Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-03-10

sense the call Of the human heart
for fellowship, fraternity and coop
Grafton. We crave friendship, and
harbor no hate. But America, our
America, the America builded on the
foundation laid by the inspired IA
theirs, can be a party to no perma-
nent military alliance. It can enter
into. no political commitments, nor
assume any economic obligations
which win subject our decisions to
any other than our own authority
am sure our own people will not
misunderstood, nor viii the world
miscontrue. We have no thought
to impede the paths to closer rela-
tionship. We wish to promote un-
derstanding. We want to do our
part in making offensive warfare so
hateful that governments and peo-
pies who resort to it must prove the
righteousness of their cause or
stand as outlaws before the bar of
civilization.
Association for Counsel
We are ready to associate our
selves with the nations of the world,
great and small, for conference, for
counsel, to seek the expressed views
of world opinion, to recommend
way to approximate disarmament
and relieve the crushing burdens of
military ,and naval establishments.
We elect to participate in suggest
ing plans for mediation, conciliation
and arbitration and would gladly
join In that expressed conscience of
progress which seeks to clarity and
write the laws of international re-
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court for the disposition of such JUS
ticiable questions as nations are
agreed to submit thereto. In ex-
pressing aspirations, in seeking
practical plans, in translating hu-
manity's new concept Of righteous
ness and justice and it's hatred of
war into recommended action, we
are ready most heartily to unite;
but every commitment must be made
in the exercise of our national SOW
ereignty. Since freedom impelled
and independence inspired and ma
tionality exalted, a world super
government is contrary to every
thing we cherish and can have no
sanction by our republic This is
not selfishness, it is sanctity. 1t is
not aloofness, it is security. 1t is
not suspicion of others it is patri-
otic adherence to the things which
made us what we are.
Today, better than ever before,
we know the aspirations of human
kind and share them. We have
come to a new realization Of our
place in the world and g. new ap-
praisal Of our nation BY the world
The unseltishness of these United
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ton to peace for ourselves and for
the world is well established, our
concern for preserved civilization
has had its impassioned and heroic
expression. There was no Ameri-
can failure to resist the attempted
reVersiOn Of civilization; there will
be no failure today or tomorrow.
Rests on Popular Will
The success of our popular gov
ernment rests wholly upon the cor
rect Interpretation of the deliberate
Intelligent, dependable popular will
of America. In a deliberate uues-
tioning Of a suggested change of
national policy, where internation-
ality was to supersede, nationality,
we turned to a referendum to the
American people. There was ample
discussion and there is a public man.
date in manifest understanding.
America is ready to encourage.
eager to initiate, anxious to partici-
pate in any seemly program likely
to lessen the probability of war and
promote that brotherhood of man
kind which must be Gods highest
conception of human relationship.
we cherish ideals of Justice
of peace, because we appraise in
ternational comfy and helpful re-
latiOnship no less highly than anyI
people of the world, we aspire to az
high plane in the moral leadership
of civilization and we hold "a main
tanned America, the proven repub-
lie, the unshaken temple of repre-
sentative democracy, to be not only
an inspiration and example, but the
highest agency of strengthening
good will and promoting accord on
both continents.
Mankind needs worldwide ben
ediction of understanding. It is
needed among individuals, among
peoples, among governments and it
will inaugurate an era of good feel
ing to mark the birth of a new or
der. In such understanding men
Will Sbf1FS COnnuouLly Tor the pro-
motion of their better relationships i
and nations will promote the conf
ties so essential to peace.
Trade Ties Bind
We must understand that ties of
trade bind nations in closest inti- |
macy, and none must receive except
as he gives. We have not strength |
ened ours in accordance with our re-
sources or our genius, notably on
our own continent, where a galaxy
Of republics reflect the glories Of |
new world democracy, but in the
new order of finance and trade we
mean to promote enlarged activities |
and seek expanded confidence.
Perhaps we can make no more |
helpful contribution by example than |
prove a republics capacity to emerge |
from the wreckage of war. While
he worlds emBittered travail did
lot leave us devastated lands nor
iesOlated cities; left no gaping
wounds, no breast filed with hate,
t did evolve us in the delirium of
he expenditure, in expanded cur