The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-17
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Jacksonville, centervilIe and White.
water,

An enthusiastic Liberty Loan meet
ing was held at Greensboro Monday
night. About 200 were present despite
the rain and the fact the light plant
broke down at the last minute, making
it necessary to have the meeting with
the aid of coal oil lamps Three speak
ers were present from Richmond in
cluding William Dudley Foulke, Rev.
]. W. Cronln and Mrs. Charles Druitt.
Father Cronin held his audience
with his witty manner from the begin
ing. 1T is rather unusual that we who
have our interests at heart, those OF
our common wealth and our universal
interests should have to have meet
ings and speeches to arouse our pa
triotism. We ought to love God enough
to do for. Him when he has done so
much for us and we ought to love our
country sufficiently to do for her when
she has done so much for us. We find
ourselves surrounded by a condition
brought on by our generosity in being
charitable to all countries. We must
overcome this weakness.
Those who have come to our cOun-
try for that precious asset Liberty do
not appreciate what we have done for
them They have not only struck the
hand that fed them but they have used
family ties, prejudices of history and
influences against us.
1--WE have tried to make these peo-
pie citizens and they have tried to
poison the fountain heads of truth,
sincerity and justice. 1t is not the un-
educated but it is those who have the
oily, eloquent tongues trying to sow
the seed Of discord.
Must Give Support.
I'VE have been careless and negli-
gent in thinking that we must be
charitable to the world. We must re-
trench. We have done things too
lightly
I'm order to correct these mistakes
the government asks us to assist and
to give our help. Never has anything
been offered to any man anything that
is more pregnant with profit than the
Liberty bond. This is a business pro-
position and any man who fails to ans
wer this call certainly shows his stu
our harbors, we hafe all the fruits and
buy ammunition and clothes and food
for the boys over there but 1t gives
man a recompense in his old age.
You are buying the gun that killed
the Hun that killed the Belgian baby
if you buy a $50 Liberty Bond and If
you buy 500 Liberty Bond you are
buying two guns that killed two Huns
that killed two Belgian babies. We are
big enough. and powerful enough. and
patriotic enough to do it. We are the
To-, ND vat
we are the most powerful. We may
be too proud to fight, but don't tease
us.
"Our patriotism is spouting. 1t is
necessary that 1t be instilled in us
for we have a far greater reason for
our patriotism than Germany-we
have our liberty
Mr.. Foulke followed Father Cronin
by saying, I'VE have a far greater
reason for our patriotism. We have
this sweet land of liberty. God never
loved land as he did when he created
America. We have the two great
oceans on either side Of us, we have
our harbors, we have all the fruits and
all the climes and all the seasons. We
have all the products of the world.
We are a world to ourselves. When
we awoke our first note was liberty.
Freedom founded the country. The
Pilgrim came over for Liberty. The
war was for political
freedom We said Taxation without
is tyranny" The war
of 1912 was for commercial freedom.
The great civil war was for the free
dom of a race which we had held in
bondage. We were born under liberty
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