The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-31


| done their utmost To show their devotion
| to a great cause and they have left US
to see to il that that cause shall not be
i betrayed. whether in war or in peace
/ II is our privilege and our duly To con-
/ sCCratc ourselves atr"Sh ON Il day Ike
| this TO the objects Tor which thcS
| fought.
II is not necessary that | should re-
! hcarSc Ia you what these objects were.
| These men did moi come ACROSS the sea
| mcS'ly to defeat Germany ana hcr as
! sociatrd powers IN The war. They came
I TO defeat forever the things for which
| the central powers stood. IN" sort OF
| power they meant 10 assert L" tn" world.
! the arrogant. selfish domination which
! they meant to establish: and they came
moreover. To soc 10 1t that ,h"r" should
| never be a war like thus again. II -
| for uS particularly for us who ar" en-
| ilizcd to use our proper weapons OF
| counsel and agreement to see To IL that
! there is never such war again. Is'
| nation which should now fllnG out ms
| common concord of counsel would be-
! tray the human race.
| So il is our duty To take and maIntair
! the safeguards which Will sec To II that
! the mothers Of america md Ne moth
! crS Of Franc" and England. and Italy
and Belgium. and all other suffering ma
: lions should never be called upon Tor
| this sacrifice again. This can be done.
/
| The things that these men left us.
though they did not In their rouns"lS
, conceive il. rs the great instrum"nt
. which VIC hav- just erected III III" league
OF nations Tho league "f natI"nS ~ The
covenant Of government tHal th"S" r''i'
! shall noe hay" died in vain. | Tx" 20
! think that tho dust Of those sons of
! America who were privileged /" h"
Buried IN their mother country will MN
| gle with the dust Of tn" mrn who foIGa'
for tho preservation If tn" union. sud
| that as thn-" mon CAV" 'h"ir lives N
! order thai America might II" united.
! these mon gave their lives in order TINT
! tho world might be united. Thns" mon
| gave their lives in order 10 secure IN"
! freedom Of nation. These mon hnvc
givsn theirs IN order 10 secure tn" {" g
dom Of mankind: and | look forward
10 an age when il will be just ;.S I'M
pC ssihC to regret the results Of their
labor as il is now impossible To regret
the result Of the labor Of those men
Tho fought for the uniNn Of TN" states.
] look for the time when every nan
who now puts his counsel against tn"
united service Of mankind under IA"
league Of nations Will hr just as
ashamed Of il as II he now regretted
the union Of the states.
You are aware. as ! am aware. that
tho airs OF an older dav arc beginning
70 stir again. that the standards Of an
old order arc trying to assert them
selves again. There Is here and there
an attempt to insert into the counsel
Of the statesmen the old reckoning Of
sclhshncss and bargaining and national
advantage which were tho roots OF this
war. and any man who counScls these
things advocates n renewal Of tho sac
r!ilC" which these men have made; for
If this Is not tho final battle for right.
there Will b" another that will be final.
Let these gentlemen who suppose that
II Is possible for them to accomplish
this rcturn'to an order Of which We arc
ashamed. and that we are ready To for
get. realize they cannot accomplish II.
Tho peoples Of the world are awake.
ana the peoples Of tho world arc in the
saddle. Private counScs of stat cSmcn
cannot now and cannot hereafter deter
mine the GrstinIcs Of nations. II VIZ
are not tn" servants Of the opinion OF
mankind. W. nrc Of All men the littl"st.
tho most contemplate. the least . ! d
with vision. II We do not knor- ur-
age We cannot accomplish our purpose.
and this age In an age which looks for
ward. not haCkward which rejects tn"
STANDARD IL national sclhshncss that
once governed ting rourn@rls Of nati"ns.
and demands that they shall Civ" way
10 n now order or thinga in which only
tn" questions will 10 rs It right Is
il jusl?" is 1t I'm the interest OF man
kind
This Is n challenge that no prrvI0u:
gcncrati'h ever dared to Civ" ear To. s"
many things have happened. and tho;
have hppprrcd 70 fast. In tho last f"uI
years. TINT ] do no TANK many "t II
realize what II Is that has hnnn"ncl
Think how impnSSibl" II would hay
been to get T. body of r"spunSi!l" states
m:n seriously to entertain III" !dcn Of
n" organization of 4 l"GgI" Of NATIONS
four years ngo. And think nf tho
change that has taken plac". ] was told
h"for" cam" to Franc that there
would he confusion Of CrInscls about
this hing. and found unity Of counsel.
| was cold that there would h" "pposi-
lion and 7 found union of notion. I
found the statesmen with whom | was
about 10 deal united in the idoa that We
must have Il l~agu" Of nations: that we
could not merely max" n p"Rc" s"ttl"- |
ucut and then leave il to make itself !
Iff,.rtunl, hut that "" must CnnC"iN"
som" rniuIu"u organization by which W"
should eiv' our common fnith ihai rhlS |
I.:Ir,. would II" maintained and III" con- |
rluSi"ns ~ which W" Ind arrived should |
hc made as S"Curn as the united cuun- !
sells uf whnt III" great nations 1hrt |
fought against GERMANY could make |
them We have listened To tho Chal- |
l"nge and that is the proof that there
shall never he a war like this again.
Ladies' and Gentlemen: We all he |
IicNc. | hope. that the spirits OF rrsc |
mrn are not buried with their bones |
Their spIrit lives hopc-belleve--that |
their spirits are present with us at this |
hour. l hope that feel the compulsion
of their presence. hope that I real