Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-11-17
GIVE NE LIBERTY OR
GIVE me- DEATH. "

Now that the election is over let
US nope the American people will
come to. Let US hope that patriotism
may triumph over cowardise, and that
we may not be too proud to fight for
our rights, or the rights of our fellow
Americans. Are we craven towards
Are we Of that clay that we can stand
by and watch brute murder or rob
or outrage neighbor and his wife
and daughters and not protest, or 20
to his assistance for fear we may get
hurt? II the brute will only stay
across the fence and let US alone are
we to be satisfied. and give thanks to
God that we have kept out of
war;" That is exactly our attitude
towards hundreds and thousands of
American citizens today. By virtue
Of law and right they are in Mexico,
some doing honest manual labor,
others tending their own business and
looking after their property. acquired
honestly and lawfully. These Amer
lean citizens have right to be in
Mexico, and it is the business of the
United States government to protect
them. 1t is our business to back our
government to the limit in protecting
other American citizens. making
whatever sacrifices in life and prop
erty the occasion requires When a
thief steals horse we do not say
1.-The horse is stolen, and besides the
bandit or thief is armed and if we
pursue him he may shoot the sheriff
or some of the posse, so let us get in
the house and let it go. We do MOTH
ing Of the kind. We 60 out and get
violator of the law regardless of
the cost in money and men, and we do
not quit till we capture the violator
of the law. If he kills twenty men
who pursue we send thousand and
keep at it till we get him, dead OF
alive. And we do this because it is
the only way by which we can main.
tain government and guarantee citi-
zens the right to peace, life, and
peaceful pursuit Of happiness. Only
cringing coward will stand by while
thief robs another man and then
say: "Well, he didn't rob me, so
am not going to step in. might
get hurt. Besides if the other fell
low doesn't want to be robbed let
him throw his money in the river.
1t serves him right. That is the
way we talk about our American
brothers and sisters who unfortunately ly
are in Mexico, or were there. We
talk like towards. We disgrace ou,
citizenship. We are unworthy de.
scendents of our patriotic ancestors
who, at Valley Forge and Bunker
Hill and a thousand other places hac
the courage to stand for liberty anc
right that this generation might en-.
joy free government and the Other
blessings. If the position of some
people is right then Washington
should have exclaimed:
81 am too proud to ight!''
Patrick Henry, instead of crying
out. ''Give me liberty or give m,
DEATH should have bowed his heat
and cringed, saying to the British
oppressors 'Give US peace at an,
price. If we fight like men some
body will get hurt. and, besides,
am too proud to fight. -
Let Us put the Monroe Doctrine OF
ice and say to the world: eff yo,
don't see what you want ask for it
We are too proud to fight. Rob VI
of our property. Murder as many O
our people as you like. Ravish ou
women, but for God S sake don't max,
us fight. We are TO proud for that. ;
No right thinking man wants war
We abhor the thought of it. L
makes our whole being recoil as from
lightning bolt. but let us never for
get that there are worse things thai
war; that dishonor is worse thai
war; that the loss of self-respect il
worse than war. Let us remembe
that as liberty has been purchased
for us at the cost of self-sacrifice
and that as others have had to fgh
that We might enjoy freedom. so mus
we remember that we must fight t,
perpetuate this priceless heritage i
we would transmit it to posterity, o
retain it for ourselves.
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