TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-09-11
(From Congressional Record
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(From Congressional Record
pages 6652-6653.)
Speaking to Senate concur
rent resolution No. 10 providing
for an investigation OF the mob
violence in East st. Louis, ILL.,,
Senator Nardaman Of AIississip-
ri said regarding the war and
the war speeches Of some So
called statesmen:
mr.. President, I am pro
joundly impressed with the fact
that never in the history Of this
Republic was there so great a
demand for brave, patriotic. and
unselhsh men in the councils Of
this Nation as at the present
time-men with capacity to
think for themselves, think for
the benefit OF their constituents
and the American people, and
after thinking dare to express
and act their thoughts, "do the
things that others pray"
There are men III America
to-day, who under the dishon-
est guise OF loyalty TO the adj
ministration, would abolish the
Constitution and upon the ruins
Of this Republic erect a mos
narchy if they thought there
was a chance Of becoming a
favored fiunky in the court Of
the king.
There will also be found in
large droves the patriots for
pelf, whose cupidity is cloaked
in patriotism, along with the
statesmen in pursuit of power
for personal ends. The dis
astrous consequences which in
eyitabIy flow from such sources,
If not checked, will impose a
burden upon ~posterity whose
bliehting Influences will extend
beeond the life Of orr ciyiliza-
ton itself.
Mr.. President, I cannot this
morning perform a greater
service to my country than TO
give warning, put the brand Of
disapproval, the stigma of de-
served infamy, on every such
character, that the patriotic,
unsuspecting, slow-thinking com
mon people may know them and
that they may be warned against
their seductive, misleading, and
sinister sophistry.
My attention has been called
Of late to a peculiar species OF
embryonic statesmen, the spawn
and product OF the slime-cover-
ed pools Of war, the evolution
from the human microbe, which
found its origin in the troubled
womb OF abnormality. There is
found on every hand these days
robust specimens Of this genus,
which / mention only because
such as they present a problem
with which the people must
deal-men with ambition but
without the slightest capacity
for independent thought or in
tclligent action, fit only to fol-
low and fawn at the feet Of
power. This type Of individual,
I repeat, is one of the many
tantalizing incidents Of war,
which but adds to the burden
that the people must bear. One
OF these little individuals, 10
which my attention has been
called, is m~cubating an ambition
to serve his country or rather
himself in the halls Of State.
He favors war, and IS loud and
lusty in the protestations OF his
loyalty to his country. He holds
that under certain circumstances
it is treason to even obey the
Constitution in the prosecution
of the war. He would suspend
the Bill Of Rights, abrogate the
Sermon on the Mount, repeal
the Golden Rule, and vest with
the Commander in Chief Of the
Army the power OF life and
death over the people. His lip
patriotism is preached from
svery street corner and he is
Known and heard ad nauseam by
bis friends. The valance Of his