The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-27
TEACHER ASSAiLS
 NAVY LEAGUE MAN
HOT LETTER TO MITCHELL
Of Conway, from Senator RObinson's Brother, at LOnOke, is Brought
 to Light.

As is well remembered here, NJ. F..
 Mitchell, recently nominated for county surveyor of Faulkner county. was for several months the Arkansas secretary of the United States Navy
 League, an organization formed for the purpose of fostering and develop ing sentiment for military prepared ness, especially in the matter of war vessels. During his service in this position MT. Mitchell sent out a large number of letters and quantities of literature, also making numerous ad- dresses before public schools and other bodies in the state. An answer to letter which he wrote to E. R. Robinson of Lonoke, superintendent ot schools of Ionoke county and a brother of Senator Robinson, has just been dug up by a Little Rock newspaper man and was sent to the
 Log Cabin Democrat for publication.
 MT. Mitchell's propaganda evident y did not meet with the cordial ap- proval of Prof. Robinson. On the contrary, judging from his letter, the
 educator is enthusiastically opposed to anything that has the military ap- pearance, despite the attitude of his distinguished brother in the halls of congress.
 Il have no objection to your speech es on travels" wrote Prof. Robinson, but we will not receive you on your jingo subject of preparedness. On the other hand, promise you that for every speech you make on this hellish subject 1 will most assuredly reply, till 1 will make it so hot for you that you will not want t8 make
 many speeches. 1 have no language
 adequate to describe man who so
 far forgets his God and his history
 as to make himself imagine that a
 nations defense rests with the inn
 plements of war, when any man who
 has read page of history knows
 that righteousness is the only pos sible defense of a nation, and that no
 nation ever fell from invasion from
 without, but from corruption from
 within, such as you are now advo- eating.
 ''l have been voting the Democrat ic ticket all my life, but this one plank in it's new platform will surely make me abandon it. Any man who
 advocates such foolish and hellish teaching is a greater traitor to his country than Arnold, and greater enemy to Jesus than Judas. This
 have said all my life, but there is a new statement that l have added since this war started, that is, that a soldier is as low down as a saloon keeper, both being destroyers of life and property.
 q am glad to state that every
 teacher in my county is of the same opinion, and for you, native of this
 state, to attempt to drag from the dark ages these emblems of night and darkness is inexcusable. 1 know
 of nothing that l can say that will lfitly punish you for this shame, ex-
 cept to say in all candor, that such
 as you are emissaries of darkness
 and night, and belong to the people
 who formerly taught witchcraft and
 who now teach and believe in spirit
 ism. History has but one truth, and
 that is, that righteousness is the only
 defense of nation, and that he that
 taketh the sword shall perish with
 the sword. So that l pray you will keen ont of T,onOke county where
 Christ and his message of speech are
 respected"