Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-04
TORIES. COPPER HEADS
AND PACIFISTS
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IL mas been said By some Of m
enemies OF democracy thar demt
a, cratic form of government could M
10 present a solid front to its enemies
- That has been urged by advocates c
: a monarchy as a reason why a nor
I. archial government was best. be
/, lieye in America that we are going Z
show the world that under a demoC
= racy you can not only preserve tn
9 life Of your citizens, but that YOU cal
r present so solid a front TO the com
!. mon enemy that democracy is SAT,
even in a time of a world wide war.
|, myself, am Republican Tn,
president of the United States is 6
Democrat. | feel it my sacred duty
to support him with all the warmth
and energy | could show if he belong
ed to my own party | know some
thing from my own lesser experience
of the great burden his shoulders
|, bear; and let the people of the United
States forget politics and give him
all the support they can in these aw-
fll times, If The president of the
United States We're a Prohbitionist
or a Socialist | would consider N.Y.
self traitor to my country if | did
not support him with the same ardor
and energy and enthusiasm with
which | am showing the president
now. There is only one test of nat.
riotism III a war like this. Either
we are for the government or we are
against it, Of course, this war is like
all the wars in the past in that there
are discontinued people who com.
pam OF the governments attitude and
actions. That was true in our revolu
tionary war. They called them Tor
les then. and you who are familiar
with the history of that time know
that their main argument against the
prosecution of that war was their love
of peace, and under the guise of a
love OF peace they harassed Washing
ton and his army until they almost
broke his noble heart. They were
Tories then. You will remember that
in the civil war there were men who
complained of Lincon's conduct of
the war. They didn't call them Tories
IN that war, nor did they call them
Paclfists they called them Copper
heads. One war does not adopt the
same name for the same class of peo.
pie that an earlier war had. They were
Tories in the Revolutionary war; they
were Copperheads in the Civil war:
ana now, If they have their say, they
viii be called Pacfists in this war.
want to say something, while
I'm on this subject, of Free Speech
ibout which we hear so much. | be.
leye with all my heart in the free
ION of speech Why, bless your
hearts, that is one of the free things
we are lighting for in this war. but
I Is also true that mankind has bv
Common consent adopted a definition
II treason and that definition is 10
ave aid and comfort to your enemies.
ild treason Is treason even though il
e yelled in fair sounding words like
rec speech. Isn't that true? We be-
eve III freedom of speech and il we
use this war we lose it and the peo. :,
re VINO oftenest have the words free
peech' upon their lips are the ones :
no are helping to endanger us in the
rosecution of this war Does any 4,
ne doubt for moment as TO whether
le resolutions denouncing the gov +
and eriticising everyone who !,
engaged in the prosecution of This !.
ar are received most gladly? Not :
Washington. No aid and comfort :
ONE from resolutions such as those :.
tue man In the White House. They 4,
0 not bring aid and comfort TO our 4,
oldlers in the field, they do not bring =
Ill ana comfort to the mothers and 4,
ithers of these boys at home. The
MY place in all the world that they =,
re welcome is in the Imperial Court =,
Berlin | do not deny that the !.
lotiVe of many of these men il good ;,
only say that they are helping to h.,
ostpone the peace for which they pro.
ess so great love Every act of =,
nat kind gives comfort to the enemy -
M encouragement at home and de- !,
'rs that pleasant day when the world =.
hall be at peace again.
! want to say just word or two =,
lore, and then | am done. But. do :
III know think that labor is NOT =,
lly loyal in this war; that not only i
it labor war, but that labor il !,
'lng to be the chief beneficiary at !,
lie end OF the war. | will tell you ;,
ny You know we We're getting pref >,
selfish before this war came upon
y we were divided in classes; we .,
ere relinquishing discipline every. =,
here, in the home, in the school in -,
@ church in the state. We were -,
ing apparently for material things. -
ritual things were disappearing i.
ON our life, We were approaching l..
age of rank materialism, unless a,
had happened to check IT, :
"a now, most of that gross selfish.
ss is dropping away and the souls
men and women are shining out NJ