Edwin Anderson Alderman to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Edwin Anderson Alderman to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Edwin Anderson Alderman
Identifier
WWP22594
Date
1918 November 11
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers, 1786-1957
Text
NY
My dear Mr. President
I send you, on this new and unforgettable date in our history, my gratitude for your guidance in war & peace. To day your field is the world. Your address to Congress is the climax of all your utterances. Let us have no patience with any monstrous imperialism that may rear its head in this country. We have won the war. Let us win such a peace as your address outlines "based upon something much better and more lasting than the selfish competitive interests of powerful states."The Congress of Vienna, after a similar struggle against tyranny, teaches us what to avoid. Your great declaration of protection for the weak as well as justice to the strong measures the progress of human justice for a century. The winning of an enduring peace lies before us, and its moral significance is second only to the destruction of the dogma of armed imperialism. The world looks to you for leadership for a peace that will endure and a league of honor among nations that will grant freedom and opportunity to men. With my gratitude as an American citizen for the position in which you have placed the Republic
I am,Faithfully,
Your friend,
Edwin A. Alderman
My dear Mr. President
I send you, on this new and unforgettable date in our history, my gratitude for your guidance in war & peace. To day your field is the world. Your address to Congress is the climax of all your utterances. Let us have no patience with any monstrous imperialism that may rear its head in this country. We have won the war. Let us win such a peace as your address outlines "based upon something much better and more lasting than the selfish competitive interests of powerful states."The Congress of Vienna, after a similar struggle against tyranny, teaches us what to avoid. Your great declaration of protection for the weak as well as justice to the strong measures the progress of human justice for a century. The winning of an enduring peace lies before us, and its moral significance is second only to the destruction of the dogma of armed imperialism. The world looks to you for leadership for a peace that will endure and a league of honor among nations that will grant freedom and opportunity to men. With my gratitude as an American citizen for the position in which you have placed the Republic
I am,Faithfully,
Your friend,
Edwin A. Alderman
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Edwin Anderson Alderman, “Edwin Anderson Alderman to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 November 11, WWP22594, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.