Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-02

called the American constitution the
greatest politicaS instrument ever
struck OF By the unaided genius Of
man" Lafayc.'e carried back TO Paris
the story OF oUg free !: Stitr,'5cs Soon
France bel,-led hcv DIES. ITS and be-
came republic. switzerland follow
ed her example. One by one tie mon
arches Of South America became free
governments. Two years ago, ON Lin.
coins birthday. China adopted the es-
sence Of our constitution. Last Of all,
as one born out of due time, Russia
joined the group of self governing ma
lions. And now the first trcmor of
coming political revolution Is making
the soil Of Germany and Austria to
vibrate with impending changes, The
struggle Is between German autocra.
cy and militarism on the one hand and
American democracy and an interna-
tional supreme court as the court OF
appeal for the settlement OF disputes
between nations.
The Freedom Of the Seas. -
Our soldiers, our sailors and the
homes that support them are also
fighting for the freedom Of the seas
In 1872 Great Britain denied us this
right, and our forefathers fought TO
establish the right of all neutral ma
lions to the Use Of the ocean. We
won our claim, and for more than 100
years England has stood by the treaty
made for Us by Henry Clay, and
wherever the English ana American
flags have gone they have been pSdges
of full freedom OF trade. Now Ger.
many denies MS this freedom. She
torpedocd The LuSitania at the be
ginning II this war and is still sinking
our ships, numbering our lti2ens, say.
ing that If we will submit and permit
the kaiser's iron heel TO rest upon the
American back that she will allow US
to have one ship per week. Meanwhile
American food from the farms lies rot
ting In our ships that cannot sail
American goods are tied M In our
depots, freight cars and upon our
docks. But the world Is fitted yp BY
God as the Fathers house and belongs
to all his children. No one nation is
independent. God gives corn and
wheat and cotton to the United States,
coffee to Brazil, sugar TO Cuba. tea to
China. indigo to India. furs to the
frozen north, spices to the sunny
south, and to each country and each
race nature has bestowed its special
harvest and It's special genius.
Without the Ocean American Trade
Cannot Live.
But Germany claims the right to
spoil Gods Eden garden. She has
chopped down the very tree Of life:
she splits its bOughs into spear shafts
and feeds the purple blossoms unto
war horses. The peaceful. gentle
farmers Of northern France have new.
er injured Germany. and yet these
iron soldiers seized the homes OF the
French PEASANTS, CHOPPED down their
v!acs ana orchards. burned their
LJuscs, schools and churches. with
their sranarics. Germany even used her
OWN ambassador office In Washington
to organize plots to blow up American
r. tories ard murder American citl.
rens. She organized and equipped
hostile regiments In Mexico to attack
the people Of Texas. But this Ii An
era Of the steamships. The farmers
and merchants Of this republic cannot
live II Germany denies them the FIVE
dom Of the seas. The issue. therefore.
TO our country Is one OF life or death.
We must be free or die who live In
tho land OF Washington and Lincoln.
II is Inevitable. therefore. that We re.
assert, revindicate and re establish the
freedom OF the seas. won by our fors
fathers In the war Of 1912.
Fighting For the Rights Of Small and
Weak Nations.
History tells ~ that greatness Is not
bicness. Sometimes II seems as II the
greatest and most influential nations
hve been the smallest ones. Certain
little lands have been the builders II
states and the architects ~ dyllisa-
ton. Little Palestine gave w ethics.
religion and the Saviour Of the world
Little Athens gave us art, eloqUencs
and philosophy. Little Florence gave
us the beginnings Of the modern
fine arts. Little Switzerland gave
us the Ave forms of International
ism. Brave little Holland gave US the
beginnings OF the republic. A diamond
Is small and mountain large. but
the Kohinoor would buy many noun
tains. The world owes some VI ito
greatest institutions. laws, liberties
and contributions TO art and science to
little lands like Belgium. In 1895 Pres.
ident Mckinley and the people u this
republic asserted the rights Of the peo-
pie OF little Cuba. Spain was large,
with army and navy and rich colonies.
Her governor. Weylr. lecame known
Throughout the world rs "Weylcr the
Butcher" The rcoilc OF Csha lived un
der the regime Of the slave gang, the
dungeon, the srourrc. aud knew rags,
trusts. Imprisonment nIi dapta Bu'
the strong nation owes nn Obligation a.
he weak Que. Therefore We lf,ed n
,.lcld ahcv" Cu'a. I'D WHEN -, We
&c We established hcy r'w c,vcr'
.iant aud w!'airvw "a ,."l.s. .ayir
u Ter war csscGs,s. icT Il. he.
l,aici the right NJ ''r ssC,l,r state.