The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-18


/ free and the brave A small per cent
of the congress were opposed to the
war have asserted it to be an unjust
war But they underestimate the pa.
triotism of the people when they think
that our people will st in ease and
comfort and allow our neighbors and
friends to be summarized and sunk.
The war was thrust upon us-we had
to fight tive are going to fight it-
we are going to win IT,
Not War Of Dollars,
It has been charged this is war Of
dollars but to so state is to Islander
your president, your congress and your
country. To harbor such a thought is
to inwardly charge the president and
tho country with a heuish conspiracy
SO dastardB that it is reasonable to
utter it and Infamous to harbor it,
Officers and enlisted men Of the
regiment you are physically patriot,
ically and from standpoint Of cour-
age and valor, the flower Of The new
state Some Of you win fall, but il win
not be an inglorious fall Some of you
II pray most of you-wil return to
us in health and strength and fun men
tai vigor to take your place in business
and socitey You are today democra-
cy's chief defenders you are the ma
tion's first line of defense-yours is
the greatest part May God bless you
and keep you in the hollow of His hand
for you are in the right and our adver.
saries in the wrong ac
Before casting my vote on the war
2 searched my conscience searched
my heart for duty to my country All
other considerations were beside me.
AT last duty became clear ! perform
ed as ! saw it. leave it where /
found it, pure and free from blot or
stain. In the lang1ageo 81 Patrick Hen.
ry, rs life so sweet or peace so dear
as to be purchased at the price Of
chains and slavery?" ] may be pardon
ed for a crude paraphrasing of it, is
peace so dear is life 50 sweet, that
we will dishonor the fathers that
founded this republic? Is peace SO
sweet or life SO dear that we viii for
+ the comforts Of the day sacrifice free
government for eternity? feel that /
know that | speak the truth when /
say, the people of the bright new state
want peace. not war but ] also feel
sure ! speak the truth when say that
they want an honorable and lasting
peace. There are things in the world
dearer than peace, for at best peace is
but the means to an end. 1t is but a
stepping stone to higher and better
things What is death as compared to
cringing dishonor for a man or ma
tion? What is death to a nation that
knows the grave is not the end? What
is death to nation that dares to do
and die that free government may live
and that autocracy may not prevail
Peace at Any Price Abhorred
A new doctrine has recently emerg
ed from the darkness, called pacifism
Euphonious in its syllables. attractive
in its exterior, but unsound al the core
Pacifism means peace at any price
pacifism means that for the comforts
Of the day we will sacrifice the hopes
Of eternity such a course IS as disas.
trous as it is blasphemous Such
course cannot and will not survive in
land where every man is free and no
man dares to wear a crown Let us
pray that within the day if not within
the hour that the dim and nickering
doctrine Of pacifism VIII return to the
darkness from whence IL emerged. new
er again to inject its form into The
slimy politics which can and must Of
necessity beget disaster calumny dia-
grace and disintegraton no adopt
such a doctrine woul,s be TO adnit ua1t
we are puny breed of unworthy sons
whose only claim to distinction would
be that we were born of worthy sires.
To adopt such a doctrine would be to
say that we are the cringing forms Of
men that were intended but yet unreal.
For me and mine the doctrine of peace
iat any price shall never find lodgment
in this land without protest
Democracy or Autocracy.
Democracy and selfrule Is IN deadly
grapple with the mailed fist Of militia
ry autocracy Our people were com.
PEELED to choose between the two. One
or the other must prevail Which
course would you want yohr president