The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-07-04
God Save the Fourth

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The Fourth, the glorious old Fourth.
ithe day that is the American years
badge Of Independence and Liberty.
the day that's should mean to US much
the same as real Christmas-and
the day that too many OF us have
heretofore dragged thru the cheap mi
| Of Lour Noises and Spread EagIefsm.
And now we stand in no small danber
of losing forever the glorious old
Fourth to, the Prussian iegions. IL IL
fact and not calamity howl. | tell
You 1t is a fact,
We have three distinct classes OF
Fourth Observers in this big and good
natured. easy-going. still half-asieep
nation of ours. There is the class
that drowses the day away: the class
that spends the day either in joy rid
ing or in making great noises. and
the class that looks upon the Fourth
as the sacred day that IL is. II was
this latter named class that made the
Fourth; is keeping the Fourth. and
will continue to keep the Fourth, Cod
willing II these patriots can only
get the help of all the people we
shall keep the Day of Independence
as long as time lasts.
We do stand in danger of losing this
day and all it means, l tell you most
sclemniy The distance between US
and Prussia has given us false feel
ing of security. Man, there Is no dis
tance now. Germany is at our ell
bows Germany is right here with
cunning spies and incendiaries and
cut-throat propagandists. Let me state
this to you. brother American: there
are men of no small importance in
things, here In the United States, who
are secretly working for Germany in
the stout belief that Germany will
win in the end. Foolish. you say?
Unspeakable. insunerable, perhaps:
but hardly foolish Germany is not
yet whipped In Europe. If Germany
finally wins In Europe: il Germany
breaks and rolls UP the allied lines
that which follows will surely take
your breath away Never. never was
there such a colossal reign OF terror
as that which would follow a final
Prussian victory in Europe.
Man. man. we mustn't lose our
Fourth II is our most sacred herit-
age: We must keep it and all feetsnds
Tor. though the last drop OF our blood
goes to pay the price We can keep
1t u only We viii wake to- the great
necessity thsk eonfronfs us now. II
, we lose ii. 1t -~ili be the fault OF the
slackers among us Our biggest dif-
fculty in here Is that wooden headed.
unfounded confidence we've got In
George-In leaving Il to the other
fellow. Don't for a minute think
we've got only q bit" to do: no. we
must do all we can.
Generally speaking. we've been
mildly patriotic so FAR The average
person of US has really given little.
has suffered little save the inconveni-
ence caused BY food and fuel situa-
tions. We must back up the army
and the navy thru our government
better than we have been doing. Re-
member. poor George can't possibly
do all there ia TO do. II we don't help
George. the other fellow. George is
going into the hands of the Black
Beast OF kultur. And If We don't help
George. II would serve US right II the
Spiked Helmet did get us-but would
IL not be hen for George? Poor old
George. God bless that patriotic.
over-burdened man Let's help him.
you and l; let's keep the Fourth as
our own day OF Independence. I can
imagine no greater remorse of CON
science than to look backward, after
these bitter years that be upon US
now. and have To say TO myself this:
This Liberty is not mine. did
nothing to help. Nothing. Nothing. {"
God save the Fourth OF July. and
make II immortal. God must save it
for us II cniy -. -. che people will help
Him and George. We pay for what
we get. II IS the oldest law. II Lib
erty Is ours. ~e must pay for it.