| Show IThe The Open Forum r A i Jt limited tC ran an jf 11 g KIn 1 In Sn InI I hi I t. t writer wrier f on confine r nO I I I In COO 00 OO op or IOD tJ t-tJ worl H tilt 1 u them their full r os ietter will wl not jot noth l h No will wil l a be o Lh l t. t r. r S the tio writer for tor that i furl pur fur r- r Ilio 1 T w tuny or may not reflect thu opinion of ot Tho 0 Herald p. n Edior Herll Herald President Wilson in his Now ow York a address just before his departure for Paris Palls asserted that there is nothing in Washington's lons lon's farewell ad address that can lan li be applied to the proposed or of ni nations lon in our Illustrious President Is Just now no so 50 ply Inter Inter- I ested me therefore to call cal tho the attention of ot your ou r renders n to the exact language langua c Washington ton used to tu tuil i il It t Against tho the In insidious wiles wien of or foreign for tor- eign ign influence I conjure you ou to bo- bo I O lc icO me fellow citizens the jealousy of a tr free people ought constantly to t I awake since history an and pi provo o OVo that that foreign influence l is iM one of ot I I the most baneful foes of or republican government o lint But that jealousy to bo 10 becomes be bo- useful must bo be Impartial else it Il comes the tho Instrument of or the very en In Influence In- In fluence luence to tu be avoided Instead of or a de defense the the- ense e- e louse nse against it I. I partiality for ono one foreign nation naton and dislike o of 01 of another cause those whom the they actuate to see danger only on onono onono ono side Ride and sore serve sorto to veil and even oven second the arts aits of or Influence on the tho other Real Heal patriots who ma may resist the Intrigues o of the tiLe favorite ore are arc liable to become suspected an and o odious lous while I Its tools and dupes usurp the applause I and confidence of or the tho people to surrender sur sur- render their interests ts J i Europe has a set of or primary Interests interests inter Inter- ests which to us have ha e none or a very remote relation Hence lenee she must hoen ho he I en engaged aSed In frequent controversies contro the tho causes of ot which are arc essentially foreign i to our OUI concerns Hence therefore it I must be bo unwise e In us to implicate ourselves ourselves our our- Olt- Olt selves Ii h by artificial ties tics in tho the ordinary ordinary orli- orli nar nary vicissitudes of or her politics or the or ordinary combinations and collisions I of her hel friendships or oi enmities Our Om I detached and distant situation Invites I and enables us U Utu to tu pursue a a different course Vh Why forego the a advantages ad advantages ad- ad i vanta vantages cs of ot so 80 peculiar a situation h Why uIt our othi own o to stand upon foreign foreign for for- I eign ground Why by interweaving i our destiny with that hat of or any part lart of ot i Europe entangle our peace and prosperity prosperity pros pros- P In tho the tolls toils of ambition ambition ambi ambi- I tion rl Interest humor or caPrIce caprice ca- ca I PrIce If I Mr 1 Wilson or any other othor a advocate ocate I of ot the league of or nations can find nd anything anything any any- thing in these utterances of or tho the father o of our OUt country to support such a proposition proposition prop prop- m llon It seems to me rne it il would woul certainly require s some ome stretch of or the tha imagination im im- im a or 01 nh ai unpardonable distortion distor- distor tion lon of or Washington's language But there Is IR another admonition In iii Wash Washington's ash ington's farewell address that the tho American people and especially President President Pres Pres- i ident ent Wilson would do 10 well wel to observe ob observe ob- ob serve servo In these trying times and that is where here he says It I Is Important likewise that the habits of or thinking in a free country should inspire caution cauton In those in in- in trusted with wih Its a administration to confine confine con con- fine Cne themselves within their respective e constitutional spheres avoiding In the exercise of the he powers of or one department depart depart- meat ment to encroach upon another The rho spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate con con- the powers of all al I in one Ofle an and thus to create whatever the form of or government go a real des des- If I In the opinion des I of or orthe the people the thc distribution or modification modification cation calon o of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong let it be he 1 corrected corrected cor cor- by an amendment in the way the constitution designates But Dut let Jet there be no flO chan change e b by usurpation for though this in one instance ma may be bethe bethe bethe the instrument of oC good It Is the rus- rus tomary weapon by which free governments govern govern- go ments are destroyed The he pre precedent must always alwa's greatly reat overbalance in permanent evil 0 an any partial I or transient transient tran tran- benefit which tho the use can at an any time yield Has lias las there been heen an any attempt at change b by usurpation b by the Wilson hn h. h u an any of Jils most enthusiastic admirers explain the appointment of ot himself as ambassador to the peace conference without the time ice advice an and consent of oC the tho Senate In the r recent cont of ot the time of the time Postal Telegraph coman company com coin pany Jany an was Postmaster General Genral Burleson I strict strictly within his constitutional limits urn lim its hs' In the suppression of or information I lion tion ton to which the tIme American Amerian people are legitimately entitled is there an any at attempt at- at attempt tempt at usurpation A s. s multitude of or similar simUal queries might be asked but let the voters of of the tho United States a ask asic k them of oC themselves and if In answering answer anSWer- lug ing Ins them they find that the chief chic cx- cx has shown hown a tendency to botho botho bethe bo be tho the master rather ratho than tho the servant ant of or orthe the people let et them do O their dut duty at atthe atthe the time polls when Mr Ir Wilson becomes u a candi candidate ate for a third term in lii 19 1920 O. 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