The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-09-07
PATRIOTISM IS KEYNOTE
OF DULUTH'S LABOR DAY

! middle Europe, to conquer and enslave
France, to vanquish England and OBJ
literate Belgium, Seryia and all the
the turn of the Gned o states a snd ad
we waited cowardly, supine we would
have fought our war in this country
and known the shame of being over
run by an arrogant, merciless tyran-
been complete. We should be profound
ly grateful that we live in a country
big enough, brave enough, and re-
battle for freedom to go to the rescue
of helpless and PROSTATE nations.
When, out of, this turmoil. this
worlds awful av. holocaust, there shall Il
see the .rebirtn of the. nations. Bel
GUM will be free and will be re-
!, stored insofar as it is humanity. ma
Will come out a free nation never
again to wear the calling yoke Of the
opDressor. Serbia, Roumania and all
the little countries Of middle Europe
shall no longer lie beneath the heel
OF the tyrant.
place in the leadership of the world
art, to develop, to grow without the
ever present, haunting fear of the ter
wo o '" eome Ev Eve wv s among o the
peoples of the earth there will be a
spiritual rebirth.
In making the world safe for de-
mocracy we shall make democracies
everywhere take it's place in the sch eme
of things. The workers who have
produced the food-enough to feed our
selves and the millions of Europe:
will never again be content to sit
quietly by and see anybody hungry
in America-or poorly clothed or lily
hoIsed or lacking in educational "a
Orr h0NS who ar the front
will come back with new vision, new
determination and they will have much
to say about the period of reconstruct
t ton in W., the days , to come; Let me !e
far stronger.
These men in the trenches. who
have been freed from the economic
serfdom to which some Of them
likely, return to their homes with
new view and a new impatience
Of all mere political phrases, and
will demand real thinking and sim
cere action"
That day and hour will take care OF
itself but as the President says we
may well search our hearts and make
ready for the birth Of new day.
unswerving loyalty to our country.
Will you permit me to give you the
creed 7 believe we should all work
under, live under and, if need be, die
under.
/ believe in the United States of
America as a government of the peo-
pie, by the people and for the people,
deriving its just powers from the con-
sent of the governed; democracy in
republic; a sovereign nation of many
sovereign states; a perfect Union, one
and insepara pie; founded on the prin,
humanity for which the American pa
triots sacrificed their lives and their
fortunes. Therefore, I believe it is my
duty to my country to love III to sup
port its eon ;*u sti to obey it's laws,
against all enemies. Il
There, you have a declaration for
which, the workers of America should
various sources, from the declaration
speech of the immortal .Washingto
trent em ns % m raS s Of the
from Edward 'f Eve Gss q Haies
Without a Country" from the great
ali ali tie lofty SPIRIT and det t. Mutation
of all the declarations of freedom of
mankind;' from the sermon on the
mount to the magma charta.
If we have not a. government of
the people. by the people and for the
f fail in ha,X;inF, DEMOCRACY here in
fault: if we have a government it
must be by our consent for we are d
free people. zee
Whatever may be the claims that
we had at times gone adrift, left our
mornings or missed the cGurse laid
down by our forefathers, no one may
truthfully say we are not now oriented
or that the United States does not
stand today for the principles, equal
ity justice and humanity, IF there is
any wavering on that point, then that
is your fault and NINE
We have it in. our power to control
these things and it's our fault if spe-
cial privilege ever again gains ascen-
black horse cavalry Of the exploiters
has been routed and it is for you. the
soldiers Of the common good, to keep
across the other. Rhine. Freedom for
the workers was 'clinched the hour the
!. administration adopted tn. p6licy Of