The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-08-08

II ,nuch nleasanter to explain why ne did
On than why he did not 60. The man
who wears the fighting uniform of Uncle
Sam has made us all his debtors, but the
man who can't make it clear why he
s+aved at honeywell "darn" if l want to
he one of his descendants. Turning to
tho ministers on the porch he said: 81
don't have to apologize to the dominies,
thew approve of my language and that is
why am with them"
A little child began crying and this
great man turned to the mother and said
with a smile "as a grandfather I can
sympathize."
Rowing to the little girls in front of him
he said there is something for all of us to
do from the little Girl Scouts to the oldest
of US. There are several obvious things
to do, Referring to a letter from the
Waldo County War Savings Stamp Com
mittee to urge their sale, his appeal was
a strong one for this particular help. You
are not asked for sacrifice but Just to
show proper intelligence for your ma
tion's welfare in lending to Uncle Sam,
and every cent will be returned to you
with interest unless Uncle Sam busts up;
and if he busts up we'll bust up with
him. Become bond holders yourself.
Pay your taxes cheerfully and do not be
inconsolable if they are heavy. Stand
back of the Red Cross and the Y M. C.
| A. and every other organization that is
behind the men at the front and caring
for their widows and orphans.
! honor the mother who has brought up
her boy to be soldier for the right. The
mother who does not is mighty poor
woman. | recall that Infamous song, 81
Did Not Raise My Boy to Be Soldier"
and | often wish l could get its author
| into a country where there are no extra
dition laws. l don't pity any one who
has the opportunity to take part in this
great service The things you are proud
est of come through great sacrifice and
risk. A Stacker should not be allowed to
cucumber the earth.
We send our men to fight with the
Allies so that we will not have to fight
without them over here. On my visit to
Belfast met a girl from Belgium who
has parents, brothers and sisters over
I there and she did not know whether she
wished them dead or alive. She does not
hear from them. If we were not with
the Allies the conditions of BELGIUM would
come to our own firesides. But the next
time l want Uncle Sam to do the trick
himself. | take off my hat to England,
France, Italy and all the other Allies, but
/ do not want to owe our safety to them.
| Let's owe our safety to ourselves.
| There is no one in the world that wants
war less than do. was your president
for eight years and during that time not
a man in the United States uniform fired
a hostile shot and not an American was
killed by foreign power. Every foreign
power had grasped the idea that it would
be decidedly unhealthy to try the thing.
We must not pick quarrels and we must
not be towards. Don't 60 into war un-
less you have to. But when you 60 in
go in! Don't hit man until you have
| to, but when you hit him, don't hit him
soft, put him to sleep.
| The pacifists want us to be perfectly
harmless and then every one would love
us and never hurt us. They don't want
to fight. l don't want to be prepared to
get into war l ask it to keep US out of
war. Had we been prepared at the sink
ing of the Lusitania, there would have
either been no war, or the war would
have been over year ago. l ask that
we be prepared to defend ourselves.
don't want war.
would put all conscientious obiectors,
who don't want to kill anyone, to the
work of digging front line trenches They
may get shot at, but they won't have to
shoot. l would put them on the mine
sweepers where they won't have to hurt
any one, but if they strike mine they
can take a trip skywards would not
allow the conscientious objector the
privilege of voting. The man who won't
work should not be allowed to eat. If he
can't fight he should have no voice in
making the laws of the country.
What we want in this country is not
genius but the saving grace of common
sense, which is the sum of what we call
character. Character includes courage,
decency and common sense. The best of
our nation are today across the seas,
giving their lives because they have put
the nation ahead of life itself. Our sons
and brothers are at the front-some of
them will never come back. Some of
them will come home and it is up to US to
make this country little bit better foI
them when they do come. 1t is the time
for us to live up to principles to put ou1
heart feelings into action. After the war
there will be industrial troubles, strains
on our citizenship, great stress and suffer
ing. We must profit by Russia's expert
ence Let US make plain path between
the Romanoffs and Bolshevikis of our
ou,p countrv IF 10 rcaleSS for l1S to at