Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-03-27
HISTORY OF THE FUTURE.


History written century hence
will present the facts that in IN"
neriod OF American life between She
opening Of the peace conference ana
the recent defeat of the treaty ana
its appended league Of nations by the
senate, there were two issues before
the American people which lnEolNtu
the abandonment Of fundamental
principles upon which our govern
ment rests.
The first of these sought TO destroy
our independence OF foreign control
to establish which the revolutionary
war was fought The second de
sired to deny the legislative branch
Of government its constitutional free
dom from executive domination, II
sought to substitute for the VIII oil
the peOple-as expressed by their rep
resentatives--the will OF the PresI
dent made effective by official CO.
erCion exercised through the abuse
Of power
The scene opens in the sanctuary
or the Temple of the CoWarily PEG
pies At the altar is a bejcWelled
writing machine Beside the throne
is cabinet upon which a WelI-sciS,
sored copy Of the Scriptures, with
blue pencil and shears. The Master,
clad in white robes and black gloves.
enter gravely and seats himself upon
the throne,
The Master (contcmplativelyl The
earth ! remade it; !, WoodroWilson,
mielder of celestial power in terrest.
rial affairs. l. WoodroHilson, willed
shat sounds should be things and
sounds are become things. | Willoi
that history should no longer have
been and the past was not | Wllled
there should cease TO he mult'ariouS
peoples and there is become one peo-
pie my people; that there should
cease to be divers tongues and there
is become one tongue, my tongue.
willed there should cease % be free
nations and there is become one
state, the sum of all states. am its
master It's law is my will, and its
courts are my courts, for | set them
up.
Novice (worsh.pfullyl-O Great
Master
"a stranger enters who insists upon
speaking He calls himself plain
man and says he comes from the PEG
ple)
The Master turning abruptly upon
the stranger Well, what do You
want? who are the People?
Plain Man-Mr President refuse
to address you as sire, rs others do
! am merely a plain man who usually
is patient and seldom complains. Once
| was your admircr and | have long
been your unqucstiOning follower
When you led me away from the war
/ turned my back on it and was
happy; when you told me il did not
concern me and that there was nc
need to fear it or to make plans OF
weapons for my defense was guided
by YOU and was contenteIly idle
When YOU were assaied because OF
our unayenged dead in Mexico and
the sea. turned to God for comfort
and to you for guidance. When men
called you a craven leader, rene
Eade American executive, Sm0te
them and drove them rom the speak
ing places and returned you to office
When al last the war overlook YOU
and found us both unprepared it
found me nevertheless still your loya
follower, doing your will whether it
seemed to me wise or uuWise Tc
your tax GathererS | opened my purse
INTERESTINGLY and to your agent | gave
all that / owned tncompIainingly
put into your hands my sons BLOOD
OF my blood poured into the force.
OF those it was your first duty undci
the constitution to be commander il
chief.
Now | have come for an accounting
why we're my sons 50 ill.,, cared for
and those dependent upon them whom
they left? Why were my sons t,
tardly trained2 Why 50 wretchcdly
equipped? Why with all your knoWl
edge Of events and Your profigate cX
Teudt.uro must they have fought win
borrowed arms, or with none some
time, with mono? Why are SO mann
mlsSnG2 am puhlic Opinion aNC
express the awakened consciousness
and conscience of the nation. Al
power has been yours; / am com,
now to render judgment up9l YOU
Stewardship
(et the day of accounting is not i'm
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