The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-14


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naked, and destitute of daily food, and
one of you say unto them, depart in
peace, be We warmed and filed; not
withstanding We give them not those
things which are needful to the body;
what doth it profit" Friendship and
clarity are not based upon those
lower principles of union which have
force only in some relations OF life,
las a common interest. They teach
that all less favored than we are have
Ia claim upon our help and sympathy,
and that we are to do good unto all
men. Genuine benevolence is that
higher aspiration of the soul that
draws men nearer to God in the great
bonds of sympathy and well wishing
that unite the Creator to all humanity.
Loving consideration for others ana
generous kindness to them are the
Ioutward signs Of true manhood. Their
effect it would be hard to exasgerate
The law of kindness, in operat ton, re-
moves prejudices and brings together
those whose interests are separate.
and thus insures the salvation of So
lciety.
Friendship, with her silken bonds;
charity, with her strains of mutual
|sympthy and confiding tenderness;
benevolence, with her blazing and Nv,
ing light, bind in one harmonious
brotherhood men of all classes and all
opinions. Bound thus the measure OF
such men as citizens is incomparably
increased. The condition OF the age IN
which we live calls for such union,
and for the highest and best quality
of citizenship, citizenship that Will
take a firm stand against the evils
threatening the life of our repu oncan
! institutions.
Patriotism Needed In Fight.
/ Our age is quite saturated with
political. social, moral, and CONNER
cial corruption, and the spirit OF gen.
iuine patriotism demands that we
ever propagate those principles which
shall undermine corruption. There are
institutions in America which breed
corruption and vice, and 1t takes just
as high q standard Of patriotism 10
meet the invasion made by these IN.
stitutions as 1t does to meet an armed
enemy intent upon invasion and devas-
itation. Three foreigners, each repre-
| senting different nation, one day IN
the CITY of New York said, speaking t,
an American: Your greatest peril,
| today. is the open disregard for law
upon the part Of your citizens CITY
mayors and councilmen, township anu
county officers, state and national Of
ficers, too often for the sake OF point
lies, disregard their oaths and obliga-
tons. and permit the law breaker to
go unfinished. Patriotism demands
submissio- to government and ODE
dieuce to law All factions, mobs,
riots, lynch law proceedings, incend-
iary speeches or publications, and all
illegal attempts to coerce the govern
ment in its political measures are I'M
worthy of every citizen.
No man dares to lay him 1slf down
in the way of the welfare and happl-
ness of his country. Neither dares he
to interpose the power vested in MIN
tn check the onward march OF hts
country to greatness and glory. ANA
vet men, in our day, have lain down
and placed their bodies across the pan
that leads this country to prosperity
and happiness For their own perso1
al aggrandizement men in our lesis.a-
five halls have sold themselves to
the doors of industrial institutions,
created an army of unemployed AID
driven the wolf to the doors OF those
who. when danger calls, would place
themselves a voluntary sacrifice upon
their country's altar. Yes, and for
gold. there are men in our country
who would plunge America into ths
European maelStrom. These nave
their thought withdrawn from their
country. and have them concentrated
on their own consistency, on them
selves.
Genuine patriotism is no more beau
TRULY described than in the following
word of Henry Clay, The high, the
exalted, the sublime emotions Of
patriotism. which soaring toward heaV-
en-. rises far above all mean, low, se'f-
ish things, and Is absorbed by one
thought OF the. good
and glory of ones country, are never
felt in his impenetrable bosom Tin
the bosom of him who ''can not see
Ibevond the little, petty, contemplate
circle of his own personal interests.
That patriotism which. catching iss
inspiration from the immortal God,
and leaving at an unreasonable dis
itance below all lesser, groveling, per-
,soual interests and feelings. anlmates
and prompts to deeds of self-sa crifce,
ior vaIor. of devotion, and of death
litself-that is public virtue: that is the
!nohiest of all public virtue,"
Brethren, the message of your dead,
is the message of genuine friendship,
senuine charity. genuine benevoience.
and genuine patriotism. In word,
their message is the message of hr-
manitv. a message demanding that we
be actively concerned and engaged in
promoting the welfare of mankind, so
that when the Son OF man He may say
| to YOU and to me, "1nasmuch as ye
Il have done it unto one of the least 81
these my brethren, We have done il