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specific covenants, for the purpose OF
afording mutual guarantees Of politi-
cal independence and territorial in
tegrity to great and small states
alike" Hence, we not only congratu.
late the president on the vision mani
tested and the vigor exhibited in the
prosecution Of the war; but we felici-
tate him and his associates on the ex
ceptional achievements at Paris In
volved in the adoption Of a league and
treaty SO near akin to previously ex-
pressed American ideals and so init.
mately related to the aspirations of
civilized peoples everywhere.
We commend the president for his
courage and his high conception OF
good faith in steadfastly standing for
the covenant agreed to by all the as.
ISOLATED and allied nations at war with
Germany and we condemn the repub.
ican senate for it's refusal to ratify
the treaty merely because 1t was the
product of democratic craftsmanship
thus interposing partisan envy and
personal hatred in the way of the
peace and renewed prosperity Of the
world.
By every accepted standard Of inter
national morality the president is justi
fed in asserting that the honor of the
country is involved in this business
and we point to the accusing fact that
before it has determined to initiate
political antagonism to the treaty, the
new republican chairman Of the senate
foreign relations committee himself
publicly proclaimed that any PROPOSE
ton for separate peace with
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associates thereafter reported to the
senate, would make us guilty Of the
y blacklist crime"
On May 18th last, the Knox substi
tute for the Versailles treaty was
passed by the Republican senate; and
this convention can contrive no more
fitting characterization of its obloquay
than that made in the Forum Magazine
of December. 1918, by Henry Cabot
Lodge, when he said:
IF we send our armies and young
men abroad to be killed and wounded
in northern France and Flanders with
no result but this, our entrance into
war with such an intention was a
crime which nothing can justify"
The intent Of congress and the in.
tent of the president was that there
could be no peace until we could
as this could recur. He cannot make
peace except in company with our al
lies. 1t would brand US with everlast
ing dishonor and bring ruin to us also
if We undertook to make a separate
peace
Thus to that which Mr.. Lodge, in
the senate considered the blacklist
crime he and his party in madness
sought to give the sanctity Of law;
that which IS months ago was of ever
lasting dishonor, the republican party
and its candidates today accept as
the essence of faith.
We endorse the presidents view Of
our international obligations and his
firm stand against reservations design
ed to cut to pieces the vital provisions
OF the Versailles treaty and we com
mend the democrats in congress for
voting against resolutions for separate
peace which would disgrace the nation
We advocate the immediate ratifica
tion of the treaty without reservations
which would impair its essential in
tegrity, but do not oppose the accept
ance of any reservations making clear
\ err or more specific the obligations OF
the United States to the league asso
ciates. Only by doing this may we
retrieve the reputation of this nation
among the powers of the earth and
recover the moral leadership which
President Wilson won and which Re
publican politicians at Washington
sacrificed. Only by doing this may we
hope to aid effectively in the restora
ton of order throughout the world and
to take the place which we should as
sumo in the front rank OF spiritual
commercial and industrial advance
ment.
We reject as utterly vain, II not vic
ious. the republican assumption that
ratification of the treaty and member
ship in the league Of nations would
in any way impair the integrity OF
independence Of our country. The
fact that the covenant has been enter
ed into by twenty-nine nations all as
Jealous Of their independence as we
are of ours, is sufficient Reputation
of such charge. The president repeat
edlv has declared, and this convention
reaffirms, that all our duties anG
obligations as a member Of the league
must be fulfilled in strict conformity
With the constitution Of the United
States, embodied in which is the fun
damental requirement Of declaratory
action by the congress before this
nation may become a participant ir
any NoF
Conduct OF the War.
During the war Pres. Wilson exhibit
ed the very broadcast conception Of
liberal Americanism. In his conduct Of
the war. as in general administration
=, of his high office, there was no semb
lance Of partisan bias. And yet with
the war successfully prosecuted anG
Sloriously ended, the Republican party
in congress, far from applauding the
mastery leadership of the president
and felicitating the country on the
amazing achievements Of the Ameri
can government, has meanly requited
the considerable course of the chic
MAGISTRATE by savagely OBTAINING the
commander in chief of the army anc
navy and by assailing nearly every
public officer of every branch of the
service intimately concerned in win
ming the war abroad and preserving
the security of the government a
home.
soldiers and sail