The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-12-03

forces and the cause which
set back four bold candidates for ap-
proyal of the people in the Roman
izing of America. I am ashamed of
the Times-U and all American
papers so ignorant, so weakened
and so biased Of view, to say moth
ms of patriotism and democracy.
The TimesUniOn and the Metropolis,
two well subsidized daily papers
generously tolerated in their un-
patriotism by the people of Florida,
have yards of space to use in post
ing $1,000 bets as to which one
had or has not the most advertising
or largest circulation in the city and
the State. They have no space thai
I can depend on at any time to give
the other side of these questions
they spout on editorially, monopeliz-
ing the floor and the attention of the
reader. I personally know they
would either not dare or not care to
print what I send herewith in reply
to the enclosed un-American edito-
rial. The reason is that newspapers
nowadays are gagged by their ad-
vertising interests and fear of boy
colt; by their political affiliations
and deals and fear of landing some
where else than on the band wagon
of the winner. in politics; and by
their COWARDICE of that which
appears to come from the dark as
the Times-Union puts it, If afraid
of things from the dark" don't
worry about good American ballots
look out for those who seek to
make America something else than
Ar7orinon1 Tho ~
vile, like that of the country at
large, is being run for money only
and all principles whatsoever must be
silent in this iron game when money
is up. The Times Union moaned the
other day that only in a German
prison camp could a real good, true,
clean newspaper be free to speak it's
honest convictions! No wonder this
editor is a misfit in free America!
] contend that the press itself is to
blame and could and should de-
clare it's independence of the forces
which have destroyed it's freedom.
Tire is one news paper here-The
State-which alone is justified in
holding aloof because of it's tender
eXistence-and it is the boldest and
most fearless of all the papers in
JdGkSOnVlIlG.
The Tfmes-Union says: "The ad-
mitted purpose of the Guardians of
Liberty is to make war on the Ro-
man Catholic church in America"
Taken by itself, this statement would
be willfUl lie; but we know the
editor had no intention of lying about
it-he is merely rash and ignorant
in the matter. How could he be
otberWise--he is too blind and too
timid to be a Guardian of Liberty,
and no Guardian is going to make
him a present of information that
concerns the private plans of this
new American fraternity No mem
Der of the order is authorized to di-
vulge these plans, which, though pat
10tic, pure, just, humane, merciful
pious and enlightened, are neverthe-
less not public property, for good
and sufficient reasons.
ITO make war'-does the editor
really know what WAR really is?
The writer does, having served
through one war Why cry "war"
just now? Is it not already too close
for one or two timid editors? But
say: If the attitude Of the Guardians
Of Liberty constitutes making
war" then America has never been
at peaCe-we have been at war with
Rome and the Church of Rome from
the day we achieved our supposed
INDEPENDENCE from the Mother coun-
try. For there is no use to repeat