The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-31
the fight that in the end ours shall be
the iron and theirs shall be the blood.
I iherix Is Priceless Possession

the fight that in the end ours shall be
the iron and theirs shall be the blood.
Liberty Is Priceless Possession.
Liberty is the priceless possession that
! distinguishes free men and peoples from
! serfs and slaves. 1t never came from
revolution in the true sense, nor wholly
nor principally from the achievements
of any one generation of men. Liberty
came by the slow process of evolution
and resulted from the constant pressure
of the coiled spring of human purpose.
For a thousand years our race has
carried, coiled in its heart the main
spring ana determination of human liber-
| ty which has kept the wheels of progress
| ticking; ever forward, never backward.
! Sometimes the moveleSS dial argued that
we no longer moved towards liberty. But
under the amending pressure of love of
| liberty. and manly determination, the
wheels of progress ticket onward and on
ward, and the dial-hands of destiny
moved forward to the destruction OF ty-
ranny and the death of tyrants. Our
people have at no time attempted the
redress of all wrongs; but continually
from time to time, are demanding ana
securing some additional of liberty and
Justice This is the only safe progress
Thus our liberty is being achieved and
justice established. Revolutions lnVolV-
ing social systems are always destruc-
tive and vain.
The Useful Changes
Useful changes. in important matters,
are only accomplished gradually. rms is
the wisdom of the Anglo Saxon, ana ne
knows no t'reign of terror yet leads
the world in liberty. He only mas PUCK
ed, and passed on to others, the rlpened
fruit of rational liberty.
Cnr mission is to give the world lib
erty, and itnmuSt be accomplished py
teaching moderation; by contfolllnS the
folly of revolutionary socialists, ana otn-
er extremists who think we have achieV-
ed nothing of value in our struggle for
liberty, and that the sudden and sweep
ing destruction of our institutions VIII
help in the establishment of justice and
order among men. Il
From long continued successful resist
ance to their tyrants, arose the political
freedom of Britain and America
Slavery an Ancient Condition.
From what arose the condition OF Cen
trail Europe? Slavery was the ancient
condition of men. Prussians have had
more wish bone than backbone. They
have agitated, revolted and threatened
for a century, but have sooner or later
always submitted to tyranny. They have
resisted feebly, but their tyrants have
always triumphed. In the end the Ger
mans in their own country submitted TO
tyranny and slavery. And in America
they often laugh at our liberties and
prate of the strength of the German gov
eminent. Their sense of justice has al
ways been weak, or it has been destroy
ed by prolonged tyranny. Their sense
of justice and love of liberty has never
been great enough to compel them to re-
sist to the utternost. a little resistance
is no resistance. And so in their own
country they are slaves, and in the hands
of William ii are menace TO mankind.
In Berlin, the man does not ask who
put the tax on tea, and is not offended
that the emperor did it. No Prusslan
ever raised a fuss about such a thing.
If he could buy the tea and pay the tax,
he did So and saw no danger. 1t is not
to evade tea tax that he drinks beer.
But in Boston, the man must first know
who laid the tax. No matter how small,
or how easy to pay, he will not pay it. +,
He is no Prussian. He destroys the
tea and defies the king. even though the
price is made lower than before the tax
was laid.
handspring of Liberty.
The handspring of liberty and the love
of doing and receiving justice, are one
knows that it is better to suffer than
d. injustice The Prussian lacks this.
No doubt he dinly sees the wrong and
family feels the injustice: but he counts
his money, thinks of the kaiser's power,
listens to the kaiser-paid preachers and
teachers and submits.
But even Prussians are not all alike.
Some Germans, proud and just souls suf-
of liberty, thirsted for Justice, and re-
solved to try. He thought radically, he'll
d, rounced the SYSTEM" the emperor, |
and all nations and socialism was born. |
= Is.
ems. Indignation and desperation in time
breed condemnation of all states and
governments. In such stall the revo- |
lutionary monsters socialism, was born. |
1t thrOve on oppression and was develop !
ed by injustice. Experience in self-gov
eminent makes the free man. Lacking !
such experience, like spoiled children, So |
cialism advocates sudden and sweeping /
changes, unreasonable ways and means, |
and the righting of all wrongs at one
time on one red-letter day, The Revo- |
luton" Socialists expect by magic to /
construct the roof of the house before
the foundation. They will embellish and |
paint before they get the corner stone i
or heavy frame work.
1t thus happens that when we are
threatened by autocracy from without,
Socialism, born in Germany, the idiotic
off spring of autocratic oppression, be-
comes even a greater menace to our in
situations.
In power and self announced comes au-
-ocracy intriguing and decreeing the de-
struction of civilization. But like wolf
in-sheep's clothing comes socialism pro-
Tossing loyalty to democracy, bu; assist
ing autocracy in it's final attempt to de-
stroy liberty. These enemies we cannot
fight separately We have the kaiser
abroad and militarism and overwhelm
ing power which we must meet and over
come; and we have at home ToWnley and
who haev long taught that
America had no cause to go to war with
Germany, row prating of loyalty and as
pring to control our highest offices to
the subversion of liberty and the estab
iShment of socialism.
~ Address BY Nicholas.
When Mr.. Nicholas was introduced
lie spoke as follows:
insert Nicolas speach.
King George of England during the /.
early days of the war, realizing the seri-
,us unpreparedness of the British peo-
t had been thrust, said: England Il
awake, you have been asleep too long"
f England was asleep America was dead
md buried. What we needed was not
IN awakening, what we needed was a
and many of us even now
lave not shed all of our grave clothes.
america. the richest and most resource
ul of the nations, was one of the most
vulnerable to the attack of a designing .
nemy, both from within and from with !
tut. !
Germany prepared for this war in two :
ways. by building up an immense mill !
airy machine, and by propaganda. PSy- | !
biology is the biggest force in the world :
oday. Germany realized as no other ma .
ion srealiZed that the most important 9
hing about any man is not the shape
# his nose or the color of his eyes or :
What kind of clothes he wears or how :
much money he has, but what is taking :
lace inside of his Uranium; and the most !
thing about any nation is not =
he extent of it's resources or the num-
'er of square miles of territory within
is confines, but the state of it's public /
pinion, what its people is collectively
linking.
Filled Country With Spies.