The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-10
Those Guarantees.
tBy l.. Il. Hartman of The Vigil
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Ihe Pro-German paciflst Gronna,
conscientious OBJ je ctor- Works, peace
Ct ANY price LaFcllette, fcel-sorry-for-
the-devil crowd of imitation Amer
leans are howliny for this govern
ment to accept statements emanat-
ing from the Potsdam palace. They
think we should work for peace
right now and take the word of the
Kaiser that he W ont, do il again.
Just suppose for an instant that
this crowd held claims against the
assets of bank which had failed
fraudulently. suppose the bank
men were put ON trial in the court
and it was proved beyond all possible
doubt that the had sequestered
funds. had misspcnt other funds. that
they had accepted deposits on the eve
or failure, when they knew that the
bank doors would never open on tho
morrow. Would they then ask the
court to dismiss the case against the
officials upon the presentation to the
defrauded OF promissory notes by the
accused?
Or suppose that this gang of semi
traitorous, altogether foolish and
deluded abusers of privilege, should
take redhanded some brutal wretch
who had amused himself by cutting
OFF the breasts OF their mothers. Sun
pose this devil IN human FORM nIe.d
TO the court thar his act was onn or
necessity and that he had acted as
circumstances compelled. Would thev
petition the court to free the fellov,
and allow him so retain tho k,;f,
with which he had committed the
acts? Would they if they knew he
would remain close neighbour
charge that the pacifism of In.
rohette and Works and Gronna and
a host of others is based on the
premise that they feel safe from anv
personal attacks; that if they had roa-
son to expect that this enemy whom
'hcy aid would touch them they would
be the loudest howlers\ for police pro.
lection, l. e. navy and army.
Because Belgium and POLAND ana
rance and Serbia are far away. be-
cause they have neither kin nor
friends there. ause the war has
'iot 'ouched the. personally. they
decry all attempt on the part of our
country to subdue the evil force re-.
'ponsible for outrages such as tbe
world never knew before
This gang, and gang is the only fit
term for them unless I call them q
pack, bears such n close resemblance
to the ancient crowd which held
the garments of them which slew
stephen, consenting unto his death"
That it is impossible to separate tbe,n
The law says that the man
who watches a murder without at-
tempting to stop it, is particens
he is an accessory "a Tho
murder. This bunch of moral poIyps
nat rant in congress and the senate
IL private halls and public parks. on
he streets. in the cars, everywhere
nat noxious insects may and do
D" c,"2te, are willing to watch muir
-er and rape ard arson and torture
ust as long as they can sit safe and
lse an opera glass
"hat are we going to do about it?
nat can we do about il?
Iaik about the lampposts for Ger
nan spies and German reservists who
hight start something i'm this coun-
~! Our own men, our elected mem
ers or the greatest legislative body
u the land, who attack from behind
ne bulwarli of privilege. are as much
astier traitors as the limit of Ian
uage allowable i'm public print. A
imppost is too much dignity for
lch. benedict Arnold? WHY Hcne-
let was whole souled patriot be-
de such. Get the tongs, somebody
nj carry that mess out to the yor-
age can i'm the alley. Cover il ND,
ell or the neighbors will charge us
ith committing q. nuisance.