The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-12-16
PRESIDENT SENDS
IN HIS MESSAGE
CHIEF MAGISTRATE CALLS ON
CONGRESS TO JUSTIFY DE-
MocRAcY BEFORE WORLD.
SETS FORTH NATIONS DUTY
Says 1t Is the Manifest Destiny Of
United States to Lead in Making
Spirit of "Right Makes Might" Pre-
vail.

United States to Lead in Making
Spirit of "Right Makes Might Pre-
vail.
Washington, Dec Abandoning his
Intention to deliver his message TO
congress in person, President Wilson
sent it in and the clerks Of both houses
read it. Following is the full text of
the message:
Gentlemen Of the congress:
When / addressed myself to per-
forming the duty laid upon the Presi-
dent by the Constitution to present to
you an annual report Of the state of
the Union, | found my thought domi-
mated by an immortal sentence Of
Abraham Lincoln's let us have
faith that right makes might and In
that faith let us dare to do our duty
as we understand it," a sentence i'm
mortal because it embodies in form Of
utter simplicity and purity the essen
tial faith Of the nation, the faith in
which II was conceived, and the faith
in which it has grown to glory and
power.
With that faith and the birth of a
nation founded upon it came the hope
into the world that a new order would
prevail throughout the affairs OF man.
kind, an order In which reason and
right would take precedence, Of coyet-
BUSINESS and force, and | believe that
/ express the wish and purpose of ev-
cry thoughtful American when | say
that this sentence marks for us In the
plaineSt manner the part we should
play alike in the arrangement Of our
domestic affairs and in our exercise
of influence upon the affairs Of The
world. BY this faith, and by this faith
alone, can the world be lifted out Of
its present confusion and despair. It
was this faith Which prevailed over
the wicked force Of Germany. You
will remember that the beginning Of
the end Of the war came when the
German people found themselves face
to face with the conscience OF the
world and realized that right was ev-
crywhcrc arrayed against the wrong
that their government was attempting
10 pcrpotratc think, therefore that
IT is true TO say that this was the
faith which won the war Certainly
this is the faith with which our gal
liant men went into the field and out
upon the seas TO mike sure Of victory
This Is the mission upon which de
mocracy came into the world. Democ-
racy IS an assertion e the right Of the
Individual 10 live and TO be treated
Justly ms against any attempt ON the
part Of any combination NJ individuals
10 make laws which will Oyprburden
him or which will destroy his equality
among his fellows I'm the matter OF
right or privilege, and / think We all
realize that the day has come when
democracy Is being put upon its final
test. The old world Is just now suf.
ferlng from a wanton rejection Of the
principle Of democracy and substitu-
ton Of the principle Of autoTacy as
asserted In the name but without the
authority and sanction Of the multi
tule. This IS the time Of all others
when democracy should prove its pur-
~ and its spiritual power TO prevail.
i is surely the manifest destiny NJ the
United states to lead I'M hcnttcmpt to
make this spirit prevail.
TWO Things for Us to Do.