CapitOls. and as
suming to take upon himself the ad-
visory and guardianship Of all the
nations. races and peoples OF the
earth.
THAT, in these days OF advanced
tbOuaht and cosmopolitan faith we
still believe in the old time Amer
icanism, I'm the policies and prinei-
pIes that made us great and which
alone will keep us great as ma
tiOn.
"That we believe the United
States Of America, disenthralled and
disentangled, by precept and exam
ple. through influence and counsel,
should continue her lead In the
oreat march Of progress and eivili-
PATTON. in the great world struggle
for liberty and free government.
"That what we need is a rebap-
tism of our Old-time national spirit
and a recOnsecratiOn TO our old
time national ideals; give us again
the vision and courage OF wash
inqton. that steadlast pilot who
anided our frail bark through the
first perilOus years; give us again
the faith i'm our institutions and the
love of our common country OF
Iincoln. who walked unScathed
tbrouqh the fierce fires OF great
civil war TO the deathless glory OF
martyrdOm; give us something
that is our very own and Tor the
reservation Uf which men are Will
ina 10 die on the field Of battle.
THAT there is nothing TO take
the place Of our old time Ameri-
eanism and we should cling TO IL
as Of old they clung TO the horns
OF the altar.
@Tbat we still believe in the Mon
roe doetrine and we are not willing
20 sacrifice IL for the benefit oi
European countries. That the
ureat world war has brought US In
contact with two evil forces from
the old wOrld-PruSsianism and in
ternatiOnaliSm; and instead OF re-
Delling and rejecting them, we are
urged 20 yield 10 their Shiny nav
the proudest heritage ever left TO
the keeping of any people, Amerl-
can principles and American con-
ceptiOn of free government; both
of these evil forces contemplate
world dominion and the utter de-
structiOn of the national spirit
everywhere. Each would under
mine and destroy the individuality
of all governments and compound
all under one universal rule.
THAT we know not what the fu-
ture may have in sfOre; we cannot
look very far into that time which
* not vet; but we do know there
was brought into being on this
western continent, nearly one hun
dred and 6fty years ago AN expert
ment in Government which has
weaihered every storm, which was
baptised with the wisdom Of the
greatest leader Of this or of any
other age, which has excited the
emulation and inspired the efforts
OF people in every quarter Of the
globe.
THAT the proposed League OF
Nations would lead MS into every
international conflict, would over
thvo,. o,r,s tnoSf cherished priuci-
ples as a separate, independent
government, impose upon us need
less and useless expense, without
any corresponding benefits in re-
turn. and we are unalterably OPP
posed TO any such dangerous
/ scheme"