The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-11


my country may she ever be right,
out right or wrong. my country"
whom do you love best ?" Ny
beethsr" Whom nexty" my broth
80 "whcm next?" my brother
The above sentiments or whatever
<yps may call them. have gone down
IN History and wiz ever abide. because
thsy sxpress that which In certain
relations is highest and nobiest In
man. and win always serve to indicate
the rule OF our conduct and the lin
n Of highest endeavor In those rela-
tions.
No man should ever be ashamed OF
wsli-doing. but strange as IL may
seem ''rhe highest and rarest OF hu-
man virtues Is moral courage" The
lack Of II 10 the crying evil OF our
times. Men have not simply grown
bold, but defiant In al sorts OF
wickedness. All you have to do to
make . lot OF deviltry. using that
word In its brosdest sense. aceeptible
To-. 10. q D.oDls. I. to respectfully
hab,lisAsSA. then to popularize 1t. let
. lot OF high browed. wide mouthed
advocates brsxenly cham pion It. No
ens surpasses evil doers In cfrrontery
but the devil.
An old woman limited to q preach
~ In hot conflict with vice: Easy
Hicks klll the devil"
Long ago. when Rome was In the
making. Cincinnatus decreed the death
Of his own son. who was In a compact
to overthrow the state. Rome grew
to be great and powerful state. the
mistress OF the world. only because
it had q citizenship akin to this great
father. His love of the state con-
tTibuted more than aught else to his
Immortality. History tells that he was
sreat general. an impartial ruler
but who will deny that his love for
the state was the inspiration of
these. No state Is greater than Its
people. IL In as true now as ever that
United we stand. divided. we fall"
IL was a wholesome lesson the old
farmer taught his boys with the
bundle Of sticks. Aesop. In his fable
Of the two oxen and the lion brings
home TO us the same truth. AS long
a. the oxen stayed together. and were
friendly. they deficd the lion.
IL h true today as ever There's
none 90 blind as those who will not
sse." II does look like reasonable
beings would bow to the truth when
they see II. but such Is not the case
A pcrverse spirit. like a mad bull.
closes his eyes to all reason, and
rushes to destruction. How loudly he
viii declaim. and the weaker his
cause tho more furious nc becomes.
We are In a terrible war. and fight
W for no thcr reason because IL Is
our countrys IL we are Americans
~~s ~' 10 WI itS ditdT I'D win out.
When Napoleon said What France
needs Is Mothers" he meant such
mothers as the Roman matron who
said. calling her two boys to her
knees: These are my gifts to Rome"
Years ago In backwoods school a
teacher asked his pupils who has q
flat III. Dst
answered. What next" ne asked.
Our country. And next? My parents
Only children with small opportunities
but with right conceptions OF things
The children were right. My coun-
try may she ever be right. but right
or wrong. my country. That is the
status or the citizen. the patriot. We
10 not want the rest. To all the
world he says love my country best
And next? My country. And ad
finitum. My country to the utter ex
ciusion Of the world. Wild rumor ha,
Il that our bane today Is politica
harlotage; men accepting our gooo
Offices. enjoying the privileges OF cit
izenship. but playing the harlot will
the kaiser. And some OF these Amer
lean born and bred are in It's pay.
viii pay the authorities to remembcl
the Trojan horse. In tho glorious
struggle for independence all VIII,