Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-21
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ira into foreign war i We lnreserved-
u subscribe 70 Article X. the cor
stitItion to the CONTRARY. aotwlth-
standing"
Owing to a misunderstood. The
kentLcky delegations ca1-c Ida n
stead Of tomorrow ard the pres den
tai candidate found Il corysr.er; 70
address them with the delegation q
e. 4. x. veterans who had stopped cft
IN their way to attend the nat.1aa.
encam pment At Indianapolis.
Senator's Acdrccs
Senator Harding "a d II part.
Il like 10 Think Of tie blend q Ken
lucky and Tennessee with The SJrs NJ
the North VINO saved The nation
Ike u think that IN this yea 1920
there are a few wounds 81 the Civil
War remaining. there are few evj-
dences Of sectiOnaiisrn in our nar!1ra
life and there II no one who r grets
the winning Of the war H. tho North
and the presegy alton Of this Wonder
fui land Of ours.
7 like 70 reca.} that. after all t.ler.
were no very great differences b.
tween Us only think il vas MIS-
directed passion for country You
know there were two schools 81 AT.-
erican Politics from the very begin
ming one was tine national scECO
and the other was thc shoe! o.
states' rights. THESE Two schools il
American politics we're in confti",
frorn the very beginning Of the re-
public, they vagcd their warfare with
never ending intensity until It final
eliminated in the great Civil Wa
and in that conflict the question was
settled and the United States CON-
rnitted cvcriastingIy to Ma tIona.ity.
Have you ever stopped To think
that w". one people with naturally
ore interest. were led into the Civil
War by a mere ambiguity In the Fed
cral constitution1 In the beginning
we we're go divided in our ideas tna-
there was Of necessity uncertainfr
left in the compact that was made
and it required the Civil War 10 wipe
it cut And that was a very great
price 10 pay. but remembering that
my countryrnen, / want to ask YOU.
ambiguity Of the constitution of our
own country, how ran We ever con
sent to enter into new world com
pact with dozen antiquities in IT?
Let me call your particular atten-
ton to one. There is much disputo
about which is known as the heart
Of the League No American can he
simultaneously for Article x. and
for the constitution Of our republic. no
more than any American In Lincoln's
time could be simultaneously fg.-
emancipation and FOR slavery.
Let me say right here In passing.
that am fairly sympathetic hu-
man being and | wouldn't breat the
heart of anyone knowingly, but
would rather break the heart OF tho
world than destroy the soul Of the
United States of America.
Article X is reciprocal pledge on
our part to help TO preserve the in
dependence and the territorial fnteg-
rity of a. nations. IL all who are in
vited to join the league do 80 com
manding 55,O00.600 square miles Of
the earth's surface. Article X and its
corrolaries clearly contemplated war
IL need be, 10 make this preservation
possible. In case of such war. it is
official testimony. in the words Of the
President himself that America is
under an absolutely compelling moral
obligation TO go in. Mark we'll those
ominous words. There IL nothing elias
tic about absolute compulsion. Yet
the constitution makes Congress alb,
solutely sovereign over Americas de-
cision as to war. Therefore what is
the result? The covenant and the
constitution Immediately clash. Con-
fronted with this unacceptable fact,