The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-12-24
NATIONS SECRET FOES
SHOULD BE CRUSHED.
Gravest Danger to Country Comes
From Within Our Own Borders.

Gravest Danger to Country Comes
From Within Our Own Borders.
The president says that the precise
reckonings OF the problem to be met
are set forth in the report Of the secre-
tary of the treasury.
1 have spoken to you today, gentle
men, upon a single theme. the thor
ough preparation Of the nation to care
for its own security and to maxi sure
OF entire freedom to play the DnpaH.
tial role In this hemisphere 9RdN NLle
world which we all-belic,; hhAXA
been proYidentialiy assigned t0%?&Xf'
have had in my mind no thoughcof
any immediate or particular daneer
arising out Of our relations with othAr
nations We are at peace with all the
nations, of the world, and there Is req
son to hope that no question in cor
troversy between this and other gov
ernpents will lead to any serious
breach of amicable relations, grave an
some differences Of attitude and policy
have been and may yet turn out to be.
am sorry to say that the gravest
threats against our national peace and
safety have been uttered within our
own borders. There are citizens of the
United States, | blush to admit. born
under other flags, but welcomed under
our generous naturalization laws to the
full freedom and opportunity of Amer.
lea. who have poured the poison Of dis
loyalty into the very arteries Of our
national life. who have sought to bring
the authority and good name of our
government into contempt, to destroy
our industries wherever they thought
1t effective for their vindictiye pur-
poses to strike at them and to debase
our politics to the uses Of foreign In.
trigue. Their number Is not great as
compared with the whole number OF
those sturdy hosts by which our ma
ton has been enriched In recent gen
erations out Of virile foreign stocks. |
but IT is great enough to have brought |
deep disgrace upon US and b have |
made 1t necessary that we should |
promptly make use Of processes Of law |
by which we may be purged their |
corrupt distempers. y
America never witnessed anything
Like this before. 1t never dreamed IL
possible that men sworn into Is own
citizenship, men drawn out O. great
free stocks such as supplied SINE Of
the best and strongest elements,f that
little. but how heroic, nation tint I'm a
high day OF old staked its yerytife to
free itself from every enhancement
that had darkened the fortunes1f the
older nations and set up newgtand.
ard here-that men of such origis and
such free choices Of allegiance would
ever turn in malign reaction gainst
the government and people wb had
welcomed and nurtured them ah seek
to make this proud country ono more
a hotbed Of European passion. A lit
tie while ago such thing woul have
seemed incredible. Because IT as In
credible we made no preparati1 for
It. We would have been lmost
ashamed to prepare for It, asf we
were suspicious Of ourselves. OF own
and neighbors! But Il ugly
and incredible thing has actuallcome
about. and we are without adIuate
federal laws to deal with It. urge |
you to enact such laws at the eliest
possible moment and feel that irioing
so am urging you to do nothif less
than save the honor and self spect
Of the nation. Such creatures Qpas-
sion. disloyalty and anarchy mt be
crushed out. They are not man but
they are infinitely malignant, al the
hand Of our power should clospver
them at once. They have formealots
to destroy property. they have eered