Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-12
Patsiotis II,
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BY w %, I OAlderwood.
PAtriots are made, not born Tho
shooting of giant crack ers and the:
Of pyrotechnics represent 81
Of money excus able only
% the ground that II makes for patri,
ottsm BY turning the mind on those In
situations Of our government that are
worthy OF love. Patriotism i not
love Of the soil. Any avarlclous land
without . drop of patriotic
blood In his veins can do that. Il .s TIM
To love onea country ID % regard
the traditions and principles that ap.
peal to one as worthy Of support and
Love 10 reputed to be-
blind. II true it 10 TO the everlasting
disoredit OF tho busy little archer.
But I am bold to suggest that I'll real
love 10 intelligent. Luat, infatustion,
impulse are blind. r. Il
Particular is 'love-deep, lsstine,
lofty, noble, true. National pride,
bravado and jtngoism are blind no
doubt. But patriotism 10 RATIONAL
reasoning, Intelligent, regarding with
satisfaction and devotion those lofty
and holy politics that proteo ct the lib.
erty and the vel being Of mankind,
and foster and uplift the. brotherhood
OF the people; but, viewing with con-.
Germ these lapsss from national recti~
tude, official fidelity, and public virtue
which threaten the undoing of the ma.
ton. =. r. ,.< -.
TO love q nation because of. her
huge navy, her standard army, her
expanse OF territory or the number of
her inhabitants, ia like loving . sweet-
heart for her Gsinsboro hat, her Pr
zonnt complexion, the buckles on her
shoes or her store teeth.
The need of this nation IT, not more
patriotism, but q better, truer, sort.
We have enough of that blind love
that Is ready to die for the flag be.
cause it Is red, white and blue, and
not enough of that devotion that seeks
to make the flag all that our aspira.
lions and our opportunities demand
that we should make it. Our need is
an intelligent love for the lovely that
shall spur US on to higher and nobler
achievements; q wholesome and he arty
hate that shall put US on our fighting
mettle In times of Ieace, for Ill that is
unworthy that noble emblem.
The man who shoots off fireworks
and yells himse hoarse on thu, Fourth
OF July in testimony of his love for
the Declaration of independence, ano
then, on the first Tuesday after the
irst Monday in November, ut th..
hustings sells the principles of that
sacred document to hell to pay taxes
is-no patriot! There is . deal of Of
fensively ~bombastic bluster and bald
erdash about patriotism To shout
when the crowd shouts, to scream when
the eagle screams 10 the function of q
parrot, not patriot There are mil
lions of men who are ready to: join
the army and march down the street
clad In blue uniforms with brass but
tons, keeping step to the inspiring
rythm OF martial music, while q .gs
launt In the breeze, handkerchiefs
tlutter from fair fingers, and old men
and boys gather lin vast. ethrongs to
cheer them on. They laugh at the
rigorous tedtum of the camp; they
scorn the fatigue of the weary march;
with hesdlong impetuosity they rush
into the death gap of the bloody field
while their nerves ting!e to dare and
do and die for their flag.
But this nation 10 fetid with the de-.
cay of civic and municipal corruption
for the want of the patriot who, uni
formless, Aagless, comradeless, friend
less, without q cheer, nor q Whit of
victory, in the humdrum of everyday
life, in the whirl of political battle,
dares, alone and lonely, to fix bis eye
on duty and keep within hailing dis
tance of his conscience. Our pulpits
and our pews, our stores and our
stalls are full of man who would hero
ically die that that deep dyed stain,
the liquor traffic, might be washed
from our national honor, but who
shrink from performing the glamor-
less drudgery of duties that would kill
that trsffi: without the cost of a drop
of blood. Men by the multitude
would be Hobsons and rush into the
jaws OF death for their country while
al the world looks on agape. But
We need men who, unnoticed and un-
known, will do their humble duty as
they see it. Most people are brave
enough to die for their flag with a
crowd. Patriots are far brayer-they
dare live for their flag and be lone
some. .
Congressman Buchanan has escaped
the penalty Of paying treble damages
for the alleged stealing of state pine,
because the supreme court holds that
under the law such damages cannot be
collected, for the reason that suit was
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