Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-10-12
/ Am An American
SON OF CIVIL WAR VETERAN, IN VIVID PROSE
POEM, SUMMONS ALL WHO LOVE AMERICA
TO VOTE FOR WILSON

l American hate war and love peace
and honor My father fought in in the Civil war
for the cause he thought right.
He died on the battlefield of Gettysburg.
He left a widow and FIVE small children.
AS child at my mothers knee have heard
her, as the tears stole down her checks, describe
the horrors and the miseries of the days of 81.
l have read the words of Sherman who said
"War is hell"
Il try to picture the sorrow and woe of those
stirring times and Il see destruction ana death IN
every city and state.
/ hear the shrieks of mothers, the walls of sor-
rowing wives whom relentless Death made widows; =
the cries of children waiting In vain the return OF
Daddy
/ see land rich in grain become more
devastated than if it were visited by the seven
plaques of Egypt; land once peaceful and pros
perous the most miserable country that the sun
ever shone upon. 1 HAVE EVERY REASON TO
HATE WAR.
NV minds eye sees the terrific struggle now be-
ing waged in Europe-For what, Who Can Answer?
1 trembe-ke all true Americans-at the
thought of our land being engulfed in this madden
ing sea of slaughter.
l know our President has kept us out of this
awful and lift my voice both day and night in
grateful accents Heaven for having raised up at
this crucial period Woodrow Wilson who, like
Washington and Lincoln, has been the savior of
America
know that Wilson has preserved unsued the
glory of Columbia-that he has maintained peace
without sacrificing honor
No stain of shame has ever yet besmirched the
pages of our history, has flag ever traied
Denind the chariot of king or emperor; and |
know that while Woodrow Wilson rules the coun-
try this boast will probably ring DER hill and vale
with no fear of discordant echo,
know that Wilson has endeavored in every
honorable way to preserve neutrality with foreign
powers, and that his policies and actions have been
criticised by men who like Caesar, would sacrlnce
country for ambition.
know men I know that Christ himself
crucifed by his own chosen people because ne tried
know that Wilson is sorely pressed and in thiS
hour Of dire need asks Americans. TO help him
hight the moral battles Of America. AND HHIs
SHALL DO
My country's flag waves from no lordly castle
but nings its folds TO the breeze Of freedom-the
proud emblem OF the greatest nation the world mas
ever known,
THEREFORE,
want no change of administration at this hour
of terrible uncertainty. care not whether wilson
is a Republican Democratic leader
He mas gone through the crucible of criticism
and slander and has come forth radiant like mass
of molten gold
| know that his shoulders rests a govern
ment dearer to him than life itself.
know that at its integrity thousands of peo-
pie at home striking while at 1t foreign eyesare
glaring and know that Wilson has never faltered.
This ordeal with its attending sorrow and sad
ness occasioned by the ingratitude of some may
have aged him, but it has added beauty and submi-
ty to his character and has not only humanized ev-
cry instinct but has expanded and elevated him to
the heights where the venomed darts OF slander
not wound him.
believe in the words of the poet: Great men
grow greater by the lapse of time we know those
least whom we have seen the latest; and they
'mongst those who have grown sublime--who
fought for Human Liberty are Greatest
The who has stood at the helm or state
and has piloted US through the channel OF danger
out into the calm waters OF peace contentment ana
prosperlty-THAT MAN SHALL STAND bf.
That man is Woodrow Wilson.
shall vote for him because AN AN AMERl-
CAN.