The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-28

llteraie their side
The weak cOwArdy evSds the difficulties Of the struggle
while strong press onward looking always the
taking OF the sacrifices and trials which are the
lot Of him who would give him self for humanityS welfare
perfect society sacred Of freedom would need no
defender would need be the cornerstone Of such
society removed twenty centuries from the life
and teachings Of said MY kingdom not Of this world
find necessary ever to battle against the demons oi
tyranny injustice and intolerance
Twenty centuries Christian civilization and enlightenment
have possible for TO exercise his
free thought free conscience and free speech without being sub
all Of persecution abuse boycott and very on
murder at the that thves and faens the resi-
due Of ignorance doa and superstition to the great mass
weags further removed from the brute than being
possessed Of inherited gift Of language sufficient TO convey few
crude ideas bray flop their their tails in
recognition Of their mates
little over years ago The Menace took the fight for
God and Home and Country.
In the face Of its reached down into the me pucked
the stars and stripes the American patriots emblem Of liberty from
very heels of those who had sought to bury in the
dust waving ao shouted the battle freedom and
summoned Americas patriotic hosts TO duty
From that day TO this American patriots have been on guard
And from that day this they have been the objects of hatred
abuse and cson such the world has not since the days
burnt at the stake for holding and
pressing opinions contrary the held by those authority
Early its The Menace designated by its friends
the champion Of humanity and Christianity and by its enemies the
Roman Hierarchy and its dupe as the organ OF any and bias
phemy became the center Of continuous relentless and
cowardly attacks
The The be best determined by the
character of its enemies.
boldly the American flag and the institutions
of which the the symbol and it has been fought by the
organization that would ampe the panged folds in the dust
has smponed the free speech and has been bit
ty fought b the organization that does believe in free speech
the organization that meets contrary argument with the bludgeon
the dagger and the buehe argument Of fsngs and Cawsthe
argument Of the wild beast in the Jungle
has stood for the freedom of the freedom which the
founders of the republic recognized the keystone the
Of in this has been opposed by the organzs
ton whose pp and chief advisers pretend that free is not
the right Of the people
has uncompromsing champion American
public school sym-the institution which every American
born and Of lawful recognizes bulwsr
for this has been assed and that organization bias
phemousy called church. which neither patroniEes believes
public education and which threatens
to pay taxes for its support
] OF course The Menace expected fghtl
And expected the beast show Of teeth Of the
lamb, the fangs Of the lion!
But prepared expect enemy would call upon
the United States Government to do its hghtingI
We expected that the old church-te mother church-he
holy Roman Catholic church-with priests and Jeuts
in the school Of au cunning and ey for
would at least meet the little Menace the public
bar OF public opinion and there settle
few Of the questions about which the human
deeply concerned for To- these many years But sol
When the bright white light of publicity into the
lair Of the politically pampered fatted besOd beast
licked her chops she swayd nervousy back
The more Rome howled the stronger became calcium light
and the people began they began understand they
to talk they began to investigate BEGAN TO KNOW
This alarmed Rome and she howed more-hen came more
Eght-then more howlingl
Unable to bluff The Menace bring the single Grim
nal with sufficient courage to deal with physical basis it was
necessary to evolve other plan of action.
When all else fails there's the politician these Jes
uitical schemers
wreck great naons-such as Spain France Portugal
Mexico and oherscertsiny little weekly news
down the Ozark hills Of Missouri chucked willy pape
who pssnasters at the wng game of whom
ranscts all che private business Of the president State
and who viii sooner or later kept in wreck the adma
tion and the democrat party
Thus reasoned the of The Menache enemy progress
and civilization.
The manner in which they proceeded familiar history
readers They began by bombarng the postoce department
Washington with letters and later by sending delegations