The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-03
Partial Text Of President Message to Congress

10 protect all of its people ana to as
sert its power and majesty against tho
challenge of any class. ..--
The government, when It asserts
that right, seeks not to antagonize a
class. but simply to defend the right
of the whole people as against the tr-
reparable harm and injury that might
be done by the attempt by any class
to usurp a power that only government
itself has q right to exercise as pro
lection to all. +,
In the matter of international dis
putes which have led to war, states
men have sought to set up as a remedy
arbitration for war. Does this not
industrial disputes, by the establish
ment OF a tribunal, fair and just alike
to all. which will settle industrial
disputes which in the past have led
to war and disaster.
Must Master itself.
! America, witnessing the evil conse-
Quences which have followed out of
such disputes between the contending
forces, must not admit itself impotent
to deal with these matters by means
of peaceful processes. Surely there
must be some method Of bringing to-
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these two great interests. out Of which
will come a happier day Of peace and
cooperation. a day that will make far
more comfort and happiness in living
and a more tolerable condition among
all classes Of men. Certainly human
intelligence can devise some accept
able tribunal for adjusting the differ
ences between capital and labor.
This is the hour Of test and trial for
America. BY her prowess and strength
and the indomitable courage OF her
soldiers. she demonstrated her power
to vindicate on foreign battle fields
her conception Of liberty and justice
Let not her influence As a mediator
between capital and labor be weaken
ed and her own failure to settle
matters Of purely domestic coucarn b
! proclaimed to tho world.
There are those in this country who
! threaten direct action to force theil
, will upon a majority. Russia today
! with its blood and terror is a painful
] object lesson Of the power OF minori
ties. It makes little difference what
minority It is, whether capital or labor
or any other class, no sort OF privilege
will ever be permitted tn dnminats
this country.
We are a partnership or nothing thai
Is worth while. We are democracy
where the majority are the masters, o.
all the hopes and purposes Of the meI
who founded this government hav,
been defeated and forgotten In Amer
ica there is but one way by which
great reforms can be accomplished ant
the relief sought by classes obtained
and that IS through the orderly pro
cesscs Of representative government
Those who would propose any othe,
method Of reform are enemies Of thi.
country. America will not be dauntet
by threats nor lose her composure OF
clamness in these distressing times
We can afford, in the midst of this
day Of passion and unrest, to be self
contained and sure.
The instrument Of all reform IN
America is the straight road of justice
to all classes and conditions of men
Men have but to follow this road to
realize the full ,fruition = of their OBJ
jects and purposes. Let those beware
who would take the shorter road OF
disorder and revolution. The right
road is the road Of justice and orderly
process.