The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-07

THE GRENADA SENTINEL

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.ae give zap t.ieir lives. II ed be. for
- Iolitry, We ought to b. willing to
Withhold any comment that will hamper
their successful operations.
1t was said by one Of thu great states
men of England that success to the
allies cause does not depend exclusively
upon the armies of the allies. but that
success to the allies cause depends equal
ly ~ much upon the morale of the peo-
pie behind the armies. The resources
must be organized and II the people be,
hind the lines crack the armies Will
crack. The morale of the people enters
into the fighting spirit of the men. AL
message from General Pershing to be
united. that the American boys now light
ing for their country in France may be
encouraged.
Unity Needed In Crisis.
belligerent nation, 1t was manifest that
legislation must be passed Increasing the
production and controlling the price Of
soodstuffs. Too long has the Spectator,
the honest farmer of the fruits Of his
labor. These statistics showed too plainly
that the high prices Of foodstuffs paid by
Queer. So the House of Representatives.
by a unanimous vote. passed a food con-
troll bill. giving large powers td the Presi-
dent in controlling. prices. g~uarant eeing
to the farmers fair prices. prohibiting
further boarding and speculation and cree
ating such conditions that our armies
consumer protected. This bill went to
the Senate. and although the junior SEN
ator from Mississippi voted for it. he
consistently criticized 1t and assisted in
delaying its passage.
1t was in one OF his speeches in the de-
bate of this bill that he congratulated
those in Canada who were rioting and
protesting against the selective draft bill
recently passed by that governm ent. re-
ierrins to this law as an act of "inJus-
lice and a Species of petty tyranny"
whether Or net it ia patriotic for one
holding high and responsible office. a
l,ader among fi.tn, to voice such senti-
when the selective draft plan for raising
.an army must fail or succeed. when the
young men who are enlisting must be en-
~couraged or discouraged, for him to ex-
press such sentiments as these? 1t would
seem that those who are not enlisted in
the war ought to be good enough and
patriotic enough to try to unity the sem
foe. In the civil war. it is said. soldiers
around the campfires Of the northern and
southern armies would sing this song:
Tell the traitors all around you
That their cruel words We know,
In evary battle kill our soldiers.
BY the aid they give the foe.
commend that sentiment-the truth
OF which cannot be denfed-to those pub
nc servants Of today who are sowing tho
seeds OF discOrd and endangering the sue
cesstul prosecution of the war. And those
who would persist then in their efforts.
let me remind them Of poor, big. divided
RUSSIA, whose resources are unlimited.
whose power is unexcelled. a majority Of
Wncse people are patriotic. yet through
the barkfire of unra triotic. disgruntled
her present plight has come to
CROUCH; let. me comm md to them those
heroic wOmer who snatcfied arms
from the retreating Russian traitors and
threw themselves In the path of the on
Germans.
vardaman obstructIonist.
The record of the Junior Senator from
has been one of consistent
and opposition to the leaders
Of his party. Looking down the vista OF
the past we can plainly see that if he
and five other Senators with whom he
stood had not s~trangled the shipping bill
me ships we are now forced to build at
an enormous cost, could have been bought
or constructed at a great saving to the
,ountry. The farmers OF the country.
who are forced to suffer increase in
25 to $500, a bale. would nave saved
millions of dollars. II that bill had
passed our citizens might have Travelled
war might have been averted. II the OBJ
in that instance, bad not arisen
o the Presidents policy. the expressions
others believing as he did. touching the
of our citizens to travel the high
'sas. had been withheld. Germany prob
ply would not have come to the con-
that there was a division of senti.
nent in this country, and without this
encouragement she might not have
her pledges to our government and
,enewed her Unrestricted Submarine war;
II the junior Senator from Mississippi
,nd those with whom he stood had CO.
,psrated with the administration in pre-
5aring this country as desired by the
resident and In passing the armed neu-
.rality bill. Germany would have appre.
lated how fixed was our purpose and
ain our rights and in all probability
would have respected them.
Practically every move Of the Junior
alton of war has been against his party
the government. Only last week in
! prepares statement. given to the press.
'aid in speaking of Germany, that Amer
ca had merely entered the war to Istab
Ter in the back. while England and
have her down."
Unfair to MIs,isslppI.
or here. ask you can you possibly APP
that utterance. Aren't you sorry
le made 1t? You who have boys already
xill go to war-is it fair to them, who are
70 risk their lives in defense Of their
honor. who are giving up their
LII to right for humanity and democracy,
Q have It said Of the cause in which
hey are fighting hat 1t is merely one
If stabbing Germany in the back?
| love Mississippi. I love my state
With all the devotion that any radical
could have for his native
and its people; l love its history and
Is traditions and the part its leaders
rave played IN every crisis Of that his
'pired by the splendid deeds and chivalry
y our fathers. And Mississippi in all her
history. In every great national crisis.
where honor was at stake. has played a
most commanding part. At New Orleans.
inder Thomas Kinds, 1t was Mississippi
'iflemen that saved the day. In the Mex
can war 1t was a Mississippian,. John A.
auitman, h first scaled the heights of
,hapultepec. And 1t was a Mfssissippian,
efierson Davis. who at Buena Vista first
yave to military science the celebrated
"" formation. I need not mention the
names OF those great leaders and the
soldiers who shed luster and
glory upon Mississippi from 81 to IS and
n the Spanish American war. but in
very crisis when national honor was AT