Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-10
REVISION OF TAX PLANS AND
PHILIPPINE iNoEPEND-
ENcE URGED.
U. S. AS WORLD MODEL
PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR WORLD
DEMOCRACY; LEAGUE OF MA
TIoNs NOT MENTIONED.
,s.,srn Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Dec. 7.-President VIII
son sent his final regular message to
Congress today to the two Houses by
messenger.
The text OF President Wilson's mes.
sage follows:
when l addressed myself to per-
forming the duty laid upon the Presi-
dent by the constitution to present 20
you an annual report on the state of
the union l found myself dominated
by an immortal sentence OF Abraham
Lincoln's: Let US have faith that
right makes might, and in that faith
let us dare to do our duty as we un-
derstand IL, a sentence immortal be-
cause IL embodies in n form of utter
simplicity and purity the essential
state of the nation, the faith in which
1t was conceived and the faith in which
it has grown to glory and to power.
With that faith and the birth of ma
tion founded upon 1t came the hope
into the world that new order would
prevail throughout the affairs of man
kind, ain order in which reason and
right would take precedence of covete-
BUSINESS and force, and l believe that
| express the wish and purpose OF
every thoughtful American when | say
that this sentence marks for us in the
plainest manner the part we should
play alike in the arrangements of our
domestic affairs and in our exercise
Of influence upon the affairs OF the
world.
Victory Accomplished by Faith.
by this faith and by this faith alone
can the world be lifted out of its pres
ent confusion and despair. 1t was this
faith which prevailed over the wicked
force of Germany. You will remember
that the beginning of the end of the
war came when the German people
found themselves face to face with the
conscience of the world and realized
that right was everywhere arrayed
against the wrong that their govern
ment was attempting to perpetrate, 1
think, therefore, that 1t is true to say
that this was the faith which won the
war. Certainly this is the faith with
which our gallant men went into the
field and out upon the seas to make
sure of victory.
This is the mission upon which de-
mocracy came into the world. Democ-
racy is an assertion of the right of the
individual to live and to be treated
justly as against any attempt on the
part of any combination of individuals
to make laws which VIII overburden
him or which will destroy his equality
among his fellows in the matter of
right or privilege. and think we all
realize that the day has come when
democracy is being put upon its final
test.
Democracy Should Prevail.
THE old world is just now suffer
Ing from wanton rejection of the
principle of democracy and substan-
tiatlon of the principle of autocracy us
asserted in the name, but without the
authority and sanction OF the multi
tude. This is the time of all others
when democracy should prove its pur-
ity and its spiritual power to prevail.
1t Is surely the manifest destiny of
the United States to lead I'm the at
tempt TO make this spirit prevail.
There are two ways In which the
United States can assist to accomplish
this great object: First, by offering
the example within her own borders
of the will and power of democracy to
make and enforce laws which are un-
questionably just and which are equal
in their admlnistration-laws which
secure its full right to labor and yet
at the same time safeguard the Integ-
rlty of property and particularly of
that property which is devoted TO the
development of industry and the in
crease of the necessary wealth of the
world. Second, by standing for right
and justice as toward individual ma
tlons.
Urges Protection OF Weak.
"The law of democracy Is for the
protection of the weak and the influ-
ence Of every democracy In the world
should be for the protection of the
weak nation, the nation which is strug-
Cling towards its right and towards its
proper recognition and privilege in the
family Of nations.
The United States cannot refuse
this role of champion without putting
the stigma of rejection upon the great
and devoted men who brought its gov
ernment into existence and established
1t IN the face of almost universal oppo-
sition and intrigue, even in the face Of
wanton force, as, for example. against
the orders In council of Great Britain
and the arbitrary Napoleonic decrees
which involved us in what we know as
the war of 1912.
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