Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28

packed them o. IL TO raining camps GR
And too often certain drafted men ~
moods when tact and an eye on the
ball would have sent them not in a mood at all, but at least beginning to
when he feels and knows, Understandings that his country needs him.
should have done better not to adopt it; and one thing is certaini those
in its military sense, a a condemnation of any other man who is not in
uniform We cn use the word traitor when we IA make IKE to sOO& 10y by
soldiers We must judge not lest we be judged. Let US ave Our bitter
...,7 TO a.s a nation war comes assu as a great afro trouble DE cor, comes ,, to a d family y;o.. When fR. a
depend atEoIt upon one another rs never before and r they t are kinder %i%.. to n Snt
have come among them, and they make saciaceg to help one another. They
find many goOdnesses and nobLties in one another that they have not DIS
his share, the others will get less from him by scOldng than if they say:
lis Some 10000 Of IS marched and the rest looked on and helped to
cheer c9S "a ond D perhaps st. tried oon 70 to ts cy wne1, the aI ~ we G16r Gown Ro ng i@SS +"
There were solders-lnfantry and artnlery-in the parade and hospital
and city officials. and governors and senators and exambassadOrsi but the
owners marched with their men, labor leaders marched with minlonoires'
and unless you knew them you couldn't tell which was which. The mer-
chants, the bankers the lawyers, the doctors, the dentists, the clerks. the
railroad men, ne BARRIERS the Gricklayers, the steer Grher ue cm nSS
the bands played and when the bands didn't The Catholic organizations
groes marched in their church orders singing and free and in the war; like
called German, but would no longer be called German, they marched and
sang and were most absolutely and violently a part Of the "a o Ger,
Ro %go C I% e " reoIon .m1 s .~aun vor me n nmuan Ia.e 0 r' se ernS am
Creek Greeks any ond Russians sLu9s0 ali Il Americans anne cans and nd'o all in this war; a There were Chi.
nee m there a a band of japanese, dressed as antique bowmen. No
And overhead sailed the airplanes. But 1t vas not 50 with Indianapolis
Indiana alone, The same manifestation was visible all yer America where
SO we sale: IF that ROsenkranz and Gunderstem pair of worthless in
Germany, Hlndendorf and Ludenburgh, could only get a blrdteye view Of
what is showing forth today, if they could get but a glimpse IF this America
reused, they, might also get a glimpse of what is coming to themF
America not only reused, but America united, Our trouble
has taught u u unity. We have said: "Come, brOtherp and we stand
together, steadfast. We are 1t war with mlitansm. The kaiser, knowing
that he is the front and symbol of miltarism, said: "Those who wish to de-
strOy III are digging their own graves" He knows well enough what we
mean to destroy, and in his rage he talks graveyard to brighten u.s. His
worst mistake has been his thinking that "terr6nzaton" terrihes; that
numbering a mans child subdues the mn and keeps him quiet Zeppenns.
submarines, 70mne guns poison gas, rape, setting peaceful towns on fire,
turning machine gun o women, children. priests and old men-these are
the raw head and bloody bones he uses, hoping through fear TO make all
the wide world his own private Ogres castle But America will not have
it %. Let him wave his raw head and bloody bones; let him threaten
us with graves and let him make the German people believe that 1t is
Germany W e mean to destroy; he knows what this republic means to do;
he knows what the united democracy Of the world means to do-and 1t is
he that Is afraid, and proves his fear, like a coward talking big In the dark.
America is marching Leaders go before u.s. mighty and implacable
for America and for the freedom of man, and we see them not In dmness,
but M shining figures, alive today and alive forever, at the head of the ma
ton: Washington and Franklin and Hamilton and Adams and Jefferson
and Patrick Henry and Francis Marion and Paul Jones and Light Horse
Harry Lee; and Decatur and Madison and Scott and William Henry Har
risOn and Zachary Taylor And the solemn, great figure Of Lincoln marches
there at our head, with Grant and Sherman and Sheridan and Robert b. Lee
and Stonewal Jackson. We know what these men said to u.s.: that the
word to us was always the same, yesterday and today and tomorrow-al
ways their word to us is Forward And we follow them.
Their way lies straight upward over emperOrs and kings. For a while
in ur prosperity, 1t seemed that we had forgotten our leaders, that we had
forgotten that the power of the spirit is greater than the power of dollars
that we had even forgotten to keep ourselves a nation, one and indIvisbe
and had become a collection Of grabbers, living on fat and laughing at cor
rupdon and shame-and 1t was thus the German thought of u.s. Never was
there SO false a lel The time has come that brings IS our test America
woke and woke In arms. Not true son of America doubts the future.