The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-07-20

WoOlQ NOT D
worth nsntieniag n Il were not fsr the
rejection that he American raae
werships Success Fer gsnesat1oas Il
has toadisd 70 wealth, no matter hev
W-Sottsn, and svery maA who achieves
power. By whatever dsvieus waya b
secretly snvied and openly courtsd.
The majority q Americans are sasy
going. indi2ersnt unidsalistic and net
very clever. They are also intensely
personal and ealy AK - b let alonA
1t u possible that he masA there
6ore, unless 1t has Q real awakenine,
would, previded he Germans, In tie
remote event a victory. wsre aaroit
enough to leave them q large amount
Of individual liberty, shrug their sheul-
ders and ~: well, guess tAsy must
b hight Or tAey couldn't wtD out
Nothing to DO b9t cone rounA Tines
change anyhow"
"Absmiaabis PseepssG"
This u sn aboninable proGpoet, but
It - to b faced Our world, ever here,
In the event Of German Domination,
would b divided into two elasseee
mean converts and preud lrrscoaclla-
blss-for even In this new and com
posits couatry tAsrs aEs eaeugA msn
and women With high ideals and IN
Violate souls - dsspiss Q rass With
out slsam of spirituality, ef sports
nanship ef dscsncy and god man
ners, In whom cunning has taksn he
place Of intslligsncs, and that wins
only By driving IL millions of cewed
SuoordiAates to natAsmatieal Glaugh-
tef. One cannot svsa respect sucA Q
race sao1gA 10 hate It 1t u - II one
had been attached By Q herd Of Wild
animals from tAs jungle. TAsee that
escape being dsvoursd may at least
withdraw n fAr a. possible, not ~
mould themselves into Q ssmhlance Of
WilA beasts with q lust for human fsGh.
"ceeb-oursNsss q DiuN."
I have not The fainsest notion that
the Germans win win. All the proba-
bllities are against II. Moreover. u
enc projects his mind forward 1t 10 in
osocsivable that histeFy can read that
way. The general conditions Of the
world are not what they were In the
Fifth Century-that 10 to say, unless
the idea grew insidiously that II was
tie destiny Of the Germanic race to
win and rule the earth In other words.
that 1t was the destiny of Earth to re-
vert to the Fifth Century and begin
ever again. It ID Incredible that such
. thought should take possession Of
any educated mans mind, but the
trouble is that our famous land ofisn-
sive) c0ck-sureness Il only q blum. Al
. race We are not really sure of our
selves. We prove that BY blindly ac-
cepting the European-made reputation
and hesitating to create and come out
boldly for our own. Those of N that
think and have the power to visualize
the future must be on the alert every
moment to counteract this tendency
Of IN uncrystallixed race to accept the
success Of might - matter Of course
and unconsciously adapt itself to the
inevitable" We must be known a.
he MRECONCILABLES, and II We
take q definite Incorporating stand
there will be only one result-the men
Of real courage who might otherwise
look upon q new future philosophical.
ly" will not only wake up under the
direct example, but will be ashamed
to be reckoned - mere numbers In
the RFeAt maaa of aheeD 0r c0nvictn
There 10 no such insidious lowering Of
morale threatened ~ this. because II
10 not Of German. Pacihst or Socialist
origin. 1t IL born Of common human
weakness and national snobbery. The
result will b q vast mass Of inertia.
and only q party Of sleepless Irrecon-
cilables VIII combat and diminish II