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lofty but lonely eminence occupied (ioorse Washington, Abraham Lincoln ami Wooilrow Wilson, tho throe worst aliuscd I. ill 'u-sl lovetl Anierioans the Kepuollc over erew. NIUlW:ll lUI.I.IKS T11K. WKAK NOR I'KAIIS THE tfTKONG. lie neither bullion the weak nor fears the at rune. Ho deals with the military lord Willi his million of soldiers In the Hold de manillnir justlco for the American people, protection of American lives and American riKhU as he does with tho weall follower of a revolutionary torn Mexico. Kor the honor of our lias, the preservation of our lives, the protection of our rights he would chiillenge the world to conllict; for political pergonal preferment or party advantage he would not Inflict the sIlBhtest wrong nor Impose the smallest Injury. Mexico and lierniany, Knglend and Austria, look alike to him when America Is Involved. He miff ht overlook the wrong of the weak, but nc.er the Insult of tho strong. WHAT DO THEY MEAN? The opponent of the Democratic party ileolare tha.' the foreicn policy of President Wilson him been "evil and vacillslinir. Wh it do they moan by this? Is it that we should have Bone to war when HcIkiiiiii was invaded, which we were not bound to do by either oulitruct or principle? That issue we are perfectly willing to submit to the American people. Around 20,000.000 Sappy firesides the fathers of America will gather this night with their unbroken fam- j ily circle, wun tneir cum".... bn. and their wife hy their aides, happy and prosperous. Contrast this with the fathers, nuaoanaa, aou uiuun- . world dyimr in the ditches, with the gloom ...... -..I..., in l.roken family circles. where hunger crouches and disease treads. If this be "evil and van.iiuuiig. v.u i"-"-per It and teach it to the rulers of the old world. PEACK. He has struggled for peace. His fondest .. .. rnruM.i nriver is for the nope, ins mwai i. -peace not only of his own beloved country. . . .. .i. .1.1 un.u,i lha List irreat nui oi un low ww. .... . ...... - --- day shall come, and before the court ot Clod the nations or. tnis rami iii in Judgment review, the monarch of the .. ... -.--ii . ... ... BuuAr for this OKI worm snail hciyd w . - awful carnage, this heartless orphaning or millions or cliliaren. mis i.-i"r of millions of mothers, thin brutal turning mourning, and on that last day I can see our 1'rcsideiil nottimg in it's n.i.u niv cusing picture of Henri Danger, of Christ upon the battlefield, with tho dead and dying all about him, with the roar of can non the screaming of shrapnel, the wail of the dy'.iig. and above 1ms head written .,.. r,nl: "And He said unto them, love ono another." When that day shall couie. who Is It that would nave our i ... exchange pluces with the blood-bespattered monarch of the old world ? I can sec him with the white light streaming upon his head and hear the Master ny. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall bo called the children of God." ACHniJVUMFNTS Ol WOOPKOW WILSON . r tin narlv Is nrolld Of the achievements of Woodrow Wilson. Ho has brought prosperity ana picmy io i..,-- 000 Americans. rv nca "" " every willing hand In the republic, fcvery toiler has the full dinner pail full to over flowing. He has by legislation taken labor out oi the brutal category of inanimate things and ...j .u- .11., at men witb hearts that trean-u m- ... - . . .... ni-t dii lb. v are no longer subjected to oppressive Injunctions or f ederal court nmm(iui"i. nitled the associated, toilers ot tho field and tho factory, men seeking by organisation and association, to brighten and make de lightful the lives of the wealth producers and creators of the nation; he has freed the industries ot the Republic; he has liberated .. . i . .. ,sA ...itiim' In. bus nrovided a Federal Trade Commission whose duty It Is to destroy ravoruisiu. wuco out m...... advantage, and give to industry everywhere an equal opportunity; he has given to In dividualism high hope and new life; he drove from the Treasury of the nation a ship monopoly that was enjoying siinsioics ..,11., nf n. minim of dollars a year and at the same time proclaimed to . . 1 ,.. ...It). &..1r- tne woriu mai a i'-nu ....... ...... , - lea was more than a "scrap of paper, but . . i....,a nf hnnnr thill ahoilld was. iiitifi-.i, a .....I.. - be faithfully kept; he has struggled amid the world's war with the great nations of the earth for the freedom ot the seas and the rights of Americans and of neuli&ln everywhere; he has stood for the law ot neutrality which was written betoro the war commenced and agreed to by the na tions of the earth and could not bo changed during the war to meet Ihe exi gencies of some or the demands of otheis. With critics all about him, with patience and strength and great foresight, he has kept a nation at peace wi.'h honor. He haa driven from tho control of the finances of the people of this nation an oligarchy of .uii and substituted In Its stead a Just government. Interested only in supplying the legitimate buulness needs of the coun try with sutllcient currency to meet Its de mands and requirements. It ought not to be necessary to nominate him in partisan convention, patriotism in una wmm unsis should rise above politics, and all parties should rejoice at an opportunity to pro claim him the whole-hearted and happy choice of a Itepublic of peaceful freemen. Aud as we cannot aitoru to swap nurse while crossing a stream, who would say that we can afford to change leadership during this great cataclysm that shakes the nations of the earth, for to Woodrow Wilson more than any other citizen In all the world the Christian people, wherever the rain falls or the sun shines this world around, look anxiously, hopefully, and prayerfully that he will bring peace to the struggling armies of Kurope. What party is it now that would dare undertake to dis credit this master diplomat, this uncon miprnhla leader, this great American, tor by that you may palsy the hand that may I write the peace treaty of the world. THE MORAL LEADER OF DEMOCRACY Judge Wescott's Eulogy of Woodrow Wilson in Speech Nominating Him for the Presidency. rollowinsj is the full lest of the speech (l.linred by Attorne.v-llenertil John W. Weseolt, of New .lerscy. to the Democratic National ( omentum, St. Louis, June l.ith, tu iiuiip laliiif President Woodrow Wilson: prophecy Is fulfilled. The eternal v-ri-tles of righteousness have prevailed. un dismayed by the calamities of war uu moved by vitul .-iation and yam decla a iion. holding to the pure altar of truth. tbo schoolmaster is stutesmnn, the states man financier, tho financier emancipator, the emancipator paeillcator. the pacificator the moml lender of democracy. The nation is at work. The nation is at r.oace The nation Is accomplishing te destiny of democracy. l'our years ago the nation was not at work. With resources boundless, with a hundred million people eager to achieve and do. commerce mii- K. ; i,,.iio.l i.ion were idle, The country struggled in' the ,",',.'" in .de.iuato financial system. Credit was ,i ,l. mercy of piracy. The small business man was bound hand and foot. 1 ante mni like a storm cloud over the business world. IOW DlllrtllllK h. ....... toiies crowded railways and overladen ships distribute wealth and comfort to un- ........ .. ml nils inu woi in uvi-i. 1 . . !L ...,.-.nu nf Hlsi ritiulion lion oiuiiiiis in.- .......... - The parallel of American prosperity Is not round in industrial history, nor Is it enuse .. ii ... nu.ii.i,l llku n mercitu! ''.1 t. ..in h. -iiven. It is not due to ..... .',ui,,ii,',.. of n revised tariff. It Is not the result of destructive legislation. .... I In Ilia lllllllll r-lll- It cannot ue iiiiii"'h " ." , lure "f war materials, constituting a .are tive per centum oi in- ...mm.. limitless. War Is destruction, not pro.'.uc ti'.... ...-t..iiu liil.irnational trade. War ilfpressi-s industrial energy. When the Kuripean cataclysm struck the world. -i.. nil ii!.-.. n hliirht iition mam of the 'neutral nations, but not upon the United stales. n-i ,i 1. tlio astound in tihenom- niwin of American prosperity. What is its explanation? The Kuclid of financial tho i.ry worked lo a demonstration measures for the country's relief. He promptly put Into effect the legislative expression of a (teat program. lie did not talk. He did things. He dviiamited the monetary duns mid let credit flow to the remotest corners of Hie hind, its spray dashing even upon foreign shores. lie released the nations n sources and set the energies of all men tree to exploit thrill. He destroyed eom lueretal slavery. Ho struck off its shack-Ic-i. The prosperity of the nation Is tho product of statesmanship and tln:in i.il renins. American crviiu is now iuii.i'.. only by Its own honesty and capacity. The cause being undisturbed, the effects must remain. The schoolmaster Is statesman, Ihe statesman is financier, the lluancier Is emancipator. With Lincoln, the emanci pator of the chattel slave, be will live for ever as the emancipator ot the conunei xial sl.tve. The mil ion Is at peace in a world at war. America is confronted with appalling real ities. It is not the part of wisdom to ptay with phantoms, doal in riddles, or seek lo I'liiri-t.iin the national imagination with the legerdemain of language. To build words mountain high as the throne of vanity and ambition should not be an American pas time. An attempt to catch the Presidency by phrases is the work of Tolly. The func tion of a sounding brass and tinkling cym 1...1 ....I ..,.rn...iMO to th.i trairie conditions of the world. When the fate of millions ts at stake. It Is not the art of any m in to stark the car.ls. Willi civilization In peril, the sphinx becomes an anachrotvsri. With' the wlH.ie world tense and anxious, patriotic advice and suggestion are of more value lb in abuse and defamation. Specu lation wilts in the blaze of truth. Abusive phraseology shrivels before the relentless fact. Il.'ncsty Is the commanding quality of a free and patriotic American. What ore tin. realities that face us? !n Mexico exist Ihe potentialities of civilii-a-(Uon. In her wealth, her history, tier If wfflr BMm WiifM ili CSV'-' j r v v - l lPj?J Attorney-General John W. Wewcott, of New Jersey, Krlinols, lir rcliKitin. her neods, k'r vry Htiflerim; jimi p;itrioti.siu lie the iinltrn"tl tlf st-tMs uf irorp.sM. To h-'ive ei n lit r-Ml Mc.K'i) wm 111 hav MCited death nt the AnicrkMn tin-Mih K would ft'i uv- the tiiilion. It wmihi h;vo pl;uitftl aisiru.-i iin.i h:itre, of tho l:nit"d States in every J South tiKTioin .-"public. It would h.ive j furf.'ited tlu respect of tln world. It would h:iv .-mhstituted the tent'l.s of 1m peruvlism for th prineipies of Ame-.l.-a.i-isiu. It would h,ive pnliti tod the bravery 1 and patriotism of American arm.- o the ; ,;re.d nnd ;ivarice of coitct'.-wuoi. aires. It would have ribbed the United Stales of the, Pi'inilfiir of her mission ainonct the na- ; tioifh of the earth. It lio'.omacv of "w.-.tchfu! w iitliiK averted iMiese rilatnities and pr-'ierved fn their otic jinal purity the principb. .1.' American free doui and Justiee "vV tre'iful waiting" re ipudiated the brutal dictum of science thit ;he weak must kd down before the stroni?. Help Mi wo. lest over her bh.ody yraiP are .sown tho dratfon'a teeth of our own ! destruction. can question Uh fuinitment? Who now 'an close his oyen to the deMtiny of demon mrv tn tnaki the principles of civilization doiriinunt, to hrinn tho warring nations of ihe earth to-'ther In lasung peace; 1 nw passioiiH of men die. The truth lives. AmericH has called to Kurope; Europe ii responding in tern of a revitalized civili zation. The mihlimest picture in civil hia t.ory is that of u plHin American citizen manoeuvring with the weapons of reason and hunianity nRainst the navies and ar mies of the contending nations, And bring Iriff them in nccord with the principles of international kiw. The American standard of peace and justice, now (louts on the sea. It is unfurling over the trenches of th strufTpUnpr nations. Krom the vantan-) ground of Imperishable Americanism tho matchless craft of ft real pacifist has not only avoided all war, but is kvulins tho world into the ways of peace. What is pence hut the assertion of moral process? What is the assertion of moral progress but 'he indestructible civili7-ation of Kurope ;uid America? From the smoulderinK ruins of a thousand cities, over the praves of millions of brave num. out of the blacknes of tiie battle smoke, arisim; from the ob scurities of national passions, already the peoples of the earth r cognize the dim out lines srowintf cvr more distinct, of trie composite soul of America in the patient and humane wisdom of the world's real pacificator. Of what avail all the wealth of our beloved land if It had been con sumed in the dstructiveness of wir? What avail the travail of human progress for ten thousand years had not the school master and statesman been pacificator ? His achievement is so vast that ambitious men are blind to its renlity. But the plait. millions, of all creeds and nationalities. recognize tn it th-; Imperishable glories of a Christian civilization. It pionnes tni peasant and king alike. The schoolmaster ih statesman, the statesman is financier, the financier is em-ancipator, the emanci pator is the pacificator of the world. Thus is, the tuition accomplishing the destiny of Democracy. The commanding fact of the modern age is the spread of intelligence. The school ho use has con quered ignorance. The printing press ha.i transformed the purposes and capacities of m;in . Kdueation has uualilled him for a better existence. The i;il!e has made him a moralist. Men know that the world i big enough to support the human family in peace and comfort. Men know that tho great problem of peace and comfort is not yet solved. They know that it cannot In solvd by the savagery of war. They know that its solution is obtainable only in con ditions of peace, reason and a practical morality. This state of knowledge is tha crowning achievement of progress. The American experiment of self-govern ment has stood the test. The achievements of the American system are knov.n of all War with any Kuropean nation would hiive set the world atlame and stopped the march of progress for u century. Would anyone have had it so In order to ailirm a "virile Americanism'.'" Is a "virile Amer- r.ynn.i.r !:r',.tt,:: ,,; uncertainty Th.ir i- SUPSIilllCe IH L'l I H.ll H"ll If 'HI' .lit.-, HI- ;'.H"MI , sciences, literature, philosophy, industry, all races, all conditions, nil creeds are fts their domestic virtues. freedom, religion 1 simitafd. helped, elevated, and men aro nnd peace. Hut this is the substance of j made into self-governing men. In America American nationalism. This is the virility! justice has made its greatest progress, be 01' Amerieansim. It know s no national j cause it is progress in w hich all men have a. boundaries. It yet lives in the trenches and j part. That form of government which nf- hmken homes of Kurope and pervades Its l funis the fullest opportunity lor nappim. very thrones. Therefore. America lives in the trenches and broken homes of Europe Mid its thrones. The stupendous contliigra- would have made I thm is consuming the errors of statesmen nuht right and repudiated the doctrines -ind dynasties; i is not consuming me buo of f hri:triaity. It would have ignored the ' stance of civilization. Civilization is a feud internal conceptions of moral progress ! unity. War with Kurope would have cut and denied the right of tifteen millions of asunder the ni"ral forces that bind the H-ople to govern themselves. Ambition nations and left an age of darkness, anar .'md greed were or-'pjre.l to sacrifice Amer--cby and despair. Standing on the imnui ica and all that America stands for. in or-I table foundation ol such Americanism, the ,i,ir Vi iiiMiiin- ihe w-viith of Mexico. The ' schoolmaster and statesman, with consum mate KKlll, frUI l Hill tiMIlIllilllnS win liAI- miratlon of the world, directs the forces of civilization, not with arms, but with rea son atid moral pressure against the ex cesses of a belligerent world. With pre ternatural poise and clearness of vision, he is piloting America through 'he rushing storm. Who can deny the existence of a j moraJ design to the universe? Who now and comfort is destined to he the universal form. Such is the resistless syllogism of progress. War cannot stop lta inevitable march. The opinion of all men is more potential than the opinion of one man. The best opinion of the best men by tha force of example and mutuality of inter est, becomes tiie opinion of all men. Amer ican opinion is emoodied in a man of peice. American opinion is marching through the world. When the Imperialism of Kurope cit the iron dice of destiny. America threw the moral dice of destiny. America staked the principles of her justice. There they stand in untarnished integrpy in the gaz.a of a stricken world. The intelligence of men grasps the meaning of America. Her example will readjust the relations of men everywhere. The aspirations of men nr for freedom. Men and women can
