The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04
PEACE At HOME,"
HARD|NG'S PLEA
NPORCH SPEECH
6. 0. p. Nominee Says Article
Ten Would Force President
to Garry on War With Or
Without CoSent of CONGRESS

only 70 Surrender OF nationality to IN
eerhanonahty, Senator Harding in his
second 'front.' porch presidential cam
paiSn speech today declared that If he
SSouiu choose but one, he would rather
nave industrial and social peace at
nome than command the international
peace OF all the world
i, ne asserted 1t would be unwise for
ms country to permit our activities
N seeking for peace in the old world
AT nome, and added that 'if America
can be made TO forget the attempted
parter of nationality, well and good"
put that when nationality is surrcn-
dered to Internationally, little else
matters, and all appeal is vain" The
ADDRESS was delivered to a, delegation
OF Wayne county, Ohio, Republicans.
:, Taking up the league of nations,
senator Harding declared 1t to be the
otner extreme to referendum on a
proposed declaration of war, Il en-
pnatlcally agree" he said, that no
our boys to battle. Accepting this
ruth, why make covenant which VIC
lates the good faith of nations?'
suppose he continued, that under
Article X program of armed force Is
agreed upon, and the congress of the
United states declines to respond. The
executive would be called upon to carry
on war without constitutional au-
thority or we should prove our COM
pact no more than a scrap of paper.
we are on the side of both safety and
honor to hold for ourselves the decision
OF our obligations to the world"
Senator Harding's address, in part,
follows: .
There have come to me, not at all
unbecomingly, the expressed anxieties
OF Americans foreign born. who are
asking our country.'s future attitude on
territorial awards in the adjustment of
peace They are Americans ALL but
they have proper and natural inter
est in the fortunes of kinsfollI and ma
tive lands. One can not blame them. II
our land is to settle the envies, rival
ries, jealousies and hatreds Of all civi.
lization, these adopted sons of the re-
public want the settlement favorable
to the land from which they came.
"Rends Citizenship"
THE misfortune is not alone that it
rends the concord Of nations, the great
or the pity 1t is that it rends the con-
cord Of our~ citizenship at home. It
is folly to think of blending Greek and
bulgarian, italian and Slovas, or max
ing any of them rejoicingly American,
when the land of adoption sits in judg-
ment on the land from which they
came
Governor Coolidge spoke the other
reactions of war. We also need to
be rescued from the visionary and fruit
less pursuit of peace through super
government. / do not want Americans
Of foreign birth making their party
alignments on what we mean 10 do for
some nation of the aldJworld. We want
them to be Republicans becahse OF
| what we mean to 10 for the United
States of America. Our call is for
unison, not riyalling sympathies, our
need is concord not the antipathies Of
long inheritance.
Surely, no one stopped to think
where the great world experiment was
leading. frankly no one could know. We
are only learning now. 1t would be
sorry day for this republic II We al
lowed our activities in seeking for peace
in the old world to blind us to the es-
sentials of peace at home.
There is another thought relating
to concord so essential to continued adj
vancement. 1t was said the other day
that the Democratic party meant
especially to appeal to the farmers and
the wage earners, and let America for
get the failure Of the world experiment.
II America can be made to forget the
attempted barter of nationality, well
and good. 1t would be better If we
could forget. But when nationality is
surrendered to Internationally, little
else matters, and all appeal is in vain.
threatening to the tranquility. That
menace is the appeal to class in de-
termining what our government is to
be. / would hold myself unworthy of
your confidence II / spoke an appeal
to either farmers or wage earners, be-
cause of their larger numbers. We
wish the confidence of all
you said, Judge Taggart, this dele
cation comes from shop, store, factory
office and farm. We could not well get
along without amy of them. We must
exchange as well as produce, and We
must teach and preach in order to at
tain as well as acquire.
Would End Regulation.
There isn't any governmental part in
fixing pursuit, profession or employ
ment. Perhaps 1 ought to modify that
ment did interfere for the war and We
want to end that interference. We
want free America again. We want
freedom at home and freedom in the
world We want to silence the out
cry of nation against nations in the
funess of understanding, we wish to
silence the cry of class against class,
and stifle the party appeal to class
so that we may insure tranquility in
our freedom. II could choose but one,
| had rather have industrial and social
peace at home than command the in
In the study of great world tragedy,
some one has pointed out that the
world war might have been avoided
If united Germany had adopted that
feature of our constitution which gives
congress the right to declare war. Many
advocates of PaCifism think our safe
guards are not enough, that there
should be a referendum to the people
before war. The other extreme is
found among those who seriously pro-
pose that a council of foreign powers
shall summon the sons Of this repub-
lie to war anywhere in the world, l
emphaticaly agree that no authority
other than congress may call our boys
to battle. Accepting this truth, why
make "A covenant which violates the
good faith of nations?
Suppose that under the military al
IiQnce and the super authority Of ar
tice Y, "A program of armed force is
agreed upon, and the congress of the
Uuited States declines to respond The
executive should be called upon TO carry
on Il war without constitutional au-
thorty or We should prove our compact
no more than scrap OF paper. We
are on the side of both safety and
honor; we hold for ourselves the de-
cision of our obligation to the world,
We have ever played becoming part in
human progress, we win not fail to play
it in that freedom of conscience and
action which benefits a confident re-
public, Men pirate about violated OBJ
legations to the nations Of the earth
The solemn truth is that our part in
the world war was an obligation to
ourselves, performed in sympathy with
associated, not allied, powers, and our
splendid part in helping to win the
war was the armed manifestation of
American conscience, not the fulfill
ment OF "A written Obligation "