Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-11-07

either. Why are we Impatient at
the Mexicans? We say they do not
respect the lives and property OF our
people. Perhaps they don't. We say
they do not pay their honest debts.
They don't. We say they are raga-
muffin lot. We say their money is
not any good. That's true. 1t is
only worth two or three cents on the
dollar. We say they do not respect
church property. That also is true
'The amazing thing is that people
never respect these things in reyo-
luton. We had revolution, ana
from the beginning to the end Of
that the conditions in this country
were so like Mexico that it is per-
fectly astounding to, read"
"Washington's soldiers in the
march to Valley Forge stole every
thing they could lay their hands on.
They stole the silver vessels from
the churches and melted them up tn
buy drink. They drove ministers OF
the Gospel and preachers OF churches
out of their churches and out Of the
country. The money of the SOCIAL
ed confederation was so worthless
that when they tried to make the
merchants take it, the latter hid
their provisions in their cellars"
The President of the United States
is in favor of letting the 100000
people in Mexico who have not had
an opportunity to do so fight ont
their independence the way We
fought ours. Whenever you hear
anybody say they cannot understand
the Presidents Mexican policy, tell
them to 60 and read the Declaration
Of independence and the Golden
Rule
And Whereas, The above is a
stenographic transcript of Mr.. Bak-
er's remarks, and there can be no
reasonable doubt as to the intention
to characterize the patriots who fol-
lowed Washington from Bunker Hill
to Yorktown, as thieves, church
hooters, and disreputable characters
generally;
Be it Resolved, That we, the offic-
ers of patriotic societies of women, in
the District of Columbia, do hereby
demand the immediate resignation
of Newton D. Baker as Secretary OF
War, on the ground that man OF
such amazing ignorance of history
and SO lacking in ideals, is not tit
head for the army of the United
States of America, and would tend
to seriously injure it's morale.
And Be it Further Resolved, That
we, the officers of the said patriotic
societies, do hereby demand that
President Wilson repudiate this COM
parison of Mexican bandits with
Washington's Continental Army
made by one of his Cabinet Ministers
in defense of the Presidents policy
in Mexico.
And Be it Furthermore Resolved
That as the utterances of such libel
Gus and false statements in regard to
the officers and men of the Ameri-
can Revolution are unpatriotic and
disloyal, and must be most pernicious
in their effect upon the loyalty AMI
patriotism of the youth of our ma
ton, we therefore call upon every
loyal and patriotic man and woman
in America, to repudiate by voice
and vote on November 18th this obi
Gus comparison, and unjust and IN
| true attack upon our forefathers, the
founders of this Republic, and the
Declaration of Independence.
And Be it Further Resolved, That
copies of these resolutions be sent to
every patriotic organization in the
United States, to President Wilson
and to Secretary of War Baker.
National Society of Daughters
of the American Revolution.
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