The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-17
STAND AND FEEL PROUD OF IT..


When YOU see the Stars and Stripes
displayed, son, stand up and take OIL
your hatI Somebody aaay litter. 1t Is
Popular to deride ali expression OF no.
Tie sent menu. Yoll may hiasphcnle in
the street, and stag5cr drunken in pub,
lie places, and the bystandeTo Will not pay
much attention to you; but If you should
Get down on your knees In the street and
pray to Almighty Cod, Of il you should
stand bareheaded White a mFany Of Old
soldiers marched by with their dag, some
People Will sheer. ef
Don't you mind! When Old Glory
comes along, salute, and let them think
what they please. When you hear the
hand play "1'ke Star Spallgied Banner .
in res aurant or hotel, get up, even if
you rise alone; stand there and don't be
ashamed of it. either!
For of all the signs and symbols since
the world began, there IS never another,
save only the cross sanctificd ON Call
vary. so full of meaning us the flag o.
our country.
That piece of red, white and blue
bunting means. five thousand years Of
struggle upward Il is the full blown.
flower of ages of fighting for liberty.
1t is the century Plant OF human hope
in bloom.
Ii means. En3 tlHaNpl3ll ~ III GTlt-
erations of slaves. of the Ielots OF
Greece. of the human chattles of Rome,
of thes vassaIs of feudalism, OF the seFfs
of Russia, of the blacks Of America, OF
ali the down trodden people OF the ages.
Your flag stands for humanity, for an
equal opportunity to all the sons OF men.
We haven't arrived yet at that goal;
there is injustice still among us, many
senseless and cruel customs of the past
still cling to us, but the only hope of
Fighting the wrongs of men lies III the
feeling produced III our bosoms by the
sight of that flag.
1t stands for no race. 1t IS rot like
an English, French or German flag. It
stands for all men who will come and
live. with us under its protection. Il Is
the only banner that means mankind
Other flags mean a glorious past, this
flag means a glorious future: 1t is not
so much the fac of cur fathers as it Is
the flag of our children, and of all chill
dren's children yet unborn. 1t is the Ha"
of tomorrOw-the signal of the "Gootc
Time COMING" It is not the flag of your
king, it is the flag Of yourself and OF
your neigh5ors.
1t has a power concealed IN its folds
and scatters abroad an influence from its
Autterincs That power and influence
mean that in due time. slowly and by
force Of law. vet surely as the footsteps
of God the last ancient fraud shall be
smitten. the last unearned privilege re-
moved. the last irreeTllarity set right, !
the last man shall have place TO work
and a living ware, the last woman shall
have all her rights of person and of cit |
f~ershin. and the last and least of chill
drerr shall be sheltered and trained and
equipped by the sovereign state, and so
have their right to live.
Don't 10 ashamed when your throat
cho<es and the tears come, as you see 1t
flying from the mast Of ship in some
foreion port You will never have a
worthier emotion. Reverence it as YOU
would reverence the signature of the
Deity.
Bv thousands Of the victims OF old |
world caste are streaming westward, |
seellinr here TIE thing that flag stands !
for-opportun;ty. It stands for the open
door of ambition against the closed door
Of caste.
It waves defiance at ell ghosts. thoy
that have for long inundated men: the
rhoet IF rponarchv the Ghost If aristoc-
racv. the ghost Of war, the ghost Of ec-
clcsiactic rule; all thew that still lay
shadovv hands upon the life Of Europe
ard Asia.
Listen, son, The band is playing The
Star Sperq,ed Banner" They have let
1oosa cod GLORY wonder. Stand UP
and T,1rraT' for the flag Of your country