Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-02-21

III tremendous leuger. an &C.
count which might be approprat.
ely headed, "V' Y. Moore, to the
United States of America Debtor.
The first charge against me
goes back for its date to the
landing Of the Pilgrim Fathers
at Plymouth Rock, back to the
time when that little band of
brave hearted men and women
who held duty higher than self,
first set foot in a wilderness
known to them only for its ter
rors, in order that they might
worship God according to the
dicates of their individual con-
sciences. And for all their terrible
battles against thousand powerful
foes. against Indian and wild beast
and the untamed elements OF Nature
herself, | am in debt to my country.
The item on the ledger brings me
down through the passing years,
through weeks and months Of trial and
tibulation and struggle. through lives
OF weary toll and endless conflict,
through days of savage battle for pion-
neer fathers. through nights of fear
haunted sleepless anxiety for pioneer
mothers; and for every day OF body
racklng labor in that wilderness, for
every brave fight with painted savage
for every dreary midnight hour passed
by terror stricken women in rude huts
on the edge Of gloomy forests ! m -
debt to my country
look for other items OIL he pagc.
and about the year l176 find a heavy
charge for on The page ! see the uc
tuie of weak and poverty ri ii.n Poop
) lc. crushed and mnngIet under Re
heavy hand OF tyrary th'lr numbers
few. their material power thing to
he scoiTed at. opposed 10y one Of th'
greatest nations the world ever saw
and vet with the indum,tabc courage
OF unwavcring convic ion, the uiiylng
loyalty Of men who wouli lay down
their lives for a principle. ! see them
enduring hardshlps that YOU and ! VII
never know, that our liberties might b,
! made secure.
: hear the clarion tones of PatricI
, Henry, "a he sends forth the immorta
words which have been the bedroci
of our national existence ever sine
they were uttered and | realize tina
T as he said then he could almost feel tn
= hangmsn's moose about hls neck ,
/, swift and frightful punishment for hi
daring. see that little group Of pat
riots gathered around the most fatefu
document since Magma Charta. watch
: them as they attach their signature
n to it each fully aware that uales
that Declaration Of lndcpen
dence be sustained by the arms OF hi
countrymen. he had signed his deaf
I warrant. see the minute men a
d Lexing ton and Bunker Hill, their M
n munition so limited that they must wa
to see the whites Of the enemy's eye
before they could begin firing. ] 81
brave women melting household orns
t ments to make bullets. tearing up fan
= lily Bibles for gun wadding and endui
|. ing every privation known to mankin
10 that their husbands and sons might /
supplied with their needs on the bait
= field-a Nathan Hale who regrette
n that he had but one life to give {,
i his country. an Israel Putnam. wi
n left his plow in the field to seize Il
, sword; George Washington who wei
on his knees in the wilderness to carr
y his country troubles to the throne q
i his God.
% A hundred thousand unname hefJt
|. who suffered aud BLEED and d,eu fer uu
/. liberties and mine they are all on thu
o page.
Andevery one Of them-for the bra
cry Of Patrick Henry. the calm couraa
u of the signers of the Declaration, {,
II every heroic deed at Lexington at
l. Bunker Hill, for every pr,vatIon eI
q dured by Revolutionary mothers f
the martyrdom of Nathan Hale. Il
briIliancy of Putnam. the steadfat
]. wisdom Of Washington, for ever
e bloody footprint in the snos at Vail,
Is Forge, for every unmarked grave o
the hillsides Of New England, | a
10 debt to my country.
cast my eyes further down the pas
n and as pass line by line. the item
Is mount higher and higher against m
il With every year | find charge son
:, mans heroism, some woman's sacrlh,
the continuing industry aud unwave
y ing courage of great people with
e mighty purpose.
y come to 1860, and from there to 6
n the tear stained. blood bespatter,
~ entries follow one after another
thick and fast. each charge larger IN
the one before 1t, that | know NJ
n once for all that my don't To- my con