The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-09-01
PATRIOTS, THE HOUR HAS STRUCK!
Appeal Defenders Fundamental Democracy Come Out the Open and Battle the Preservation
COOrs Will Drive the Rmsh Pdes Against Equal Rights to Cover

store whose manager was a Roman
lst as at stores controlled by Protes-
tants until Rome introduced her old
time method Of crushing freedom
and pdralysing the increment to
maintain our constitution and hber-
al institutions in the interest of the
theory and practice Of the Church
Of the Index and the Inquisition. The
Protestants in this emergency rose
nobly to the requirements Of the
hour. They said nothing but deter
mined to sustain those who were
seeking to preserve our free democ-
racy. Accordingly they quickly
transferred their patronage, and es-
pecially did they come to the rescue
Of the brave Americans who put
duty and patriotism above policy or
personal considerations. AS a result
the lay Roman merchant suddenly
realized that ruin stared him in the
face if the Protestants continued to
stand for those who believed in and
stood for "AmericG frst." He went
t. the priest and threatened to leave
the Roman church if the latter did
not call off the boycott against Prot
estant merchants.
Now what happened in this south.
ern city will happen all over oul
, land the moment the patriots rail-,
10 the support of each American
Rome seeks to crush or destroy.
Why Every Patriot Should Come
Out Into the Open
There is every reason why in thil
crisis, every patriot should come out
into the open, defy the enemies o.
our Fundamental Democracy tina
are menacing the very life of th'
Organic Law of the land and ou
( free institutions. Every patriot ha
: just reason to be proud of his prin
ciples for he is standing for nothin,
: more or less than the principles
theory and ideals for which Jeffer
son, Washington, Franklin and tn
} other master builders Of our liberia
{ democracy stood. Every patriot il
( the land has just reason to be prou
( Of his principles because he stand
( for that broad, liberal, tolerant, Ere
( Democracy which Rome in her into
< Grant and arrogant assumption g
( papGl authority ouer the author
: HS of the state is openly an
< secretly seeking TO overthrow.
8 We do not war on Rome's religio
3 per Sc. We only oppose her politics
3 pretentions and her attempt TO d
8 StrOy the vital principles of ibert
B democracy which the constitutio
B especially seeks to protect.
< In defense of these principles IL
g best blood Of America was she
z Why then should we hesitate for OIL
z moment to show our colors? Let I
z to q man defy liberty-hating eccles
x astical hierarchies and all who Sc,
X to subvert our constitutional qua
X entees and do our duty, as the eau
Z of God, humanity and democracy d
X mand.
z If we do this, in six months Il
z power Of Rome will be broken. 0
3 example will be quickly followed
z community after community and
z will all be amazed to see how loi
3 we have been the rictim Of Rom
q bOgie,
q This fearis Rome'S most eAecti
z stock in trade. Defy it and you "
q uncover her weakness. This !
B been the case time and again VIII
X bands of patriots have acted in u
* son,
IS More than this, beyond and abe
g the fact that victory waits uT
q united, courageous action rises