Woodrow Wilson to Homer S. Cummings
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Homer S. Cummings
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP16284
Date
1920 July 2
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
NOT TO BE RELEASED UNTIL READ TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
T E L E G R A M .
The WHITE HOUSE,
Washington.
It was with the most grateful appreciation that I received the message from the convention so kindly transmitted by you. It is a source of profound pride with me to receive such an evidence of the confidence of the great party which derives its principles direct and untainted from the founders of our government and the authors of our liberty. While our opponents are endeavoring to isolate us among the nations of the world, we are following the vision of the founders of the republic who promised the world the counsel and leadership of the free people of the United States in all matters that affected human liberty and the justice of law. That promise we deliberately renewed when we entered the great war for human freedom and we now keep faith with those who died in Flanders’ fields to redeem it. That I should have been accorded leadership in such great matters fills my heart with gratitude and pride and the course the party has taken fills me with a perfect confidence that it will go from victory to victory until the true traditions of the republic are vindicated and the world convinced not only of our strength and prowess but of our integrity and our devotion to the highest ideals. This is a conquering purpose and nothing can defeat it.
WOODROW WILSON
T E L E G R A M .
The WHITE HOUSE,
Washington.
It was with the most grateful appreciation that I received the message from the convention so kindly transmitted by you. It is a source of profound pride with me to receive such an evidence of the confidence of the great party which derives its principles direct and untainted from the founders of our government and the authors of our liberty. While our opponents are endeavoring to isolate us among the nations of the world, we are following the vision of the founders of the republic who promised the world the counsel and leadership of the free people of the United States in all matters that affected human liberty and the justice of law. That promise we deliberately renewed when we entered the great war for human freedom and we now keep faith with those who died in Flanders’ fields to redeem it. That I should have been accorded leadership in such great matters fills my heart with gratitude and pride and the course the party has taken fills me with a perfect confidence that it will go from victory to victory until the true traditions of the republic are vindicated and the world convinced not only of our strength and prowess but of our integrity and our devotion to the highest ideals. This is a conquering purpose and nothing can defeat it.
WOODROW WILSON
Original Format
Letter
To
Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé), 1870-1956
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Homer S. Cummings,” 1920 July 2, WWP16284, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.