The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-10-12
BUT ONE SENTIMENT IN THE
SOUTH.

Governor Beckett of North Carolin;
recently made a speech to the sol
diers of that state, and it was shown
that he has all the ardor of Tom Hef
lin OF Alabama.
He said that he had heard one hun
dred speeches telling in glowing Ian
guage of the part that North Carolina
played in the war between the states
but what pleased him most is no
what has been said as what was done
by the "Old North State The cen
sus for 1860, he said, gave her a pop
ulation of $4,000 adult males, while
she furnished to the armies of the
confederacy $4,000 able-bodied sol
diers.
Governor Beckett wants that record
to continue. He wants the same spir
it of fidelity and patriotism to man
ifest itself in the present war as that
which manifested itself in 1860.
The governor then continued.
you are leaving soon to face the
guns leveled against the birthright OF
men, against the sanctity of women
and against the happiness of all man
kind You are the principals in this
story. And yet. strange to say. there
be some in the land who seem not to
understand that We have passed out
from the realm of words and into the
realm of action. They seem not to
understand the difference between a
debate and fight Up UT, the sixth
of last April a great DEBATE was wag-
ed in the country Since that date.
when congress declared war on the
imperial German government, it has
been a fight Once the fight began
opinions do not count
There is only one Issue The Unit
ed States is going TO lick Germany
or Germany is going to lick the Unit
ed States
The applause that greeted the first
half of this sentence. it was said.
quickly died and gave way to subdued
remarks of dissent One youngster
seated in the first gallery, said in a
loud stage whisper: It'll never dc
it
THE question is, under which flag
does man fight. and that is one OF
the greatest questions that is pre-
senting itself to every American cit
izen.
William Jennings Bryan is a lover
of peace. He does not want war But
the day after war was declared, Bry
an volunteered his services Claude
Kitchen spoke against war and voted
against war. but the day after war
was declared he took off his coat and
went to work on the bill to wage the
war, and his son enlisted in the army
That is the way North Carolinians al
ways do.
"In the present emergency, no mat
ter what mans private opinions
might have been before the war was
declared, if he is an American he will
give power to the arm that is raised
to strike.
81 say the real issue in this war is
whether or not the ideals of Prus-
sianism are to direct the civilization
of this world for one thousand years
to come
"If Germany wins this war every
nation will be converted into a mill
tary camp and every citizen will be
drafted and drilled for model sol
der.
THE time is here when nations as
individuals are brothers keepers
The destiny of the world is enrapped
in flames and we have no right to
stand by and not do our part in this
great hour
1--WE owe our very existence to the
nation of France, and it is no more
right to stand and see it overthrown
without cause. than the strongest
man has a right to stand by and see
a helpless woman attacked by a say
age brute.
I'VE cannot stay out of this fight
one minute longer and preserve a
semblance OF our self-respect
y rejoice to hear that calm voice
in Washington, saying as quietly as
the Master babe the stosmy seas to
cease, that the world must be made
safe for democracy That sentence
was heard around the world The
kaiser heard it, and for all of his le-
gions. he was afraid.
They are coming from Green
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