The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-05-16

cred ut the State Fair Grounds, JACK
son, Miss. April II. by Secretary OF the
Treasury McAdoo, who has been tour
ang the country In the interest OF the
Third Liberty Loan:
Words fail to express to you the depth
Of my gratitude for this cordial ana gen
arous reception. and especially lot III. .he
more than generous tribute Wnicn VIC
DO not take II, however, as at all per.
sonai tn myself. bat as marked rssp -
for the great office with which you, rn5
people OF the United States nave nonoi ~ 81
IA. an office which am endeavorins "
ffli for the. advantage OF my country. a.i
offtee which / cannot I'm with advantage
To eur country unless can continue 10
have tn. confidence ssr,c and t sup4a.s
The thing that distinguishes our ,;,;tarv
democracy from tho Prussian Inlii'a -.
autocracy. is the fact that we ha nsonie
matters In America except the p eopne
themselves. (Applause). the oii.ters
OF your Government are not the masters
of the people; they are the Servants ~, %
che people. And the issue De.m nd free
America, the champion or democIaItyy ~
day, il whether or not the maste s.,,n Nav ~
the people of free America snan ely, rnw
Tn the ma stership OF the Kaiser. \ N.Y..
that the invincibie spirit OF America, 60
pressed In the faces OF you nem, today
and children who stand peiore lno TAn
is the answer to this foreign tyta"'.
plAuss). ar with Ger
MANY today is because there is no. ruo,,
enough in the world ior tne ,,,a,,sel
Kaiser and free America. .pl,pna. We
We need not bubble about this tnins, ~
ned not seek explanations OF tnose w ;;t
undertake In this day to test the spy A.
Of this war od ny saying ehis and condemn
th.t." and who are always condemniniss
the things that are essential to ena d
as to save free America. we n nase sci
At this time, my friends. there can can
only bs one issue; there can only De one ,nr
standard. and that is. Are YOU orc
America. ( r.ppon sui. o onr soil and go
where you belong. (Appiausel. % one
want to advert just moment :" on,
of the issues Of this war, because Sc Amer
10 Drns IL a,nless some OF the funda-
mentals OF the war are clearly aa,,pe
stood. we do not get ~. .pp TUiRteII in which
either upon action or the s rpnrw.rd
We should press this war ror"a'u
eermanys insoience.
On ths s1st day of January. 1917, your
Government at Washington &C., ever
most insolent mandate and oTasr ,rIs
nTssented ia the history Of all tne "o, Oh
by q tyrant to a free people w hal ;sar
itY An order from the Germa Ill seas
to take American ships OH a Tue He liter
I don't exaggerate that order. ne nar
sIIv told us to discontinue our cohi'lc..L
with the four great NATIONS vi .nu and
Great Britain, Belgium, flam1.. acne
Ts.I~ nth which we have always uoils
4hs Isr~est amount of American ousla 'i
+ don't want you 10 think l am pronnd
This argument upon mater.ai - Tact
First of ALL let me rea i.i,,sa between the
Ysissr and America is whether lhe ,,aS
- Germany, upon which is emplaN.oil ~,
the skull and cross bones. az family.
thst symbolizes the Kaiser lan Ill
Sbsen his soldiers carry on theIT Pc Sn
nants when they go into battle neror
OF not this flag OF the German e.ape,,1Se IT,
which . means aes, which means ruthless
warfare and barbarities upon men, VIZ IN
sn and children, whether thae lias r.a
remain In the world ,. ana, al and IN" all they
time the Stars and stripes an" a."
stand for. (ApplauSe). ,sS,,e my
That is q Fundamental issue ny ny
friends. but on top OF that th ,s'1 life of
people in modern times is depenoen.
nnon their ability to produce ana o,id
change freely the commerce OF ene Nth
Why is that true! "a "n nsience. the high
ssss have been conquered, ana uhoeI .no
schsms OF the great God in the coi nSasued
.finn OF the universe. one nation - oar-
18th the natural ability to produce ce.
sstn tSiugs needed by other nations. aliu
ether nations are blessed with the ha .,.nsa
shiIity to produce things neeueo ny 'n ~
other nations. ana IN ord he carried out
Az IL essential that there can oe al .ior
ohanre of those commodities. Ou. 10 roo
An blessed with more natural leso 80 49,
than any other nation on the race % az
18th and our existence Is more oepeI,u.
ant upon the ability to dispose Oh a liza
surDlus I'm the open market OF tue ~ ~
than any ether i p pSe reason $50 why America
49, another nation challenged ner
r,~hts 10 the freedom Of the seas, az an
swered with the bayonet ana a mo" with
nssST britain in 1912. (Applause,.
Freedom Of the Seas.
xx,,..,. the treedom of the seas my
sr,.nhs there fs not man VINO pidnts
cattaa In the state of Mississippi WHY
sc make q living. Without the ireeoo recon
OF. the seas. the American , psop nreserye
sSoss high seas for tho material peneiiI
az our people as well as for their ac .it,s
Iife as q people. People cant i've Vic
CUT s,. H.'sp You can go through suffering
80 hsrd.hips. at any time, but unless
al, have the prosperity to enable you 90
earn more than 1t costs you 70 "a tr,aIs
a. that i'm order to maintain high IDEAS
In order to further the cause o! a e,sa
mocracy and freedom througnout t INC
world. we must have underneath TN. tnc
strsa1th of the people that comes from
ths ability to sustain ourselves: and we
can't sustain ourselves and keep strong
80 nation IL we surrender any vltai
riSht that belongs to U.S.. APPLAUSE
TSs' proposition does not admit OF argu-
ment I care not how skiiful the dema-
gn~lIe or how seditious the pro-GernaH
may. be, or what kind of camoufiage no
nav nut over the argument.
40 the Kaiser said. Give up the com
mercs with these four. great NATIONS.
rake your ships off the high seas; That
n literally what he said He did tnat
wttf,out even giving US notice. why, ~ ~
ne avs you must keep your boats OF,
She hisfi seas, for four or five nunoreu
mties. which belong to us just as mucn
"a they belong to any other nation on the
e. rth. and IL those 500 miles OF high seas
rwrround the -four great nations. orr
AIasN in this war. with whom we do the
nuIk OF our commerce, and upon the con-
tfnuafion OF which commerce our PROS
perfty depends as a people. why don'
You see ne might as well have ordered
IA to keep off the high seas altogether
what value would It be. my friends, II
I send q ship out Of New Orleans or Mo-
nile with the stars and stripes at the
foremast loaded with cotton for Great
Britain. having the right to send II under
International law. IL. when the ship got
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