Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-07-29

citizens alike, everywhere under I'll
shining sun. Yet there is the caacor,
Of amity and sympathy and fraternit
In every resolution. There IL a genu
Inc aspiration in every American
breast fer a tranquil friendship witt
all the world.
One may readily sense the con
science of our America. mn sur
| understand the purpose of the dom
inant group of the senate. We were
not seeking to defeat world aspira
ton, we were resolved to safeguart
America. We were resolved then, ever
as we are today, and will be tomor
row, to preserve this free and ince
pendent republic.
In the call OF the conscience o.
America is peace. PEACE that closes the
gaping wound Of world war, and 81
lences the impa Ssioned voices Of In
ternational envy and distrust Heed.
ing this call and knowing as / do the
disposition Of the Congress, / promise
you formal and effective peace sc
quickly as a Republican Congress can
pass its declaration for a Republican
executive to sign.
1t is better to be the free anG
disinterested agent Of international
justice and advancing civilization.
with the covenant of conscience, than
be shlckled by written compact
Which, sugrenders our freedom of ac-
ton and gives to a military alliance
the right to proclaim Americas duty
to the world. No surrender OF rights
to world council or its military al
lance, no assumed mandatory how.
ever appealing, ever shall summon the
sons of this republic to war. Their
supreme sacrifice shall only be asked
for America and It's call of honor.
There is sanctity in that right We
will not delegate.
Leaving America Independent.
Disposed as we are, the way is very
simple. Let the failure attending as
sumption. obstinacy. impracticability
and delay be recognized. and let US
find the big, practical, unselfish way
to do our part, neither covetous be-
cause Of ambition nor hesitant through
fear, but ready to serve ourselves. hu.
manity and God. With senate ad-
vising as the constitution contemplates,
l would hopefully approach the nations
Of Europe and Of the earth. proposing
that understanding which makes us a
willing participant in the consecra-
~ 60 al o. to
to commit the moral forces of the
world, America included, to peace and
international justice, still leaving Am
erica free, independent and self-reliant,
but offering friendship to all the world
1t is folly to close our eyes to out
standing facts. Humanity Is FESTIVE,
much Of the world Is in revolution,
the agents Of discord and destruction
have wrought their tragedy in pathetic
Russia, have lighted their torches
among other peoples. and hope to see
America as part of the great Red
confagration. Ours is the temple Of
liberty under the law, and it is ours to
call the Sons Of Opportunity to its de-
Tense. America must not only save
herself, but ours must be the appealing
voice to sober the world.
II must be understood that toll alone
makes for accomplishment and ad-
vancement, and righteous possession Is
the reward Of toll. and its incentive
There is no progress except in the
stimulus of competition.
The chief trouble today Is that the
world war wrought the destruction OF
healthful competition, left our store.
houses empty, and there Is a minimum
production when our need Is max
imum. Maximums, not minmums, is
the call of America. 1t isn't a new
story, because war never fails to leav"
depleted storehouses and always i'm.
pairs the efficiency Of production. War
also establishes its higher standards
for wages. and they abide I wish the
higher wage to abide, on one explicit
the wage-earner will
give full return for the wage received.
Production, More Production.
want, somehow, TO appeal to the
sons and daughters OF the republic.
to every producer, to Join hand and
brain in production, more production.
honest production, patriotic produc-
ton, because patriotic production IL
no less a defense Of our best clviliza
ton than that Of armed force. Prof
teering Is a crime Of commission, un
Is O crime Of omission
We must work our most and best. else
the destructive reaction will come
The menacing tendency Of the pres
ant day Is not chargeabe wholly TO
the unsettled and fevered conditions
caused by the war. The manifest
weakness in popular government lies
in the temptation to appeal to grouped
for political advantage
1t would be the blindness Of folly 80
gnore the activities in our own cOun-
try which are aimed to destroy orr
economic system, and to commi. Us tc
he colossal tragedy which has de-
stroyed all freedom and made Russia
mpotent. This movement is not 20 be
lalted in throttled liberties. We must
,ot abridge the freedom Of speech, the
freedom Of press, or the freedom Of
assembly, because there Is no r+ohlise
n repression. These liberties are rs |
sacred as the freedom Of religious b.
ief, as inviolable as the rights OF life |
md the pursuit of happiness. We do