The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-23
THE LIGHT OF LIBERTY.

the began in Europe The nation is practically
soul, mind and one arm.
Why?
Is it because Americans are stirred by war activities
and the spirit? Is it because they have become
possessed of the fever and the determination to win
that they readily sacrifice personal opinions?
If these are the reasons why America united then
the American cause the allied cause not inspra
tion but mere excuse for exercising the spirit
Any other cause or principle would just as WELL
if the real motive powerthat unifes America were the
lust of battle
A moments consideration tells any thoughtful Ameri-
can that it is not lust Of that induces him to sink
personal matters deep determination to give his life
rather than America lose this war It is not desire
for victory for vctorys sake that is the spur but the
clear knowledge that victory is indispensable prelm
mary to the accomplishment Of the real purpose There
is lust for battle but it is effect and not
In our opinion the reason why Americans are more
firmly united now than at any time since the European
began is because they better informed than
they ever have been before They know why there is
war; why America is in the war, and why America will
fight to victory The completeness and detail fthis
knowledge vary with individuals but the main facts are
universally known in the United States and they
70 fight to the finish
Woodrow Wilson, than any other person
agency entitled to the credit for having enabled Amer
leans to understand the meaning of the beginning the
prosecution and the inevitable ending of this war. He
has also contributed than any other man or agency
fundamental issue Of the war.
The face of the world may be ikeneo to vast land
scape viewed from an arplane Upon the plain as viewed
from height immense stretches of sunlit ground,
together with other spaces covered with light haze
obscured in heavy shadows The lighted represent
pose of civilization in fighting this war The hazy por-
tons represent peoples who do not yet have clear per-
cepon of the truth and the heavily shaded regions in
dictate the countries that have idea of the war aims
of the allied nations.
The battle must be fought by the nations that are in
the light but they need not and should not consume
all their energies in BATTLE to the exclusion of their
other duties. It is their duty to spread light When
they teach their neghbors what liberty is how it may be
attained and how it may be lost they contribute greatly
to their strength in battle and make doubly
that the enemy of liberty shall be crushed to death.
No human being not even German, hates liberty
when he knows what liberty is 1t as precious as truth
justice and in Gods sight is only another aspect of
truth and justice Americans have this precious Jewell
and by the favor Of the Almighty they have
it through hurricanes of war. They have learned to
know how it, partly by the teachings Of bitter
experience and partly by the better understanding which
liberty itself confers upon
Some of the allies like Russia have found liberty and
may lose through ignorance of its nature Other allies
like Bohemia know what liberty is, but have not yet
attained it. Still others, like Belgium Serbia and Rou-
MANIA have been robbed of liberty There portions
of liberty guarded by lawtha u.s. the equal liberty of
all individuals in nation safeguarded by the free will
of these individuals expressed and enforced by
a fundamental law binding upon all alike.
If the world could know what liberty u.s. would the war
against libertys enemy be difficult and as bloody?
Would not the Germans themselves strangle their mon
strous brood Of Oppressors?
With malice toward none, and with charity for ALL
Abraham Lincoln fought good fight until those in dark
understood what liberty Woodrow Wilson
and the other leaders of at this hour go on with
the fight until in enemy lands there will be liberty
Washington Post.
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