Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-09-04
NO MOLLYCODDLES. SAYS
CLARK IN MONMOUTH

Monmouth Court House, N. j., Sept. A
Echoes of the historic battle here
during the Revolution were stirred by
Champ Clark. speaker Of the house Of
representatives, in his address herd
before Labor day throng He de
ciared 1t to be the duty OF all, citizen
or not, to support the government al
this time without reservation.
mo nation will long endure, nor dc.
serve to endure, that does not protect
all of its citizens wherever they may
be, on land or sea-" he declared.
Praising President Wilson's recen.
reply to the pope's peace proposal, the
speaker said ut viii be read forever
and forever"
such men as fought at Monmouth
Court House on June %, 177S, the hot.
test day since men learned to read
thermometers according to Sir George
Otto Trevalyan, historian Of the Amer.
lean Revolution" he continued, ICON.
stitute the armies we are now RAISING
for the most stupendous of all wars.
No Molyeoddlea Here.
1--WE have not degenerated into q
race of mollycoddles, as certain pes.
simists contend, fact which will be
clearly demonstrated In the Immediate
future. A finer body of young men
never went forth to battle than our
soldiers now swiftly forming In the
ranks of war;
an this supreme crisis of our af.
foiro-pof of oyxvt< Iona I,,k tb.o xx.T,.1~
worlds affairs-it is the duty Of every
American, male or female. native OF
naturalized, to support and sustain the
government In every manner possible
mentally, morally, physically, financial
ly.
"That is the plain imperative duty
we owe to our ancestors, to ourselves
and above all to our posterity. From
time immemorial orators, philosophers,
statesmen and poets have exalted pa.
triotism as the sublimest virtue. Cen.
turtles ago Horace sang, s'Dulce ct deco.
rum patria MORT ct is sweet and glo.
rious to die for ones country. How.
ever that may be, 1t is sweet and glori.
Gus to live and work for ones country
Everyday Patriotism.
1--WE cannot In good conscience do
less. l beg to suggest that patriotism
does not consist entirely In public
speeches, braying bands, flag bedecked
parades and vociferous assertions Of
love of country, but genuine patriotism
consists In being thoroughgoing Amer.
lean citizens, discharging all the vari-
GUS duties of citizenship every day II
the three hundred and sixty-fve, thele-
by showing forth the blessings and elo.
ries Of our free and beneficent inst.sa-
tions to all the world That's the real
way for any of us to prove our patriot
Ism, for 1t Is written. BY their fruits
We shall know them
"A few days since President Wilson
published by far the strongest and
clearest, the most far resounding Of his
state papers, stating in extenso his
views OF peace proposals.
"He Is of right the mouthpiece, the
spokesman, of this mighty people, and
his statement has been read by all men
md will be read forever and forever.
II now and here state our case In the
feweat y araS p No pat| VIII
long endure or deserved en1ure that
| does not protect all of its citizens wher-
ever they may be on land or sea-
The speaker also impressed upon his
audience that freedom Is not natural
and inevitable thing, but something
which must he fought for and an