Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-06-28

place for our flag is above their trench
es. Never was Il nation under heavier
obligations. We owe our allies tinan.
cial debt. Years ago they loaned us
the money with which our western
railways were builded and the great
northwestern states opened up TO set
tiers. our farmers owe our allies u
debt. England and France bought
their wheat, meat and cotton and paid
prices high enough to enable the farm
er 10 pay of his mortgage and put
money In the bank. Our manufacturers
and merchants owe debt 10 the allies.
They have sent 10 this country bilious
of dollars and purchased at the highest
prices our tools, our locomotives, our
autos, our iron and steel. But these
material riches are the least of our OBJ
legations. France gave us the jacquard
loom. Italy gave US the marconigram,
Belgium gave us the printing press,
England gave us the beSSemcr steel,
Scotland gave us the steam engine. In
Milton plea for the liberty of the press,
Darwin's theory Of evolution; Scotland
gave us Adam Smiths Wealth of Ma
tons France gave US authors as di
verse as Victor Hugo, the novelist, and
Calvin, the theOlogian; Belgium and
Holland gave an asylum 10 the pilgrim
fathers; Italy gave Us our fine arts
with Savonarola and Dante. our nat
ural friends are the allies, who stand
for the free institutions SO dear 10 us
and to our fathers. On the other hand,
German autocracy and milltariSm are
opposed to and have assaulted every
free institution that belongs 10 our ma.
tive land The war with German au.
tocracy and militarism. therefore. was
inevitable. II is the war between light
and darkness, liberty and tyranny, eter-
nal right and wrong
A War Fer Our Native Land.
Love for our native land bids us sup
port our president and congress. Patrl-
otiSm is mans earliest, latest and pro
fouuicst sentiment. As the lark loves
to return to its own nest, aS the bee
loves the hive where II stores its honey,
as the bird Of paradise leaves the deS-
ert and returns to the oasis with its
palms and fountains, 81 the traveller
and the soldier long for the home land.
Therefore it is that the noblcSt words
in literature have concerned ones Coun-
try. Witness the love of Jesus for
Jerusalem, the JOY of the whole
earth" and his sorrow when he wept
at the thought Of his couury's over.
throw and fan. Remember that all
eloquruce is born Of great theme.
The greatness Of AtAOu, lent greatness
% PericlcS. The beauty os Florence,
city Of flowers aud flower Of cities. lent
wisdom 10 Sayoglru'a Who can Gc-
scribe Martin Luthn.'- passion for Ger
uanv. .r Slahosnaurc's lowe for Eng
..i or Robert L-m.ts love Il Ire
land, .r Napoleon. lowe for France:
But these l.als are Ike tiny diamonds,
while our country is q brilliant kohl.
uoo., a yrrUhle "mJgu'aiu Of light"
Eu.ogc's soil has locu injured ly 1900
years of filling. oar country is a treas
IRE box stuffed with gold ana gems.
..t other land is 50 rich in vineyards
and orchards, in PASTURES and mead
ows, in herds and no.h,. cur country
rs the world, rraLary, filed with bread
Europe's hunger our south is a
yst cotton factory, holiin: warmth
-ainst tie winter oar rivers run
over sands that sparkle with gold. our
hills are filed with silver and copper.
our plains are rich in iron ana zinc.
our valleys are crowded with coal and
oil and cas. our great lakes hold one
half the fresh water Of the globe. What
forests in the northwest, What an
oasis Of flowers and fruit i California
What caSk"t # gems filed for "A king
is our Alaska! our people number
one-iiftecnth Of the human race, while
our income is a quarter the total in
come Of all the nations. Men in India
aud China always dwell near to starva.
ton; but, 10, our people have abun-
dance and 10 spare. God hath not dealt
so with any other country. our prop.
erty has been used 10 build schools for
the intellect, galleries for the imacina.
tion, churches for conscience, homes
for happy families, halls Of liberty,
law, art aud science
The Self Sacrifice Of Cur Fathers
Pledges Us 70 Our coun.ry's Defense.
The self sacrifice II our fathers
pledges us 10 support cur president and
congress The history If heroism holds
no brighter chatter than the story Of
tie pilgrim fathers landing IN Deccm.
her, standing waist deep In ley waters
aud carryin. the women and children
ashore 10 set them down midst SHOWS.
Thea they liiiel their axes upon the
trees, opened NJ the dark forests and
buildcd their cabins, These, cling.
Ing 10 the edge Of the forest. were nj.
ways open To attack 10y Indians with
their tomahawkS and ilrchrnndS. With.
in sixteen years they founded Harvard
college, developed the town meeting.
aud within hundred Years they set.
tied the edge Of the Atlantic ocean.