The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-01
VIM. BLOOMFIELD, Manager.
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Of. and who does not deserve that
conde mnation at our hands. Because
the man in the ranks cannot identify
himself otherwise than as a man in
the ranks, he Is condemned for his
comrades faults If We ever have
another war such as We faced forty
odd years ago, they will be the men
Who will stand up. THeiT willing
ness was there only d few years ago
bit the opportunity did not exist. To-
cay we build on the military skill.
the intelligence and wisdom of the
commanders of our armies. and our
nayieS, but more on the patriotism
CT our people We find their patriot
| ism. loyalty manIinesS and nobility
IN the rough many times but il is
| tEeTe and these things are cemented
together and laid on the altar of the
country, and are built into a mOuu-
Hlen that testifeS for our citizenship
or blood, a citizenship which none,
save possibly England's can approach
today, as nothing else could. II is not
tie result of compelled service Cor
a man who goes into the regular army
or navy of our country today has the
! loyalty of a volunteer II is not the
loyalty that makes man, when he is
only youth, leave home in spite %
home, money, and comfort. because
of the edict of a ruler puts on him
fer military service. No law here TO
compel a man to be a fighting ma
chine TO maintain MS cOuntry's bal
anCe in relation to other countries.
Simply the loyalty of patriotism that
dTells i'll the breast of the man him
self who voluntarily gives himself
/ mat the stars and stripes shall neve~
he hauled down. The standing OF
! cur country is always to be main
! tanned from pure love of il.
these qualities make our citizen.
ship and there is a peculiar feature
about it. You heard today in the ser
vices that were conducted about that
monument. parts that were uttered i'm
speech a little bit broken, a speec1
| thar BETRAYED the birth Of the speaker
| as possibly not of this land. VIVA.
did il mean? IL meant that we can
raise men not OF native birth into the
! loyalty and patriotism that I have
| 81 oxen Of. and have il ingrained in
I them. so that they could not be trail
! tors to it We can take the flood OF
humanity that comes to US from Swe-
/ den, from Norway. from Germany
! from Italy, from the countries of the
wCrla, pass them through our public
| schools, and even without passing
| them through our public SCHOOLS. sim
| ply pass them into our country's life
ana let them touch arms with our
CoIntry's citizenship, and 10. we make
/ them by amalgamation as patriotic
| and loyal as if they were born under
| the flag We love. What does it mean?
A thing that no other nation on the
/ lace of the earth has been able to
accomplish as We have.
J These men may have thought df:-
1 feTently than We, but from the same
/ motive You will agree with me. pos
/ sibly, about the things 7 say about
our country. but if ] begun 10 talk
with you about religion ] don't believe
! that enc out of five of you would
/ agree with me. If 7 should talk TO
| YOU about politics YOU would differ
! tight away. and Il is the case with
anything else We would try to agree
! but there would be differences. from
mere shades TO total opposition in
! convictions. and YOU would believe
/ that YOU were right and [ would be
/ lievt | ives right. This is a good
( tlmg. BY this fact have we grown
( If We world all agree and believe
( alihe We would not have people N
any cpirion; We would never have 4
nation: We would never have been