Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-12-15
WILSON MESSAGE
READ T0GONGRESS
President Sets Forth His View
Of the Nations Duty.
DEMOCRACY MUST MAKE GOOD
Lnly o. the Faith That Right Makes
Night Can World Sc Lifted Out
% Its Present Confusion
and Despair.

Washington. Dec. THE FUN text
n President Wilson's message. which
was read ~ clerks in both house and
senate. Is as follows:
Gentlemen of the congress:
When / addressed myself 20 per
forming the duty laid upon the Presi-
dent By the Constitution 90 present 20
yUu an annual report a.. the state Of
the Union. / found my Ao1ght domi-
mated by an immortal sentence Of
Abraham LIncOin's. let US have
faith that right makes might, and in
that faith let US dare 90 do our duty
as we understand ST." a sentence inn
mortal because IL embodies IN n form of
utter simplicity and purity the essen
f.nl faith ~ tho nation. the faith IN
which "a was conceived. and the faith
60 which ID has grown 20 glory and
power.
With that faith and the birth 81
nation founded upon 90 came the hope
into the world that n new order would
prevail throughout the affairs ~ man
kind. On order On which reason and
rsht would take precedence Of covet-
BUSINESS and force. and ! believe that
Z express the wish aud purpose 81 ev-
cry thoughtful American when ! say
that thIs sentence marks for us in the
FralueSt manner the part we should
u1nv alike in the arrangement Of our
domestic affairs aud in cur exercise
&c Influence upon the affairs % tie
world. BY this faith. and by this faith
aIure. can the world BE- lifted out of
It's present confusion aud despair. IL
was this faith which prevailed over
che wicked force % Germany. You
viii remember that the beginning or
fHe end % the war came when the
GERMAN people found themselves face
su face with the conscience Of the
world. and realized that right was ev-
ssrNwhere arrayed against the wrong
hat their government was attempting
60 perpetrate. think. therefore. that
"a Is true 90 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
ur0n the seas 20 make sure ~ victory.
This Is the mission upon which ue-
rsusracy came into the world Democ-
-aev IS an assertion % the right or the
individual % live and 20 be treated
Justly as against any attempt on the
mart 81 any combination ~ individuals
% make laws which viii overburden
atm or which viii destroy his equality
among his fellows On the matter Of
rseht or privilege. and I think We all
realize that the day has come when
democracy Is heinz put upon its hnal
test. The old world Is Just now suf-
frriu. from n wantOn rejection 81 the
principle u democracy and n suhstitu-
ton ~ the principle 81 autocrncy as
asserted in the name but without the
authority and sanction ~ the multi
tufe. This Is the time ~ al Others
vher democracy should prove its puri-
~ and its spiritual power 90 prevail.
u IS surely the manifest destiny 81 the
United States 20 lead In the attempt 10
make this spirit prevail
Two Things for Us 90 Do.
There are two ways in which the
UuitetI States can assist 10 accomplish
This great object. First. by offering
the example within her own borders OF
the win power ~ democracy 90 make
ami enforce laws which are un0ues-
tIuuahIv Just and which are equal IN
their udminiStrutIOn-lawS which Sc
cure SIS fuIl right 90 labor and yet et
the same time safeguard the integrity
- property. and particularly % that
property which IS devoted % the de-
veInumeut ~ Industry and the in
crease ~ the necessary wealth % the
world Second. by standing Tor right
and Justice rs towards individual ma
lions. The law ~ democracy Is for
the protection ~ tie weak and the In
rueure ~ every democracy en- the
world should BE- for the r-nieciIon ~
che weak nation. tire nation which Is
struggling toward its right and TO-
ward its proper rern-uitinn and priv
fle-r On the family ~ nations.
TIE Omitted States cannot refuse
this role ~ champion without nurfInr
the stigma ~ reiecti0n unnn the great
and devoted men who brought its GOV
eminent INFO existence and established
e fn tire face ~ almost universal on
position and intrigue. even On face
~ vnuton force. rs. Tor example.
a-arSt t,.e order On council - Great
H.Ifnin and tn-- -rhifrary Nanoleonic
geersr~ which invn'-eI rs IN what We
know ~ the ga ~ 1872
sa-pis Derocrary - Wori1.
ur-r yuu 90 cousile. that ~ IL