Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-31
FROM HALLOWELL

snail no longer exist In any country
upon the face of the earth, and hay
ing made this demand it must and
shall be needed.
! In 1875 we declared that we hold
these truths to be self evident. that
all men ar created equal, that they
| are endowed by their Creator with
certain Enalienable rights that
among these are life. liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness" At that time
and up 20 within a year we applied
that declaration to our own citizen
ship. Ii was not so restricted by the
signers IF the declaration of indie
pendence. They stated that all men
were created equal: tina. all men had
the right IF life; the right of liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness. and if
there be Il God in Heaven and if the
red blood which flowed through the
veins of he soldiers of the Civil War
| flows today through the veins of the
! American citizenship and if the
heart of the American people is as it
! ever has leen. this declaration of our
forefathers made over a century ago
shall be enforced and slavery and
autocracy shall be forever banished
from the face of the earth
When We contemplate the auto
cratic and absolute control the Kaiser
I ana the Emperor have exercised and
sun 90 exercise over the people across
| Inc water. control which starves
the mother humilatcs the daughter
demoraliHeS the son and hrutalizes
the husband and the father. we can
but feel that the time has come when
ueinahd is made OF our people to
dpoliSh THIS. the worst of all slavery
on the earth. These methods and
! these means used by the autocr3t aer
ADVERSE = democracy and rcpugnapt
70 our declaration of independence.
Life for tho people thus governed is
but hell on earth. Liberty with
such surroundings, but the most alb
Sect slavery and the pursuit of hap
plness. dnder such conditions must
necessarily end in death.
The whole world is Torn onart h,.
oiscehslonS and rent by the awful
curse Of var The wives and mothers
OF the nation are in tears. only a
Tiny stream at present COMPARED
win the rivers that soon must flow.
lhelr hearts are grieved and sad
dened as only the heart of woman
can be srieved and saddened when
tnose she loves are in peril The
gentle. patient hands of the daughters
OF both the North and the Soutb
through individual effort and
through the concerted work of rho
req cross are ministering to suffer
ing friend and foe. Gloom and sad
ness Is settling like a black pail over
our falr land and in every commun-
lty strong men and gentle women ara
praying that this fearful cont,ic, may
be stayed and these awful sacrifices
Of life may end
Let us follow today so far as wv.
! can the request Of onr President and
as future Memorial DAVIS Coma L.,
Us 'eiraih from pleasures AMI pas
times ana devoted the day. made so
sacred by al these events. to giving
an. honor to our dead. all praise ia
our living soldiers ana Sailors and
all love ard all respect to those who
at all times in their .ouptry's pead
maze offerings and sacrifices that
our liberty might be Preserved and
thal others might enjoy the Same
freedom that we enjoy: which lin.
ertN and which freedom is SYMBOL
ized in old Glory, the star, and
suipes OF our own America flag
when was never raised in an nm
Just cause: which has never been
| stained by disloyal act: has never
Vet been lowered at the. demand Of
! any zoe and which by the Lelp of
Almighty God. the author of all
j ruin and right and Justice. with the
ala OF every loyal American man
ana woman. even to tn, last Grop Of
hiood that flows throuc', their veins
shaii not now be lowered at the COM
mand OF the enemy.
! Inc old soldier sleeping near us
this bright May mornii,c. thei, com
rades sitting with us. together with
/ 'hclr sons now ready to do their fun
/ ohtE all clN out Garry On. Carry
On to Victory"