Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-10-13

5 thank you, my friends, for staying in
this room waiting for me SO long, in
) the first place, and then listening so
S patiently. / want to close this speech
;, in telling you of the thing / feel In
fact, it does't lead you anywhere, but
!, when you get an opportunity to talk
to people that really want to know
what they ought to do under given
circumstances, when they are pulled
| on the one hand by traditions and
affections and long time loyalties, and
on the other hand by a great moral
issue that grips and holds itself.
/ While talking to a soul that is in a
struggle between those two things,
4 certainly one ought not to speak in
any language of conventionalism in
! trying to bring such a soul in the
! right way.
i Now, 1 spoke awhile ago of the
splendid victory of woman suffrage
] Do you know what the attitude of
America will be if she doesn't go into
the League Of Nations as full mem
ber?. As being on the ground floor,
/! getting there first where she belongs,
she would have had all to do with the
organization in the first place even,
] as it is so evident that the people are
looking to us to get into it, that even
before Mr.. Woodrow Wilson same
back here it was thought the council
would be called by the president of
the United States, and he has called
the council, but if America does not
enter into this League of Nations
mind you, it is operative, and it is
going fine. It is simply question
whether America is going to come in
presently or later on, as she is bound
! 10 with her hat in her hand and pay
ing obeisance. If we don't come in,
America viii be the Meroz among the
nations Of the world. Meroz is
place you cannot find in geography. Tt
| is(a place that is not bounded on the
north, or the south, or the east, or the
west by anything in the way of phys
lcaf outlines. It was.a women who
brought this Mcroz. 1t is symbolic Of
a Stacker and coward. There was a
company of people who refused in the
days when Israel, after Israel had
crossed the Jordan and was fighting
her enemies and driving them out
there was. a set of people who prefer
red to live on with their horses and
the keeping Of their milk and butter
and being fat and comfortable and
easy; and they allowed their brothers
TO go on and fight their battles They
liked TO listen TO the sound CT pleas
ant Instruments and be entertained
and'why should a man go out and get
himself hurt when he could be COM
Portable? What is the use? You know
what all that means itself. Miserable
selfishness that is nothing short of
atheism, that shuts Cod Almighty
cut, and is not an Objectionable thing
YOU can get hold and tell what the
color CT his hair is, how much he
weighs, but q spirit glaring as the
very atmosphere, thing Of truth, g !
thing of honor. MeroE had forgotten
God and this woman Deborah came
into her rights. She warned thosel
people if they preferred comfort to
ilonor-they lad preferred peace in |
the way of peaceful welfare-I don't |
know whether She was excited or nos !
but she did some. fine work when she |
turned to this Meroz, this symbol of |
the Stacker, and said, Course you, Me /
roz; curse you, Meroz, because thew
came not up to the help of the Lord !
against the mighty" and I think !
there are many Deborahs that will |
have in their hearts if they don't say |
to those who have refused to honor !
the memory of the sons of these mo-
theirs who gave themselves to serve
and to do, die, if need be, for the sake !
of this high idealism embodied in the |
League of Nations. That is the only |
thing at all, no substitute has been |
offered that gives any promise of a |
permanent world peace-they will |
turn and use their new right of suf- |
frage SIS they say: Course We, Meroz,"
because they came not up to the help |
Of the Lord, to the help of the Lord |
against the mighty.
God save US, friends, from discred- |
ting the magnificent inspirations and
loyaities that led US to fight this war
to glorious finish. Let US finish this |
Job, and let US finish it with America !
having the initiative and Americas /
ideals embodied in that league stand
ing out in the forefront, so that once
again size can claim the leadership of
the world. with this sort of combi-
nation. You know on our metallic |
dollar there is an eagle on the one
side and there's woman'S face on the !
other. Did you ever think of that?
That is a mighty appropriate symbol
in these days when woman has come +
into suffrage. The eagle the mascu-
line force, clear-eyed, clean-eyed,
ready to stand and fight and dare.
She can spring down on her prey.
Yes. the masculine on that dollar, and
on the other side the tenderest and
yet the nefceSC OF woman. DO you
know the fiercest thing in this worlc
is love outraged, and if there is any-i
thing comparable to it l have never
read Of it, or never seen it. Love is
fierce, love is the Tnightiest dynamo.
Let woman love baby and see how
she will stand against any foe, bear
ing her naked breast to sword or bull
let in defense of the object loved.
You cannot find any such fighters in
this world whose soul and affections
are enlisted in cause. So, you have
got your masculinity on the one side
Of the dollar and on the other side
you have the woman, with her love-,
the love and the bearing
the breast. 1t is the man with the
eagle heart and the eagle eye, and the
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