The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08
CEN. PEARSON IN
ADDRESS ON WAR
Reason and Treason" Marked the
UtterdnCeS-WOrdS Belittl-
Ing Adopted Country.

evening by General Samuel Pearson,
on 1.-The Truth About the War;" seems
to have caused considerable speculation
in the minds OF many of the citizens of
Watertown.
Following are few of the questions
that naturally arise:
How happens it that General Pearson,
native of England, is delivering pro-
English lectures?
Under whose auspices is he in the lee
ture field just in these trying times,
when men with semblance of the milk
of human kindness would paint in word
pictures the horrors and folly of war,
Instead of giving vent to un-patriOtic
and IN American expressions?
Why did General Pearson belittle and
insult the country and flag of his adOp-
ti0n and class our nation beneath one
in the old hemisphere far less civilized
and ChristianlZed?
Is there deep-laid motive behind the
lectures of General Pears0n2
1t is well and proper that an indiyl-
dual feel sympathy for one or the 9TH
er of the warning factions and give ex-
preston to opinions so long as they are
within the bounds of prOpriety. Gener-
al Pearson did not keep within the
bounds. Should he continue some IF
the utTerance, the prediction is made
that sooner or later hell get his need
ings"
1t is only necessary for men of intel
ligence to let the mind revert back to
the days of the Revolutionary and Civil
wars TO recall the treachery of the ma
tion of the birth of General Pearson. In
those troublesome times there were no
sympathy soothing balms for America.
On the contrary, ii was arms and am
munitiOn in the hands of the native
deniZens of the forest to kill off Ameri-
soldiers and masacTee mothers and in
nocent babes prior to and during the
Revolutionary period Then again in
later years ii was munition of war for
the Confederacy of the south TO disrupt
our government -arraying class against
class. as it would seem General Pearson
Is endeayoring to do, that the disrupt
ing element might profit.
These are some of the questions which
should have been hurled at General
Pearson in the series of questions which
followed his brief lecture on Tuesday
evening. They are unforgotten facts in
the annals of American hist0ry-blOts
on the pages of time made by those who
are probably no worse or more treacher-
GUS than the same General Pearson-a
dangerous parsonage to be on the lee
ture platform.
Germans should put no credence in
several OF the untruths spoken by Cen
eral Pearson bearing on the so-called
strained relations between this country
and Germany. The national admins
tration cannot voice the sentiment of
the American people. IL America has
made a mistake, it was made at the
polls at the last national election. This
evident mistake is one that can and no
doubt will be righted at the earliest Op-
portunity. This leads the true patriot
to s0lilOquise: "Our country, may she
always he right, but right OF wrong, our
country"
Those who heard the lecture of Gen.
eral Pearson should sift beneath several
of the ntterances he made and reason
that, perhaps. "there was method in his
madness" America owes a debt of
gratitude TO the sons of Germany for
their loyalty to the nation during the
the dark days of 166l-65. The American
people will never forget the important
part they played FOR the cause of righ-
teousness during the Civil war. Meth
er will they lose sight of the fact that
there were numerous and brave Gener-
ais of German birth engaged on the
side of right and justice during that
terrible conflict Neither will America
lose sight of the fact that during the
years of the Civil war, there were fan
less desertions among the heroes of Ger
man birth or perantage than among
the soldiers from any other foreign ma
tion.
1t was wrong for General Pearson II
utter sentence that might, even i'll {
slight degree, have tendency to ARA,
class against class and especially thos'
of German birth against Americans
These are trying times when it behoye
American citizenship to listen not to tn
voice of false prophets" The nation
needs its united strength. One natiol
evidently would glory in pulling tn
United States and another stands read
to cnnningly strike at an opportun
time But neither is Germany nor Aus
tria.
1t may be that America may vet b
drawn into the conflict. Ii that tim
comes, it is TO be hoped that th,
services OF the nation will be enliste
on the side of right and Justice in tn
sight of God and man. This has bee
the experience of America in the pas
and public sentiment will decree it i
the future.
In his lecture, General Pearson spok
some truths relative TO the Imperial ns