The National tribune., 1893-12-07
]. May Huff. Jersey City. n. ].
pAEFn TpDJTT
CE CROQUETs.
LETTER OF LETTERS.
Messages OF a Veteran Guard TO Compatriots
of the g. G.

Messages OF Veteran Guard to Compatriots
of the &. G.
DEAR PKEsTDEST-G GENERAL: Were It not for =
CLAUSE ia the Ion article OF the Decaiog. should
envy the piscs you occupy in our beloved organ
iEstion. ] Cat earthly honor that from my
present standpoint. could 50 much cOvet May
no CLINT OF fayorftIsm mar your usefulness ia your
place.
Let the law Of the highest good for the greatest
number be yonr in6sxible and only rule. Or
rather, do not rule. but control affairs ia the drec
ton OF the purpo-e for which our organic
born, the promotion Of feaily TO love. liberty. and
law.
On this behalf send yOu this contribution. !,
ts a letter of letters. and viii encompass many
things have had ia nay mind.
TO EVA T. p.
No home can be - home. IN the highest sense of
the word. without babies la IL. Without then1 it
BE simply place To stay. Care aud TOLL sanciified
BY love- is he highesi happiness.
Love. all through life. IL Gods order and mother
loye 10 he GROWING glory Of a woman's lie; aud
" from any cause. il he denied her heart Hannah
PIKE. VIII cry out, Give me child or / die A"
And The " Gude nion,"
Surely should be thankful
For the baby and Jane"
You may have read, but, certainly, you have
eevsr studied, Bobbie Bnrns's "CoJer's SATURDAY
Night" or Friend Winters "SnowBound," as
lessons ia ife.'
"A dsenry place would be this earth,
Were there no iiuIs people in il;
Til. song OF life would lose It's mirth
Were there no children TO begin II"
TO AMOS L. S.
You should not have So spok en- about that vouuu
girl; or, indeed, of any one. To those of US who
know her A. the tried, true. unsel-h. loyal, wom-
AMY Guard. IL known that you were "oniy
pokiug fun" but 10 outsiders il might appear dis
pgTEgIng TO her, leading them underestimate
her worth aud thus put her al a DISADVANTAGE
For the sake Of your dear mother never cast The
fsiBtest shadow OF PROCLAMATION upon pure woman
hood.
II, by accident or purpose a woman should for
moment open 20 you what RenAn called the Para
disc Of the Ideal count il basesI cowardice 10 he
tray her. Woman's most priceless possession 10
her good reputation. See TO il that you are a manjy
man. whatever else you be.
TO JULIUS W. a.
There IL need of the G. C. Guards and am glad
you see il 80 plainly, even If you were only
girl " and trust you will not be like the little teI
lows papa. Il guess" said he DADA Ia a Chris
sisn. but be don't work Al it much"
There is need OF the Guards. and there are needs
Of the Guards The organization neeas all the besl
work and ihoBght OF every loyal son aud daughter
Of the Republic.
We who love aud revere the Government of the
hers. and the old sE. which, represents to the
world who desire to be worthy legAtees OF the his
tory OF the a~,, aud he fitted maintain and per
petuate that which secured 10y the sacrifices Of
our sirrs. and VINO have that fellow feeling that
makes the who'll world kim" ought to deem IN =
delight rather than a task Ca do all and siuyuiar
Within the scope Of our ability, what can to max
our assOclAiiOn success: Offset TO those in
Huences and associations which are inimical to
shat which we ought To hold dearer than our lives
There are some things TO be done. and there Is
therefore. need ofthc G. e. Guards Our politicians
must be made TO respect the Decalog and the Ser
mon the Mount. the serpentlike hissings of An
Erchy aud the baeful influences of foreign popes
and poenisies must lie dIssipsted by the universal
dissemination OF knowledge of liberty protected
by law; equal and exact equity must become the
rule between man and maa aud the inaIienabla
rights OF manhood and motherhood must be sus-
tanned by the destruction of that maelstrom OF
- e. despair and death, the accursed liquor
stsflc.
l,s. the C. c. Guards Is a need of the hour and
you, nay dear Julius, may be especially needed.
In Gods cTiss-hOuT you may be the man, the LiIi-
coin OF the occasion, who. ieopsrdzing all political
preferment and business prospects, shall stand in
MS place. Al tie appointed time and declare to all
Inc word that this Nalion cannot subsist half
drunk and half sober and that there Ia NOT room
enough "n this continent for the imported saloon
ene the American home.
Ood needs men, above spot o stain,
Who. knowing their rights dare maintain