The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-05

I think I know the heart Of this great
people whom l for the time being have
the high honor to represent better thah
some other men that l hear talk.
Il have been bred and am proud 10
to have been bred III the old revolution
airy stock which set this EoNcrnnrnt w.
when America was set UP as Il lri'hu 81
mankind, and ! know-it they d" mo-
that America has never loSt 'h'tt VISION
or that purpose
But / haven't the slightest fear that
arms will be necessary II TIC purP"H''
is there. II know that my adversary
~ armed and l am not. l do not press
the controversy and if any nation on
tCrtains selfish purposes st against Tn"
principles established in this treaty. and
is told by tho rest Of The world that II
must withdraw ITS claims. It VIII not
THE heart Of this treaty then my fol-
low citizens. is not even that II punish
es Germany-that Is temporary thing
1T is that IL rcctiflcs the agc-ionS
wrong which characterized the history
There were some Of us who wished
that the scope Of the treaty would
reach some. other asc-lons wronr j.,
was big job and don't say that ""
wished il were bigger. hut there Were
o:aer wrongs elsewhere than IN Europ"
and OF the same kind. which no doubt
be righted. but which W. could not
draw into the treaty. because "" could
deal only with tho countries whom th"
war had cngulfcd and affected. Bat so
far as the scope OF the treaty went: W"
rectihed the wrongs which hay" been
tho fertile source of war in Europe.
Have you ever reelected. my fellow
countrymen on the real source OF row
olutions? Men don't start revolutions
in a sudden passion. Do you remember
what Thomas Carlyslc said about the
French revolution? He WAS speaking
of the so-cAled Hundred Days terror
which rcigned, not only in Haris. but
throughout France. in the days Of III"
French revolution; and ne reminded his
readers that back Of that Hundred bays
Of Terror lay several hundred years OF
agony and Of wrong. The French poo
pie had been deeply aud consistently
wrongcd by their government: robbed:
their human rights disrcEardcd and tn"
slow agony Of those hundreds Of years
had after while gathered into Il hot
agony that could not be suppressed.
revolutions gather through III" ages;
revolutions come from the long sup
preston OF the human spirit: rrvulu-
lions come because men know that they
have rights and that they are diSr" gard
ed. And when VIC think OF tn" futur"
Of the world in connection with This
treaty, We must remember that one Of
the chief efforts or those who made this
treaty was TO remove that anger from
the heart Of great peoples, great poo
pies who had always been suppressed
and always been used. who had always
been the tools In the hands of govern
mcnts-gcnerally of alien governments
not their own. And tn" makers OF
the treaty knew that If these WRONGS
were not removed there could hc no
peace in the world. because. after all.
my fellow citizens. war comes from tn"
seed Of wrong, and not from IN" seed
Of right This treaty is AN attempt to
right the history Of Europe and IN ny
humble Judgment II is n measurable
success. I say measurable, nay fellow
citizens because you Will realize Tie diff
ficulty Of this, Here are two neighbour
ing peoples. The one people hay" not
stopped at a sharp line and IN" settle
mcnts Of the other people, or their
migrations. begun at that sharp line;