The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-18
Loyalty
BY BLISS cARMAN
of The vfgilautes.

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II the whole duty OF man could be
told in one word. that word would be
lIoyaltv.-the duty OF standing by.
Loyalty to the past. loyalty to the
present. loyalty to the future. is
something that 10 obligatory on all Of
US.
Our duty TO the Country at this
time implies loyalty to all it's ira
oitlons OF freedom and high-hearted
justice which were fought for by our
forefathers; which have been pre-
served for US: and which We have
been accustomed to enjoy all too
thoughtlessly unt1 now. Now is the
time to stand By them with every
| word and deed.
Our duty to the man In the trench
es. and to every other American at
home. means loyalty to the demands
Of the present. In the first place our
loyalty to the man In the trenches i'm
plies keeping him In good heart. Not
only must we send him constant words
of cheer, but the damnable treachery
oSsdouhf. and .pacif1smzsnd Germsnism
which keeps trying to spread itself
through the prees and By spoken rum
or. must be stopped and abolished
utterly swamped in patriotic enthus-
iasm. Whenever you hear a doubt
ing whisper. Of disloyalty. nail the
whisperer as a liar and q criminal and
know you are doing your country a
service.
Part OF our duty to the men in
France ia TO make the proflteer and
the striker understand tnat they are
dfsloyal crooks and to block their
selfish and disgusting game by any
means necessary. There is NO choice
between the man who is willing to
profiteer and the man viii Is willing to
etrike for more wages, In the present
crisis. They are equally despic-
able. the lowest OF the Low. If shame
will not restrain them. they should
be drafted and set to work at a decent
wage and profit.
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our loyalty to the future. must con-
sist In passing on to the coming gen.
erations all our national ideals unim-
paired. IN leaving to them the institu-
tions Of freedom which we ourselves
have found invaluable. What they
may do with those institutions under
new conditions Is for them to say
But at least We must leave them AZ
good rs We found them.
We ara fighting now to preserve
our National life. our civil rights. and
our homes and families from devasta-
tion and ruin. When We have sue
cecded In that. I believe our first
duty to posterity should be to shut
the ooor on European immigration.
The vague and dreamy ideals OF in
ternationalism are a snare and a de-
lus;on. We can beet serve the world
by preserving the United States az
a Nation, with its laws and ;nstitu-
tions and customs and standards un-
deba sed by the ignorance OF those
millions of refugees who will wish to
flee to us after the wer.
II we leave the door open we shall
be swamped. The German agent and
the Boishevisi should be barred.
Anothe. Immediate duty 10 posterity
is the establishment of universal com
pulsory military training not for the
purpose of maintaining a hugh fight
Ing force. but for the purpose OF rear
ing a race Of men who shall be phys
icaliy ut for the arts Of peace and Tor
all the dutiee Of citizenship. To per
petuate the present Lack of universal
training Of any kind would be to do
a great unkindness to the coming men
OF America
These are all immediate duties to
which we can set our hands and Wills.
which we can do now.