The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-04-12

liberty we conquered from England
in two wars Germany shall not be al
lowed 10 take away from us in peace.
Mountain Men Not cowards-
Incidentally we are here to say TO
the nation that We men of the mouH-
tains are neither towards, nor shirk-
ers. We want the shout to go echo
ing from our peaks and whistling
hru our canons, to be carried on the
our winds to all places of the earth
hat we ale not going to seek safety
] n the Businesses of our mountains or
protection behind the vast stretches
of our plains. We are citizens of one
| country. the men and women OF the
seaboards arc blod of our blood and
flesh of our flesh; those coasts are
our coasts and it is our flag which
has been srrogantly forbidden to sail
the high seas of the world
Those men in congress who voted
under a contrary impression, who
sought to make the country believe
that We are pacifists and peace-at-any
price men, did not represent us. They
spoke beyor.ti their knowledge and we
repudiate their Misrepresentation
We viii neither send our knee nor
doff our cap nor click our heels, nor
do any form of goose-step to any die
totor altho be may Il ink he may have
a pull Nit Gott.
Not while the soul of John Han
cock. as well as the souId of John
Brown. goes marching on; not while
the name of George Washington is
'evered and that of An rev Jackson
loved: not unless the rSce that pro-
duced Lincoln and Giant and Shcr-
man and Robert Z. Lee and Stone
wall jackson and Albert Snyder John
ston has died out in she land.
Determination Firm as Rock
We must let the world know that the
wonderful men. who conquered these
mountains and these plains. and
rs firm as are the rocks of our hills.
on their foundations. is our determin-
alton TO maintain the honor and dig
nifty of this nation. and its right TO
peacefully work oti, It's destiny. in
the same splendid faith and uncon-
quered hope which inspired our
fathers to win name and !, place
among the nations of the earth.
We are officially at war with the
German empire. actually we are at
war with Autria-Hungary as well and
with that other blood-soaked ruler,
the Sultan, the Unspeakable Turk and
-
Moslem hate. that moslem whose
mosques and minarets Bulgaria now
fights. but fights in vain. This is
half the world allies nearly balanced.
little progress. a draw for two years.
Our power turns the scale.
Why do We go TO war?
There is not time to read the whole
Indictment. suffice it that, while os-
tensibly at peace with us the German
government, under cover of our hos
pitality. used our own soil and the
German ships which sought refuge
our harbors. as bases from which to
make war against us; it spread its
agents over the land to commit acts
of violence against our citizens and
our property.
The German Ambassador. at Wash
ington. was authorized to offer. and
did offer. a large slice of our terri
, tory TO Mexico. in an effort to in
duee that country and Japan TO Join
in war upon us Part of Colorado
was included in the offered prize
Mexican Border On Arkansas.
Fellow citizens, how would you like
to have the Mexican border moved
up to the Arkansas rive.s How
would you like TO have Canon City
and Salida and Buena Vista divided
/ between "gringo" and ''greaser.- and
how would you like TO have the fair
fields and orchards of our Western
Slope. the farms of San Luis valley
and the mines of San Juan. become
prize to be fought over by success
s.ve Mexican bandits! And. our
| American women, fair haired. and
with cheeks like the apple blossoms.
What recruiting ground for the
harem of any Pancho Villa who should
come riding out of the south How do
our pacifists like the picture?
Throughout this war. Germany has
ever found il a sufficient excuse for
every action. that German interests
would be served by it. No matter
how repugnant to the ordinarily ac-
cepted rules OF civilized conduct. no
matter how obnoxious to information
al law, il. the act would serve the