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

permanently Dlnu t0gebner SUCH Wuuely
separated communities and sections;
such high-spirited people with such
radically differing modes of thought
These must be union of hearts, If
the Nation is ITO abide and be strong.
Every soldier of the Confederacy, every
naturalized citizen, every class and ev-
cry grade Of people, provided only tbat,
they be honorable and law w-abiding,
must he made to feel lat home In
this Union, IA part Of the family"
sharing the warmth and the welcome
of the National 'rhOme circle" and
.guar1ing its honor and integrity in
common with All the rest. 1t must be
80 everywhere, West, South, North. or
! East and i'm all our far-away depend
enoi# There must be the union of
/ the ne0ple in order to make certain
and asirluning the union of the States,
the perpetuation and glory of the Re-
Iubhc And this applies not only to
every section. 1t equally and necessa-
Hiaiy applies to every class--rich people
and poor people; professional people
and ARborimg people. They must all be
eanknheed.
But hearts can only be united in
love- And lowe as founded on mutual
respeat. And mutual respect is posi-
BILE Qkly in proportion as there is good
4 worthy character
Ia Twp daties, therefore high sacred,
4 patri&tic dmties--confron u.s.
Frst. To cultivate in ourselves the
ideal character. Character is the Ma
tiOn' Z greatest asset. 1t requires no
strain upon our faith to believe that
ten god men would have been suffic-
lent avert the fiery doom of Sodom.
WheiH Elijah ascended in his chariot of
fire IN heaven, and Elisha stood, be-
holding the translation, and recalled
how lis master had served and saved
the nation. it was nothing more than
the sober truth when he declared of
the gAind old patriot-prophet that he
had u hen The Chariot of Israel and
the H0rsemen thereof that is Elijah,
one single man, the strength and de-
lfenceof the nation. And do not hes
itate to believe that to this day the
resplendent virtues of Washington and
Lincdh and Lee and such as they-I
coupls their names together on purpose
will lIcontinue to bless the land that
gave them birth while the Nation
stands and will help to make it stand
on ana on through the ages. We may
not haze their great talents. We may
not have their supreme tests But as
patriots, lovers of our country, our
highest duty is to emulate their vir-
tues. We can be good. We can L..
unseffjsh We can live, not for what
we may acquire and accumulate and
enjoy Tor ourselves, but for what we
? lxn H. I, - - H..
half of our fellow men, our commune
ty, our Countr. y Thus Washington
did; thus did Lincoln; thus also did
, Lee. This is the paramount patriotic
duty of every citizen, and especially OF
every man who worthily wore either
the Blue or the Grey. How the splen
did names, honored first bv their owl
sections for their warlike deeds, but
honored more by all sections after
wards for purity of character and pat
riotic endeavors to heal the wounds o.
war and to blend all sections into har
monious and loving loyalty to our on,
Union, and to unite all in one great
loving family circle, how their name
rise up out of the fast receding years
and pass in bright array before us
Grant and Gordon, Lamar and Nc
Kinley, Judge Key. Major Patten
t General Warner, Col. Spears, and
host Of others gone and few still re
naming We honor and venerate ev
eryone, living or dead, who lived 70
: the good he could do. Those who liv
d ed merely for self or section we cal
afford to forget.
Enough of merit has each honore
name,
L To shine untarnished on the rolls 0
fame,
t And add new lustre to the histori
y page.
Every man, high or low-but especi
ally the high every man, rich or poo
II but especially the rich-can foste
y love of country in the hearts of other
II by brotherly regard for the rights
!, the feelings, the welfare of every 9th
81 her. This is our worthy, noble, patriO
} tic duty. And or the other hand,
Il is essentially unpatriotic to give an
!, imam anything less than ''squar
y deal, ;" and that ought to mean pei
= fectly fair deal in view of all the Gil
u cumstances, what we would consider
. fair deal if it were dealt out to us
,oe The loan shark, " the well-to-do ma
who oppresses the poor in wages or
% rent; the mill operative who exact
u long hours, unremitting toll with in
adequate compensation; the doctor c
/; lawyer who takes advantage of til
necessity or misfortune of the poor b
!; exacting fees for an hours servic
/ which it requires weeks or months {
toll to pay, all this is, in the very na
10 ture of things, unpatriotic Revolt
tions grow out of the discomfort, til
20 unreasonable and hard conditions
Dr the toiling masses. And it is I'll
or wealthy and the more or less privile;
" ed classes who make the intolerab
t. conditions. Witness the insuranC
Te scandles, the operations of the trus
If and combines, the rapacity of the gre;
D. monopOlies. the secret rebates and e.
to actions of the railroads. Have we fai
ID ed to note the incirient wars and rev,
of lutions here and there in our countr,
el which we term "strikes" and "lab,
ry riotsT' We hear. today, everywhel
DO angry mutterings of the labor union
r These are the beginnings of sorrow
Y. They are an Ominous Handwriting {
the wall. They all have one and Il
Y, same cause and source. They all spriI
fy from selfish greed. And this one hi
V, eous evil Of selfishness has in il poi
We ON enough to arrest the heart beats
er the Nation itself. There is dynami
It's in it sufficient to wreck and demOli