The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-17

raSuS and tir. whole country ni the Cos
Z. sacks. with all the people OF the stepI":s
Of Sir"r:a--Sitall all IF these be joined
In, joined with tn. BuI i;ars. Teutons and
Turks. who war against personal free
dom and liberty and indulge in ancient
hLrhartieS"
German ro!lcctiviSIn--so socialism mana
ecd AMI directed from abovc--haS spread
| like IL freedom sapping parasite. In the
home OF its infectious life It's raTaEcS
havn reduced the inhabitants TO auto
nations taught BY the nation. drilled ny
tho nation. the supreme power TAKING
cure th;;l each receives no more Than ms
days necessities and guaranteeing that
minimum for life. Throughout other
! lands that colI-rtiviSt poison. spread ny
disrupt ionistS from below and education
: AL benevolent and propaSandist forces
from ahpvr. is cndhngrrinE the very Ito
;; forces Of free peoples in L progression
toward divide and conquer
cleythedrillcdhy l234 l2%45 1884 IL 3it
We have seen AL sorts uf c"llcctivct
ism spring In the front in our indus
trial. social and educational life: au-
!: tocracy turned upside down and only
waiting the trained hand Of q kaiser To
turn America into IL nrw Armenia with
dominant minority and subject major
!; ity races.
We have seen how the |. ". W. came
from nowhere. only Il half dozen years
ago. Gud SprnnE into grratness--nnanceo
! by whom and whence? Are such things,
TOO. made in Gcrmany"' Just rs the
plAgurs oil civilization introduced among
primitive peoples often sweep away ell
tire tribes. the plague OF collectiVciSm
may oblilcralr from among us the real
lovers Of personal liberty and freedom
of thought. action and choice.
Class consciousness. distinction. con-
troll. Have you learned the lesson OF
III" fall OF Babylon. the story of the
giant statue described 10 the king by
Daniel--that monster figure with head
Of gold, breast and arms of silver. bel
~ and thighs Of brass. legs Of iron and
feet part Of iron an! part of clay--how
those weak. iron and clay feet when
struck with IL stone were broken and
the entire statue was thrown down and
destroyed"
America has been called a melting
pot, and il was in It meltinS-pot thai
the great statue described by the prophet
was cast. y gigantic figure in royal
bronze II was Il, have been. we ma;
believe. the great mold had been set IN
the ground head down, feet upward.
Feet Of clay and Stag had not been in
tended, nor yet 4 separation among tho
materials which wrr" tn make up the
brDnZr. All were "a have been fused.
the negligible dross mingling or float
ing away. lsu, the artisans were in
competent and they poured into the
mold n. unmnglcd elements in sepa-
rate strata--a cruciblc Of gold, then ono
of silver AMI then ono OF brass. and stlli
huge caVit;"s yawncd. So iron WAS
roured in upon the molten mass, anu
with 1t clay. until they filled the mold
and the people rcioiced. not knowing
that the feet Of the image We're mostly
Stag and druSs which had floated 10 tho
top. and Of tn" rnti"rs clay when
would not mix with the metal.
And the statue so cast was set up
i, with it's head Of gold. and feet part Of
iron and part Of clay. with silver and
brass between. we'll IMPLYING a strait
fled society And the feet OF clay were
attacked and broken. and the image de-
nolished.
! Our old America of the constitution
was not SO. II was more perfect
union. without class consciousness. dis
! ,inction or domination. Individual Hp-
erty prevailed. and personal treedom,
equality Of opportunity and tho sanctitE
of the pursuit Of happiness and unhnm-
! pcrcd enjoyment NJ tho product Of labor
on the part Of every mnn. In solid and
enduring bronze had been cast tho
statue Of tho great republic.
Divide and conquer" Our foes AT
horne and abroad would divide uS-thrr
would make nur fc"t OF clay. n liked
subject class. held by social organization
and SocialiStic legislation apart and by
| itself, having no pride in its origin and
mo- hone to minglr aud become absorbed
| by lll-perrulinS lIfc and vital forces nf
an entire nation Of self directing SELL
respecting. law-nhddinr free men.
Rather let our greater prcScnt-daE III"
! hr cast fair and firm in unity and free
| dom US was that of our early republic.