Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-01-07

for us in the plainest manner the
part we should play alike in the
arrangement of our domestic affairs
upon the affairs of the world. By
this faith. and by this faith alone,
can the world be lifted out of its
present confusion and despair. 1t
was this faith which prevailed over
the wicked force Of Germany. You
will remember that the beginning
of the war came when the German
people found themselves face to
face with the conscience of the
world and realized that right was
! everywhere arrayed against the
wrong that their government was
attempting to perpetuate. l think,
therefore, that it is true to say that
this was the faith which won the
war. Certainly this is the faith
with which our gallant, men went
into the field and Out upon the seas
to make sure of victory.
This is the mission upon which
democracy is an assertion of the
right of the individual to live and
to be treated justly as against any
attempt on the part of any COM
bination of individuals to make
laws which will overburden him
or which will destroy his equality
among his fellows in the matter of
right or privilege and 1 think we
all realize that the day has come
when democracy is being put up
on its final test. The old world is
just now suffering from wanton
rejection of the principle of democ-
racy and substitution of the prin-
ciple of autocracy as asserted in
the name but without the authority
and sanction of the multitudes.
/, There are two ways in which the
United States can assist to accom-
plish this great object: First, by
Offering the example Within her
own borders of the will and power
of democracy to make and enforce
laws which are unquestionably just
and which are equal in their ad-
miniStration-laws whichsecure its
full right to labor and yet at the
same time safeguard the integrity
OF property, and particularly of the
property which is devoted to the
development of industry and the in
crease of the necessary wealth of
the world. Second, by standing
for right and justice as towards in
dividual nations. The law of de-
mocracy if for the protection of the
weak, and the influence of every
democracy in the world should be
for the protection of the weak ma
ton, the nation which is struggling
towards its right and towards its
proper recognition and privilege
in the family of nations. The Unit
ed States cannot refuse this role
OF champion without putting the
stigma of rejection upon the great
and devoted men who brought its
government into existence and es-
tabllshed 1t in the face of almost
universal opposition and intrigue,
even in the face of wanton force,
as for example, against the Orders
In Council Of Great Britain and the
arbitrary Napoleonie DEGREES which
involved us in what we know as
the War of 1912. l urge you to
consider that the display of an i'm
mediate disposition on the part of
Congress to remedy any injustices
or evils that may have shown them
selves In our own national life will
afford the most effectual offet TO
the forces of chaos and tyranny
which are playing so disastrous a
part in the fortunes of the free peo-
pie Of more than one part of the
world. The United States is of
necessity the sample democracy of
the world.