Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-06-06

community, the municipality, the
state, the nation governed in accord
ance with that simple dictum will be
quiet, harmonious, happy.
Love is the one universal solvent. 1t
is the mightiest force in the world in
the whole universe of intelligent be-
ings. Give it sway and it binds every
"Yank' and every Johnny Reb'' to-
gether in perfect peace. 1t will hold
the rich and poor, tho capitalist and
the laborer, the North and South and
East and West, and all the world in
bonds of peace and concord.
Love is peace, fraternity, paradise,
| heaven.
Selfshness is discord, strife, turmoil,
hate, war, hades.
Our first and highest patriotic obli-
cation therefore is to be good men,
good neighbors, good citizens ourselves.
Large hearted, generous minded, un-
selfish, "Golden Rule men" ourselves,
and let that sort of character shine
out in all our relations with our fellow
men-as it certainly will if we have
it.
And our second duty is to teach this
sort of philosophy, recommend this kind
of patriotism to others We can teach
it to our children. We can exalt it in
our churches, We can carry it into
our lodges. We can write it in the
newspapers. We can in many ways
give it currency and emphasis. For
the welfare of the people nothing can
be more important, nothing more i'm
per ative. 1t is the patriotism of
Washington and of Lincoln It was
3, the vital principle in their statesman
ship, as it was in that of John Hay,
and as it is in that of Roosevelt. The
times, the condition of eur country,
our social and our national welfare, all
call upon us to exemplify and practice
this high code ourselves, and to COM
mend it to others in every possible
way. 1t is the practical philosophy
for the regulation of our corporate life.
1t is the patriotism for the times. 1t
is the religion for the national life, the
panacea for the nations maladies II
is the essence of the doctrine of equal
rights 1t is tke fair fruit of the doc
trine of human brotherhood 1t is the
vital principal i'll the life of all who
are truly great and patriotic. This is
the paramount, the supreme duty OF
every man who really loves his coun.
try. Oh, if the citizenship in every
section, in every state, in every mum
cipality could be nodded after the pat
: tern of Washington and Lincoln, anG
be similar to what we have actually
seen in the manly men, to whom
have already referred, who lived ant
died here in our own section, every
business interest would be safe, every
public and private right would be Sc
1 cure, every woman and every chil(
would be unmolested and free from
fear, and the Nation, rejoicing in thu
loyalty and love of the people, would
f be forever safe, and an admiring worl(
would continue to offer homage a
c Libertys shrine.
But there is another insidious ant
deadly danger to our institutions, ant
:. against which every soldier of the Blu,
9 young or old, who loves his country
must rise up with holy patriotic in
; dignation. | mean political corrup
= tion in every form. Bribery, craft
+ buying and selling votes, stuf1ing th,
Y ballot box, procuring Office by an,
Q kind of theft or fraud. 1t is base a
: Benedict Arnold's treason, and it i
). far more dangerous to our liberties
a We fought for our country when neces
sary with sword and we honor thos
n who fought and fell, and we who decl
n their grass grown graves
s "With garlands gay or ashes gray
: What to the land that gave us birth
r Have we to offer this bright day?
e The vow of conservation ours,
V Our heart, our hand, our mind t.
Q give,
# To smite the wrong with all our pow
l. ers,
= For truth and virtue still to live
e To make our country Just and pur
# and strong,
e But field and river fade from sight:
= The campfires burn with holier light,
e No hostile pickets stand
q On either shore, with dark design,
Is But love is now the countersign
It Along the golden strand.
I Owing to threatening weather I'll
l. number in attendance was not ve1
D great, but that deficiency was made u
7, in the interest and attention given ii
)r exercises. Twenty one grey-haire
e veterans of 81 wera in line and closel
s. followed the exercises of the da,
S. They were: J. q. Lancaster, S.
m Patton, Geo. w Brewer, G. G. NJ,
he ers, John Potter, Ed Forester, w. !
lg Pryor, of Jasper; T. H. Hill, Wyl
4 Parker, Austin Coppinger, E.
s. Haynes, Dallas Dixon, VIM. Brewe
of John II. Curtis, Nick Fulfur, G.. !
te Wiseman, Sequachee Geo w. Hur
sh Dunlap; NJ. X. ShOemake Victori
Jas. b. I.avan Whitwell: w.