Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-06

W q q not ne
worth mentioning If 1t were not for the
reflection th%t the American race
worShipS SuCc, IS. For generations II
has toadicd to wealth, no matter how
ili-gotten. and every man who achieves
power, by whatever devious ways, is
secretly envied and openly cOurted.
The majority Of Americans are easy
going. Indifferent, UnidCalistiC and not
very clever. they are also intensely
personal and only ask to be let alone.
1t is possible that the mass, there
fore unless ii has Il real awakening,
would, provided the Germans, I'm the
remote event of victory, were adrOit
enough TO leave them Il large amount
of individual liberty, shrug their shout
ders and say: well, guess they must
be right or they couldn't win out.
Nothing to do but come round. Times
change anyhow"
"AbomlnabIe Prospect"
This is an abominable prospect but
II Is to be faced Our world, over here,
In the event of German domination,
would be divided into two classes
mean converts and proud IrrecOncila-
bes-fOr even in this new and COM
pOslte country there are enough men
and women with high ideals and in
violate souls to despise q race with
ont a CLEAN Of spirituality, of sports
manship, of decency and good man.
ners, in whom cunning has taken the
place of intelligence, and that wins
only by driving its millions of cowed
subordinates to mathematical slaugh-
ter. One cannot even respect such a
race enough to hate ii. 1t is as II one
had been attacked by u herd Of wild
= 4icssls frssrs-.zae jungle TnSpSs tis-Ss
escape being devoured pWs: at least
withdraw as far as pcssiDie, not re-
mould themselves into a semblance OF
wild beasts with lust for human flesh.
"cock-Sureness Bluff"
l have not the faintest notion that
the Germans will win. All the proba-
bilities are against It, Moreover, If
| one projects his mind forward ii Is in
conceivable that history can read that
way. The general conditions Of the
| world are not what they were In the
Fifth Century-that is to say, unless
the idea grew insidiOusly that it was
the destiny of the Ger.nanic race to
| WIN and rule the earth in other words,
| that it was the destiny of Earth to re-
| vert to the Fifth Century and begin
over again 1t is Incredible that such
a thought should take possession OF
any educated mans mind, but the
trouble is that our famous (and often.
sive) cock -sureness is only bluff. AS
| a race we are not really sure Of our
selves. We prove that by blindly &C
cepting the European-made reputation
and hesitating to create and come out
boldly for our own. Those of us that
Chink and have the power TO visualize
the future must be on the alert every
moment to cOunteract this tendency
Of an uncrystallized race to accept the
success of might as matter Of course
and uncOnsciously adapt itself to the
inevitable" We must be known a,
the IRRECONCILABLES, and If VIZ
take a definite uncOmpromising stanC
there will be only one result-the met
of real courage who might otherwise
look upon a new future philosophical
ly" will not only wake up under tn
direct example, but will be ASHAMED
to be reckoned MS mere numbers II
the great mass of sheep or cOnvlctf
There Is no such InsidiOus lowering o
morale threatened as this, because |
is not of German, Pacifist or Socialis
, origin. It Is born of common humat
weakness and national snObbery. TIL
result will he a vast mass of inertia
and only a party of sleeplcss 1rrecon
cilables Will combat and diminish 1t.