The Robesonian., 1918-03-04


with the Government of the United
States of America index and define in
parallel the wars. government and re-
Tgion of the two nations.
Under the guidance Of Otto Won Bis
marck, "the man of blood and iron"
Prussia and part of the German states
have fought three wars:
Ravished Denmark.
That with Denmark in 1864, war
of conquest, ravishing that nation Of
Schleswig- -Holstein.
That with Austria in 1866, war Of
subjugation, effectively removing a
rival.
That with France in 1870, war Of
conquest, despoiling nation Of Alsace-f
huIlalIle anu a Union dollars.
Under the guidance of the people |
Of the United States our nation has |
fought five wars:
That with England in 1776, estab |
fishing a new government, deriving it's |
| just powers from the consent of the |
governed. |
That with England in 1912, for the |
freedom of the seas.
That with Mexico in 1916, extend
ing the blessings of free government
to bleeding people.
That with Secession in 1861, pre-
serving the Union and abolishing in
voluntary servitude.
That with Spain in 1898, gratui-
tously extending the blessings Of lib
erty to enslaved peoples.
Present War in Same Glass.
This present, fourth war for Ger
many and the sixth for the United
States, is in the line with their pre-
vious wars. For Germany, conquest
- ~
might. For the United States, free
er of right.
Writers and speakers are fond Of
saying that the present war is a con-
test between autocracy and democra-
cy, neglecting to- define either in
terms of simple comprehension.
Autocracy is that form Of govern
ment in which the strong, the rich and
the wise ride the backs of the weak,
the poor and the simple.
| Democracy is that form of govern
ment in which the strong, the rich and
the wise raise up and support the
weak, the poor and the simple.
Kaiser Can Will No Wrong.
In an autocracy, government pro.
ceeds from above downward, in the
form of a ''thou SHALT" or "thor
shalt not"
II In democracy, government proceeds
| people, and for the people"
II William Hohenzollern, the mar
whose ally is God-not Gods ally
King of Prussia and Emperor of Ger
many, wills for all the people hi
= kingdom and empire, and can will NJ
: wrong, even though that will b
"frightfulness"
Il Abraham Lincoln, whose great con
Germ was that he should be on Cod
| side, once President of the Unite
States, lowly, yet exalted unto Heav
en-, toiled, suffered, and died for tn
endurance Of a democracy conceive
in liberty and dedicated to the propo
sition that all men are created equal.
Kultur is the new religion Of tn
German people. The people of tn
United States are Christian.
Race of Thunderers.
Kultur proclaims: eve (the Ger
man people, are Of the race Of tn
Thunderer; we will possess the earth.
Christianity proclaims: "Blessed a1
the meek, for they shall inherit tE
earth"
Kultur commands and asserts: "H
as terrible as Atilla's Huns. Prov
dence has willed that we shall
his instruments"
- Christianity proclaims: Blessed al
the merciful, for they shall obtai
- mercy"
Kultur's Greed.
Kultur Kisses: 20 Germany, hat
\ Slaughter thy foes by the millions g,
\ Of their reeking corpses build a rlc1
I ument that shall reach the clouds
80 Germany, hate now! Arm tn
self in steel and pierce with thy ba
onet the heart of every foe; no pri
butts and with axes. Strike al
thrust, true and hard; turn our neig
bors' lands into deserts. Afterwar
thou wilt stand erect on the ruins
the world"
Christianity proclaims: "Bless
are the peacemakers, for they shall
called the children Of God. Ye ha
heard that it was said of them of G
time, Thou shalt not KILL and who's
ever shall kill shall be in danger Of t
Judgment; but say unto you, ''Th
whosoever is angry with his broth
without cause shall be in danger
the Judgment
Thus may it be seen, in this wor]
war, that conquest, tyranny and So
! agery battle against justice, lber
> and civilization.
Hark Back to Savagery.
- Thus may it be seen that Kult
binds back to that faithless age VIII
-. mankind was savage and soulless a
void Of the knowledge of truth.
Thus, too, may it be seen that this
the same war waged first in Heav
and again in the Garden of Geth:
name.
AS Michael overcame Satan,
Christ overcame Sin, SO, too, now,
this world-war, must civilizatl
overcome the Beast, or, "Afterwa
of the world"
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a F;
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J. L. Easley, Macon, ILL.,, in spe.