New Britain herald., 1920-12-07
Wilson Himself Does Not Address Cong
 Makes No Reference To League Of IN But Recommends That United States Before World As Champion Upb Rights Of Smaller Nations

Washington, Dec. 7.-President Will sons annual message to congress fol- lows:
 When I addressed myself to per- forming the duty laid upon the pres ident by the constitution to present to you an annual report on the sate of the union, l found my thought dominated by an immortal sentence of Abraham Lincolns let us have faith in which it has grown to glory and power. With that and faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do fur duty as we understand it. a sentence inn mortal because it embodies in a form of utter simplicity and purity the es- sential faith of the nations, the faith in which it was conceived and the the birth of a nation found ed up it came the hope into the world that new order would pre- vail throughout the affairs of man. kind. an order in which reason and right would take precedence of covetousness and force, and I believe that express the wish and purpose of every thoughtful American when I say that this sentence marks for us in the plainest manner the part we should play alike in the arrangement of our domestic affairs and in our ex- ercise of influence upon the affairs of the world. By this faith and by this faith alone, can the world be lifted out of its present confusion and despair. It was this faith that 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 Frealized that right was everywhere arrayed against the wrong that their government was attempting to perpetuate I think therefore that it is true to say that this was the faith which won the war. Certainly this is the faith which our gallant men went into the fields and out upon the seas to maks sure of victory.
 Defines Democracy
 democracy came into the world. De- mocracy is. an assertion of the right of the individual to live and to be treated justly as against any attempt on thepart of any combination of in dividuals to make laws which will overburden him or which will destroy his equality among his fellows in the catter of right or privilege, and I think we all realize that the day has come when democracy is being put upon its final test. The old world is just now suffering from a wanton rejection of the principle of de- mocracy and substitution of the principle of autocracy as asserted in the name but without the authority and sanction of the multitude.
 Chance for Armenians
 '"This is. the time of all ls others when democracy should prove it's purity and its spiritual power to pre- vail. It is surely the manifest destiny of the United States to lead in the attempt 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 the laws which are just and which are equal in their dministration-laws which secure it's full right to labor and yet at the same time safeguard the integrity of property and particu- larly of that property which is devoted to the development of industry and the increase of the necessary wealth of the world. Second, by standing for right and justice as towards in dividual nations. The law of democra- cy is for the protection of the weak, and the influence of every democracy in the world should be for the pro- lection of the weak nations, the na- ton which is struggling toward it's right and toward its proper recogni- ton and privelege in the family of na-
  his role of champion without putting !! he stigma of rejection upon the ; great and devoted men who brought ts government into existence and es- 1 ablished it in the face of almost un- versal opposition and intrigue. even n the face of wanton force, as for aga inst the orders in council If Great Britain and the arbitrary decrees which involved us n what we know as the war of 1872.
 Congress Can Do Much
 "I urge you to consider that the isplay of an immediate disposition n the part of the congress to remedy nv injustices or evils that may have hown themselves in our national life Till afford the most effectual offset } the forces of chaos and tyranny yhich are playing so disastrous a part , the fortunes of the free peoples of rore than one part of the world. .'The United States is of necessity le sample democracy of the world nd the triumph of democracy de- ends upon, it's success. |,
 U $. Has Best Chances
 "Recovery from the disturbing and ,metimes disastrous effects of the