The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-03-30
Americans on Guard


TIE tire is fatt drauinr near vhsa
90 uiii - called upon % shou our
true coiofa and fight a battle that
an rrHcund thronrhout the Whole
uofid Every lAu-ahidinr eitiEcn must
toon realize that our political leaders
are fast selling our frcctom and thai
our goserameut % the people uili
socn perish " ue ailou men % the
|dineTcnt dcpartmeuta % our icEitla-
tufc a. eel a. some % our prcal
dents 10 barter away our liberties In
order that they may receive the
votes % those Who DO not respect cur
Gas or our Institutions
Tho time Il come uhen the names
% meu running Tor political oficca
and Wto favor the enemy % our repub-
/ DC. should BE- placed before ever
member of all pauiotic examinations
or fratsrnal soci,tics let each ons
then exercise hia power on clcctiou
day
/ This it no longer an IDLE dream and
the way political Affairs are now 60
ing on should be food for thought fof
every American citizen.
I II may seem supernuous 90 preach
patriotism 10 the people Who can raise
the largest volunteer army In tha
worlds history. but u is not In the
time oi war that Ne lack devotion 20
our country-it Is In the piping time
OF peace that We lack devotion 70 the
OBLIGATION that citizenship imposes. II
is then that the true spirit OF patriot.
ism should prompt our federal. state.
and city officials 20 do their work
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then realize that high above tho mere
light OF public duty which should In.
spire and guide them.
As citizens We should let the spirit
OF true patriotism induce us 20 Sc
lect and elect for public once the
best men possible. irrespective as "a
what party they may belong TO.
Men who viii remember the Decla.
ration OF Independence; men who
will remember Washington, Jefferson,
Lincoln and many others! Must tho
prayer Of Washington az Valley Forge
now be forgotten? Must the blood
OF those heroes have been shed Ia
yain-and the liberty they bought al
such price be now given to one creed,
simply 20 secure their votes to re-elect
such men to once as viii do their
bidding7
As Americans. we should say. "No!
Never will we give up our form OF
government 10 satisfy the political lust
OF any political party, no matter what
its name may be" Let our motto
be. God and country first, last aud
all the time" and. by the power OF
k.Nf -
man or set OF men who. cater 20 an
enemy OF our republic. be that enemy
king, pope, or any other Fotentate.
Let us ever be on guard and watch
those who do not believe in our In.
stitutions, especially our public
schools, the real bulwark OF our ma,
ton. for without our system OF public
school education our nation would
soon perish and many heroes blood
given in vain.
General Grant once said: IF We
have another contest for our national
existence I predict that the dividing
line will not be the Mason and Dixon
line, but will be between intelligence
and patriotism on one side. and su.
perstition. ambition and ignorance on
the other"
Every libertyloving citizen. irrespec
tive OF his nationality should be on
guard, and by so doing preserve our
liberty and the right to worship as
Iour conscience may direct.
Let us remember the words Of Lin
coin, at Gettysburg when he said,
These men shall not have died In
vain" That under God this nation
|, shall take on a new birth OF freedom
alh that the government OF the peo
pie, W the people and for the people
} shall not perish from the earth.
Let us, with the aid OF God and the
power Of our balnt try and keep the
flag OF freedom forever waving over
the land Of the free and he home Of
the brave.