The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-09-07

be affected. But the National Army
is not the militia. An ay is a
body of men whose : war.
burroughs V. P~ " uratt. Viz
GINA, ATS, Cass ..itia is "a bodv
of mep .~cceS' of c~itizesn occupied
tempo C' IN the pursuits of civil
life NIdem.)
"As we have seen, Congress in the
exercise of the power to raise armies
may summon to the colors every citi-
zen. 1t follows that the States,
even if they so desire, can not de-
feat this power by enlisting such citi-
zens IN the State troops or National
Guard. Was this possible, it would
also be possible for the States to ure-
vent altogether the raising of armies
by Congress.
Right to Anticipate Invasion.
There remains to be considered
the contention that Congress can not
employ the National Army to be Gre
ated by virtue of this legislation il
af9reign lands or beyond the seas. If
fhis is true, then indeed our country
is impotent. Then must it's people
indeed suffer in their own homes. in
their cities, and on their farms all
the horrors of invasive war. It's mil
itary leaders must ignore the settled
principle of their science. that the
host Anfanci.n - H. $500, ,.1.o,-
offensive. The keen swords of its
sons, instead of flashing over the
guard of the enemy and piercing his
vitals, must be held immovable, as if
on an anvil, to be shattered by the
reiterated blows of his hammer. De-
prived of our aid in the field, sue
c~essive defeats will visit and crush
our allies. Their lands conquered,
their navies taken. we mu t then in
turn. solitary and alone. meet on our
own soil the impact of victorious and
barbarous legions whose laws do not
forbid their service abroad but which
inspire their fierce and veteran
armies to deeds of conquest in every
cline.
WAS this contention maintainabie.
the misguided men who for their
personal Ease advance it might all
too late discover their fatal error.
-, They would discover it in the flaming
homesteads. in the devastated fields,
in murdered brethren, in outraged
wives and daughters. in their lands,
: their factories. their merchandise,
their stock. their all, coolly appro-
priated by the conqueror as his own
their institutions destroyed; homeless
landless, and beggars to spend what
lever interval of degraded life re
mains to them in abject slavery t
the conqueror.
. But our organic law does not 5
shackle the gigantic energies of tn
great Republic. After the enumera
ton of the powers of Congress
" among them. as we have seen, til
power to raise and support armies.
= In clause II or Article !, section
! II PRIV litS lIt poNtl - an q
" laws which should be necessar
and proper for carrying int
execution the foregoing power
and all other powers veste
y, department or officer thereof Her
: is the greatest reservoir of power t
save the national existence.
1T is said that there is no expires
- power to send armies beyond the sea
True; but there is no express powe
=. to enact the criminal laws Of tn
United States. none to convey tn
!. public domain. to build a transcor
t~inental railroad, nor to construct tn
:: lsthmian Canal. nor to create the In
terstate Commerce Commission. no
>. to declare the Monroe Doctrine. no
to make the Louisiana Purchase, no
- to buy Alaska. or to take over Port
Rico and the Philippines. This ha
!. all been done under the great powe
- to promote the general welfare. jus
:. as the selective army will be create
under the law here assailed. to pro
vide for the COMMON defense. an
~ beyond and above all is the inheren
power of every nation, however ol
gained. to utilize its every man an
its every energy to defend its lbert
and to defeat the migration to it
soil of mighty nations Of ferociou
" warriors, whose barbarous inhumar
ity for three years has surpassed a
others since the death of Attila. tn
scourge of God. The writs are de
MED"
al (. A. PENN, HEAVY HARD