Graham guardian., 1914-07-10
MERCHANDISE FAIRLY PRICED
OUR GREAT NATION
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redcoats tomorrow or Mollie Stark
will be widow"
But it is not in recounting the
rising above obstacles mountain
high, in countless deeds of valor un-
excelled. that the builders of this
government deserve greatest COM
mendation. 1t is in the successful
rearing of an edifice. lofty, grand,
magnificent, nowhere approached in
the historical pages of the past or
present. 1t devolves upon us to
maintain it undefiled.
! Viewed in the light of the pres
ent their wisdom seems almost hu-
man.
1t seems almost impossible they
could have peered so far into the
dim future with such wisdom.
They sought to frame a govern
ment of the people-one where each
should have the privilege of partak-
ing to the fullest extent in that
government.
They were opposed to rulers who
ruled under an assumption of Di-
vine R!ght--the accident of birth.
| An American has been defined to
be king. This definition is true
one for he is a part of the sovereign
power.
To one fully alive to the full sig
niticance of American citizenship
there is no nobler title-no greater
honor to be conferred than the hon
orable title of an American.
Its possessor stands upon the
highest pinnacle of human distinc-
ton. He is the peer of any man
on earth AS an Irishman might
say, He is as good as any man and
little better"
While we differ upon questions of
great Importance, and are oft times
like old Ocean, tempest tossed and
lashed to a foam, yet when calm
settles and sunlight bathes its peace
ful surface. we find that the health
full thoughts of the majority of the
American people have decided the
issues, and all should be satisfied. +.
Should some of US not be fully in
accord with some of the policies of
those in power, still all true Ameri-
cans say, Our Country, right or
wrong, our Country still"
The most, serious condition con-
fronting the people of this land to-
day is the existence of those who
desire to right conceived wrongs by
attempting to arouse a prejudice
of part of our citizens against an
other.
1t is snake which rears its ven
omed head at the sacredness of
American institutions. 1t strikes at
the very cornerstone of our existence
as a Nation.
! have no patience with those self
styled reformers who desire to tear
down our form of government in
order to rear one emanating from
the imagery of disordered i'm
agination in its stead.
We concede to each person the
privilege of differing as to methods
or means for the accomplishment of
needed reforms. They cannot come
by appeals to prejudice. They can
not come by the savage fury of the
bomb, bayonet or cannon. They
cannot come by violence. They are
only possible by the exercise of the
same calm. deliberate, unselfish
feeling and consideration for the
rights of others as was shown by
those who founded this government.
have sometimes wished that
there were words of the most ma
levolent hatred out of which could
construct sentences like snakes with
fanged mouths, that had fOrked
tongues and would writhe and hiss.
that could give my opinion to those
who have sought asylum with us,
and now seek to destroy the land
which gives them more than they
deserve.
To many, the word liberty means
absence of restraint, no regard for
the rights of others, license to fol-
low lines which If uninterrupted
lead to anarchy. Liberty means
none of these. 1t means due regard
for the rights of your fellowman,