The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-06

American institutions are the Erca'-
est treasure held IN tn" world. ar which,
ever has been held in any ~" "r ny any
people and that tr"asur" must not To-"
lost or dchHSrd through trusting It 10
ANY furnHcn Of "Intsrnatlona!iSn
among cosmopolitan institutions and
races. or casting II h"f"r" those VIII"
seek only material sni!"iy.
Around the world Is HOW running n
rronaganda Of SordId mat"riallSn. col
lcctivist nut0rrary. riIsn una'iurned pa
t-anlS,u, Il rrlru.;ra,!" into :; prc-thriSi-
ian cuIt--tha, phrl"*"i.hy which held
Non bound in distress ana despair
through 1900 years IL recorded col
lectivism.
We feel pride and a thrill as we read
the words Of President Ioincaire. of
France The dawn "t new day "l
democracy is breaking upon tho world
whose first beams iilumin"a the hr"WS
Of the founders of III" American r"puh-
lie and the patriots Of our own Rev"lu-
ton"
Eur the dawn of democratic freedom
has been turned back into night OF UA-
told horrors among tho millions of Rus
slams who rs int"rnatI"nalists eStah-
li>hcd their foul d.'Sp"tis'!. backed ny
T"ui"nic gold. iron and deceit.
Even our own treasure. is intruSi"d Ia
car,hrn vessels. ana human weakness
and frailly may allow much nf tina, pre-
clous hcrItagr 10 slip away and Il" lost
The trend Of our own times cannot llll
TO nut personal freedom If action upon
the drfrnsirc and call upon uS for proof
that the Fathers Of the Republic were
right when they ordained that the gov
eminent should be made for man. and
not man fur III" government. Millions
upon millions Of our pcuplH by birth. BY
training or by personal interest are LED
to the pOstulatc Of the old Roman law
the autocrat and III" intcrnatinnhIISt
They demand that in all things man
shall he dominated and controlled by
the government.
Things foreign to us and to our In
stitutions have como with tho autocracy
Of the forcign-born Of the foreign
schooled. Dependency upon authority
and demands for collectirist assist
ance have marched side by side with Tho
schooling which teaches n destruction
Of freedom in order TO accomplish ar
Increase OF production. and we Shnl
need all Of our American traditions
blood and teaching. left free from FOR
eisn intcrmcddline. in order that vi
may pcrpctuaie after the great w;tr
here in America at least. IA government
Of laws, not mem
The dynamic force Of freedom none
can doubt Those who read the story
Of the world find proof OF that fore" II
every page Of science and in ever!
epoch Of history.
The deeds Of our boys upon the battle
fields Of Western Europe are illustrate
{ ing anew the potential force of FREE"
dom. while on the Eastern front is mad'
! manifest the work OF that terrible an'
residential cnntaEion which develops
! under irresponsible untaught collective
! list autocraCy.
The free democracy Of our republic i:
| invicihle Its vital force transform:
our citizens into the best soldiers ever
! seen on earth. while tho men of the Sol
| sheyist Russia have been proved to b'
wholly negligible and contemplate"
! Shall we then corrupt ourselves by an!
faint Of that infectious lntcrnatinnaliSn
which destroyed Russia in the .intcr"s