The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-10-08

wy hhkht Wtil De our text Tor his
campaign before the American people.
Deb. within the limits Of our
sHsngth. has been carried 70 every
tierside In this broad land Of ours.
oufs O. q fight Of faith-faith with
Nofld that accepted our statement of
unseiilsh purpose. faith with fathers
end mothers. wives and loved ones.
who save their sons. husbands and
hfuihefs 10 war upon war. faith with
those who made sacrifice IN homes.
faith with those Who toiled. faith with
fns living and faith with the dead.
h there we're IN this contest nothing
tai the question 81 whether one or the
eiheF % two editors should sit In the
seat ~ power; nothing but whether
Gee organization or another should
taste enc sweets of office. We could not
lusist that there b. involved a fight OF
faifh There b, indeed, an issue be.
fWsen Two views 81 government, one
iookine forward and the other back
Wafd. bat temporary control BY one
side 90 the ether for . brief period of
fuaF years - uot. necessary, a supreme
msfier a faith We might try one or
Ne miehi. sxperlmentaliy. Try another.
~ speaking ~ this We would have
ear pefsonai fortunes forgotten. They
afe ~ transient interest % ourselves
and Ua might Say u less interest 90
ofhafs re- hold the exalted office Of
President "a the United States, 90 oc-
rury enc place 81 wasbingion. Of JEFF
fefsun. a Lincoln. % b. looked % Tor
leadership Ia public questions. % be
the mrsi citizen IN this great land. Is
nai q iriniug bat a ElEnntic ambition.
tfthy ID honest striving but involv'
lua in the uFdinsry sense. no supreme
Issue So II personal reasons only ami
aaied us. We could not muster the
asrity 20 state oar case with the
ardsut seal that controls as.
nat the motives that guide as are
80 greater import. As leader o. great
ufEanllaiion which has had its part IN
interpreting the aspirations Of the
American people. ana In shaping
Americanism through the generations,
80 have been invested with sacred
commission. 3 mandate sanctified by
fhe reckless bravery Of our sons and
rnnatlea ~ the heart impulses OF our
dan t'ers. Through circumstances
uot car own choosing We have be
ssa. ihs eustodians q the honor Of
the. Notion. We have been called 70
arf re good heht Of faith.
v's ~ party willed otherwise. In
the of bigcted deaisls Of ouraSood
faith. we sought only concord of'ail
cur people - the tasks Of America IN
the old. whege was glory enough
fer an aad Ne never advanced the
claim rst q was q partisan matter
untn tfe fact bad been established
through l-nw and weary months OF pur-
u,.eful nisur Outstanding and uneon-
eclonaN'e intrigue for party advantage
A. o,r oppon snts. There Is in this
no suggestion Of unkind sentiments To-
warl cur leading adversaries. We can
vtt r the sentiment voiced on the nil
.h,y, Jerusalem. and when America
has come 10 understand, we stand
ready to blot out dark chapter OF our
national life and To pronounce par
don unon a course of conduct charitaO-
= overed by they know not what
they do"
There ought 20 be in this speci2l
appeal to believers in the living fairh.
It's purpose TO give to all, the universal
benefits only a share of which II
claims for itself. its conception OF the
Golden Rule as the practical basis Ior
dealings with the world, its high plan
40 save the weak and feeble from the
mower and will of the mighty-these
things. we say, are of the very es-
sence of the true faith.
II is not subject for marvel, then,
that practically every denominationai
and Observation-Disclosures gathering Oh
religious men that has been held since
the Versailles covenant was adopted
has included an endorsement OF that
great document. Aloof from conten-
t,ops Of partisans, freed from the
bigotry engendered by factionansm'
rocking upon national questions
through the windows OF light anu
ruth the banded followers OF the Man
Of Nazareth have been the question
that is presented shorn of false claims.
:, word. Christians, speaking or
-anscallv with a voice that could not
h understood. have stated that Nnsy