Arizona republican., 1918-03-04
CITIZENSHIP |S
 THEME OF ABLE
 SPEECHAT CLUB


 Interest in the Brotherhood Lunch club seemed not in the least abated by the election returns, if one would judge by the weekly meeting at the Central Methodist church yesterday. Dr. Wilkinson called the meeting to order, and after announcing that the club had secured Dr. Perry of Fl Paso, for an address next saturday, invited R. E. Jarrott, assistant county at torney, to act as chairman.
 After the luncheon Chairman Jar rott. in a happy and complimentary manner, introduced John F. Swanger, a prominent member of the executive force of the Modern Woodmen of America, who is spending some time in Phoenix. Chairman Jarrott said he had known MT. Swanger as bank ex- aminer and secretary of state in Mis- souri, and had always found him a champion of good morals and good citizenship. MT. Swanger than address sed the club on good citizenship, say ing:
 The pleasing manner in which your chairman has introduced me, awakens my sincere appreciation. He is from Missouri, and his kindly heart just wells up in welcome, and that is why this friend and neighbor has said kind things about me. It is noble of you representative men of Phoenix to meet about this table here to take council how to discharge the duties of Amer ican citizenship. You, Dr. Wilkinson, have done a great work in bringing these people together ana I would re- spond if I might by saying something useful and helpful.
 The subject is of wide application and yet relative term What might be considered good citizenship in one country might not be thought so in another community. ,-owever if we go back to fundamental principles we 1lnd them much the same. I do not speak to you as a citizen of Phoenix I appeal to you in the name of that higher com non citizenship which should spell American brotherhood everywhere
 Citizenship is governmental kin ship. We owe to the government obedience to it's laws, protection of it. honor and contribution to it's renown The man who is ready to fight an( die for his country is discharging som, Of the high duties of citizenship. bu the man who is striving to work anC live for his country is just as indis | pensible. In order to do this W, should know, not only the laws but tn, history of our country. It is not tn, splendid design nor the spacious dom of the palace of freedom but the live of men and women, not only thos gone before but those now living. tha make the fine temple of true democ racy. We must learn the fundament als. the old ideals of freedom are stil new. They were the controlling an
 guiding force that gave us the Decla
 ration of Independence.
 Show me the ideals of any peopl and l will tell you approximately thei
 history. In the temple of governmen
 every stroke of the hammer and chise
 will be shown. Napoleon, the grea
 miiitarist, gave the world the ideal c
 a great empire of conquest. Patric
 Henry gave a different and greate
 ideal to humanity. In the name c
 human brotherhood he sounded in In
 dependence Hall the death knelI c
 autocracy. He stood on the intellectus
 heights of freedom and looked down o
 the superstition of kings and tyrant,
 He proclaimed that all men were ere
 ated free and equal. Out of the dubj
 ous darkness of privilege came tn
 brave Declaration of Independence. as
 serting that all men were endowed wit
 certain inalienable' rights-life. libert
 and the pursuit of happiness. Oh, yo
 say, he always had the right to liy
 No, his blood wa stoo often used
 mark the boundaries of empire. hi
 bones to mark the boundary of a des
 pots dominion. Liberty he did nt
 know, true freedom came to mankin with the Declaration of Independenc Again that immortal document state : that government derived just powel
 from the consent of the governe Long years from Stony Point to Yorl : town 1t took the American people stamp this lesson on the history
 the world. This fundamental ideal
 the bedrock of good citizenship toda In order to be happy man must free to toll. and to receive a just al full reward for that toll.
 , "Oh the blessings of being able .. toll in that way which seems best wi hand and heart and brain for the hi, !, things, the noble things for our indivi ', ual selves and for humanity. In { 1, this, man must be free as bird in t ! air, free to think and free to act IT
 is a great Christian nation but no legi Q pture shall write the creed of o l. faith. There is nothing in this W n against greed and graft not found 5. the decalogue of the Christian. The ( r. commandments of God are always ne
 and fit every need. Thou Shalt \ = Steal should prevent dishonesty in ( 1 flee. Thou Shalt Not Commit Adulter should be the slogan to cure lust a break up dens of vice. Write these the tablets of your heart when you out to battle for civic righteousne which is only another name for col mon, everyday honesty in politics. Remember also that labor produt all good things and that a loaf whether in a palace or straw sta = is always an enemy of society. In t u