The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-01-28
HARDING URGES
NEED OF UNITY
New Spirit OF Nationalism Asked
For In Message To
The South.

Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 21.---A nsw sp.r-
It of united Americaniem. holding IT,
self above sectional and partisan d.
visions and making secure the indus
tries of the whole nation alike, was
bespoken by President-elect Harding
tonight in message to the people Of
the South.
The message, written at the request
of Clark Howell editor, of the Allan
Ia Constitution and Democratic ma
tional committeeman for Georgia,
was made public here on the arrival
of the train which is taking the Pres
ident-elect to Florida. 1t follows:
"Of course, have no message to
the people of>the South that I would
not gladly utter to all the United
States. Perhaps the South would be
interested to know however, of one
ambition which cherish. want to
be the fundamentally in establish
ing that complete concord of union
which | hold to be essential to the
American fulfillment. / realize how
the political solidarity of the South
followed the unfortunate days of the
Civil War. / know how that solidar-
ity has been encouraged on the one
hand and 4 think / understand the
desire to break 1t on the other hand.
1T is not specifically a RepuBfi-
can ambition. II is rather to be ac-
credited to desire to establish COM
plete mutuality of purpose and one
ness, of ambition in America.
There is little left of the old-time
hostility and there isn't any occasion
for any section of America to pin its
aspirations. to the fortunes of one
party. think it is fair to assume
that all political parties mean to be
best for our common country. AS a
Republican, / believe that many of
the Republican policies are calculat-
ed to best serve all of America. For
instance i believe there is a great sig
nificance in the coming tariff Con-
gress to be held in Atlanta. | be-
lieve most cordially in prospering Am
erica first. / do not see how we
can retain our home markets, upon
which American good fortune must
be founded and OF the, same time
maintain American standards of pro-
duction and American standards of
living unless we make other
peoples with lower standards nav for
the privilege OF trading in the AM
ercian markets. Ours is the best
market in the world, because we are
largest in consumption and the ablest
to buy. The application lies in
perfectly justifiable ambition to make
the Southland as industrially eminent
as the states of the North and East.
There ought to be the flame of
industry here in exceptional signi-
ficance because of your vast natural /
resources. Your people want precise
ly the same things which are found in
the natural ambitions of the North
and West. There isn't the slightest
excuse for a sectional line in Am
erica. We are one people, with one
flag, and 1t is folly to allow longtime
prejudices to stand in the way of the
fullness of understanding and the ut
most cordially of relationship.
''The people of the South are just
as much interested as any other geo.
location in the development
If an American merchant marine. Out
Of our abundance of resources, out of
our greater ability to produce and out
IF our boasted American efficiency
ought to come American eminence in
trade. We ought to send
,ur cargoes from Southland ports
lust as numerously as we do from
and Western ports. OF
course, as general rule, we can not
ell where we do not buy, but with
| national economic policy safeguard
ID in protective tariffs we can buy (
he things, the production of which
S not essential to our own good for
une, and expand our trade with those
# whom we buy to supply our own :
leeds which can not be supplied here ]
/ home. Z
81 am sure the incoming admins n
ration wishes to see, figuratively I
peaking, every Southern port whit
ned by the sails of commerce and s
now that our carriers are taking :
Messages of good will and amity q
long with our cargoes to all the
larts of the earth" 6