The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-09-12
pay. If it hadn't been for that we
would never have been able to free
ourselves from the lash Of England.

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would never have been able to free
ourselves from the lash Of England.
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Have you forgotten that the first
representative of foreign country
to the United States after the treaty
OF peace was signed for the Revolu-
tionary war came from France? Have
you forgotten that the first repre-
sentative that we sent to any foreign
country was that greatest of all
peace-lovlng men, Benjamin Franklin
sent to France? Have you forgotten
the history of France and her assist
ance to the United States? Shouldn't
we love to fight side by side by this
magnificent country which produces
such splendid Frenchmen, who have
shown to the world that they can keep
mum and fight like the devil? They
are showing us splendid lesson of
patriotism. knew not a Frenchman
OF my acquaintance that / do not feel
like doffing my hat to when | think
OF the proves of those Frenchmen
In the trenches over in France. how
they fight, standing shoulder to
shoulder; and when those boys in kha-
XII go over there / am sure they will
become imbued with the same spirit
and we all will be proud of the record
that they make.
Our nag is not a mere rag; our
flag is not merely beautiful flag;
our flag is composed of three colors
that mean something, and they mean
two different things. Just look at all
the individuals that are encompassed
by it; separately they mean little or
nothing. Who among US wants to
tear the red out of that flag and hold
1t up for all people to follow? That
means anarchy; lack Of love and lack
of government. Do you want an
archy? Do you want your homes de-
spoiled and your property taken from
you by force of arms or by the mob
Not much. Do you want to tear the
white out of that flag and float it
over these splendid boys in France?
No, not much! We are not towards.
Do you want to surrender? Not much!
Do you want to have that blue stand
for blue Monday and lose all hope in
life? Not much.
But taken together. take the red
and the white and the blue together.
what do they mean? Why, the white
tells US all of the purity, of our mo-
tives; red is the courage of our man.
hood and the blue is the loyalty to
our country. 1t is everything that
our country means to us and the Stars
are planted there not only as a hope
of the future but as a hope of the
entire civilized world to govern them
selves.
want to say to you, men and wOm-
en- of America, that if there are any
in your community, in this country,
who have so far forgotten the obliga-
tiOns that they have taken to support
institutions we have; constitution and
the laws of this country. and to fol-
low that flag, it is time that We clean
house.
If l had the power today, l would
take away from the man who says a
word against this country, when this
country is at war, the right to vote,
forever. And if he makes himself
ridiculous and talks still more, would
confscate every dollar Of his prop
erty and also would take away the
right to vote I would go further, if
he still continues to furnish the enc
my with ammunition and backfres the
boys that we are sending to France