The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-08-03

their own consciences. They were told to come and go at
Now comes along one Of the most arrogant and auto
cratic rulers the world ever knew and seeks to put the yoke
CIVILIZED fnisa 0v wor1d. sh uRHn he rs suc assaS u The : vans answer ma}G IS with tn the the
people of the United States; Do our farmers want a part of
what they make each year taken to support a Kaiser and his
royal family with all the paraphanalia, pomp and pageantry
E knGWn to 3e governments '" n msenh. waeF Hsn 1he ne and c1 lawxe to r waet by y divine WINE
in accordance with an edict issued every morning from a kings
in their places houses of worship erected that square with an
emperor's ideas of architecture, and do we want to be told
not, but if we should lose this war these things would be among
the G Il seems a tn Us se tnat Ws sSosfd1 Sssrkeo of n our to de tbs sdmoDi.
tons given by George washington to his army just before
"The time is now at hand which must probably determine
whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they
is% %sv and dn farms nrsp are to o4 ss p pill s snd d sSa; sas snd t fssn
s sslgss e sfPsIfs %ut to ev = STATE atiiv of W. from which no
terrt ws a We making @o not w No v ss1 for f% sSnq ansssatSsd need fss MON, NO more e
this fight unwillingiy., Our soldiers go to battle, not as those
OF old, for spoils, for booty, but because our men, women and
government undertook to say that our vessels should not sail
the high seas, but that they must stay close to the shores of
sent to a watery grave. Could any self-respecting nation af-
ford % tS sllew such miaS Si' saSs h from ts any n crowned head? CO.,.
boys" to enlist, they have enlisted and will render a high,
steps Of those "who breathed their spirits into the institutions
OF their country, who have stamped their characters on the
are taking con not expire:
"These shall resist the empire of decay,
When time is Ger and worlds have passed away.
Cold in dust the persisted heart may lie,
= But that which warmed it once can never die"
The soldiers of America go forth in the name of a cause for
which they never will have to apologize. They carry the
banner of truth, righteousness and liberty. A banner that
means a nobler manhood and purer womanhood, a banner
that exalts the child, honors old age, reveres the christians
hope and respects the opinions, conscience and property of
others. A banner that believes in the greatest enlightenment
OF the greatest number and the widest dissemination of the
faith that makes all mankind brothers. Could men 20 forth
to battle and conquer for higher purposes?
mot success, not gain" makes a hero, but ian heroic
mind expressed in action, in endurance proved"
The people of Amreica do not believe in the divine right
OF kings. The people of America do not believe in govern
menCS DelnR handed down from father tO n We Il n MT
believe that,
Ills crowns or wealth that makes a king.
Nor the purple coloring
Nor the brow thhats bound with gold.
Nor gate on mighty hinges rolled"
we believe that every man is a king,
who void Of fear,
Looks abroad with bosom clear
Who can tread ambition down,
Nor be swayed by smile or frown"
Grenada county sons go forth with the luster of we'll
framed sons OF patriotic sres. They go forth to meet this
DUTY. however unpleasant its execution may be, with the de-
termination to win new honor for America and with a reso-
!GteheSs OF purpose to maintain the precious heritage left rs
May God in His wisdom direct them, and the thousands of
others who may be associated with them.
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