The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-03-11

with which we take up the task, let
me repeat for our nation, we shall
give no people, just cause to make war
upon us, we hold no national prelude C,
es, we entertain no spirit of revenge,
we do not hate, we do not covet, we
dream of no conquest, nor boast OF
armed prowess.
"lf, despite this attitude, war is
again forced upon us, | earnestly hope
way may be found which will un,fy
our individual and collective strength
and consecrate all America, material
ly and spiritually, body and soul, to
national defense. ! can vision the
ideal republic, where every man and
woman Is called under the flag, for as
signment to duty, for whatever SER
| vice, military or civic, the individual
is best fitted, where we may call to
universal service every plant, agency
or facility, all In the sublime sacri-
flee for country and not one penny
of war profit shall innure to the bene
! fit of private individual, corporation
or combination, but all above the nor
NAL shall flow into the defense chest
of the nation. There Is something in
herently wrong, something out of ac-
cord with the ideals of representative
democracy when one portion of our
citizenship turns its activities to pfi
yate gain amid defensive war while
another is fighting, sacrificing or dy-
ne for national preservation.
Il wish for an America no less alert
in guarding against dangers from
| within than it is watchful against
enemies from without. Our funda-
mental law recognizes no class, no
group, no section, there must be none
in legislation or administration. The
supreme inspiration is the common
veal Humanity hungers for interna
tional peace, and VIC crave it with all
mankind My most reverent prayer
| for America is for industrial peace.
with its rewards, widely and generally
distributed amid the inspirations of
equal opportunity which made us
what we are. We have mistaken I'M
preparedness to embrace it to be a
challenge of the reality and due CON
corn for making all citizens fit for par
| ticipation will give added strength OF
citizenship and magnify our achieve
ment
eff revolution insists upon ovcrtuFn.
ing established order, let other peoples
make the tragis experiment. There
is no place for it in America. When
world war threatened civilization we
pledged our resources and our lives
to it's preservation and when reyolu
tion theratens we unfurl the flag OF
law and order and renew our consecra,
ton. Ours is a constitutional Tree
dom where the popular will is the law
supreme and minorities are sacredly
protected Our revisions, reforma-
4 lions and evolutions refiect.a deliber.
ale Judgment and an orderly progress.
1 and VIC mean to cure our ills, but new
er destroy or permit destruction By
| force. N+
1--WE would not have. an America
| living within and for herself alone.
but we would have her self-reliant, in
dependent, and ever nooler, stronger
and richer. Believing in our higher
standards, reared through constitu-
tjona liberty and maintained opportu
nifty, VIC invite the world to- htSc same
heights. But pride in things wrought
IS no reflex of completed task. Com
mon welfare Is the goal of our nation
Al endeavor. Wealth is not inimical tc
welfare, it ought to be It's frlendliest
agency There can never be equality
OF rewards or possessions so long as
the human plan contains varied tai
ents and different degrees of indus
try and thrift but ours ought to Dc
country free from great blotchcs Of
distressed poverty. We ought to tint
a way to guard against the perils ant
penalties of unemployment. We wan
an America of homes, illum natet
. with hope and happiness, where moth
ers, free from the necessity for lon|
hours of toll beyond their own doors
NAV preside as benefits the hearth
stone \of Amcc citizenship. W.
want the cradle of American enid
hood rocked under conditions 81
wholesome and so hopeful that III
blight may touch it in it's development
and we want to provide that no seliis
interest no material necessity, n
lack of opportunity shall prevent tn
gaining of the education so ossentia
to the best citizenship. There IS n
short cut to the making of these idea'
into glad realities. The world has WI
messed again and again the tut III
and the mischief of ill-considered rem