The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-07-12
LOYALTY BASIS Of
ALL CIVILIZATION
Every Citizen Owes Moral and
Legal Obligation to His
Government.
SAME IN Community LIFE
People Have Duty to Their Home
Town Which 10 No Less Bind.
ING Because u 10 Not
Fixed by Law.

Fixed BY Law.
Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union
Loyalty Is the foundation upon
which the whole structure Of civiliza.
ton rests. Loyalty to ones country
loyalty TO ones state. loyalty to ones
city, loyalty to ones business asso.
ciates. loyalty to ones friends. 10y.
atty Is essential to the ordinary prog.
ress Of the world Without II the world
must be chaos.
There would be no stable govern.
ment in the world were 1t not for the
loyalty Of the people to their gov
eminent. There would be no success
full business enterprise on the face OF
the globe were 1t not for the loyalty
Of the men and women who are con-
nected with 1t. No church could ex-
ist for a month were 1t not for the
loyalty OF its members. The sacred
ness of the home would be a myth
were it not for the loyalty of the
members Of the family group.
The loyalty OF people to its gov
eminent Is based partly upon senti-
ment and partly upon the recognition
Of an obligation that a people owes
to it's government. A people that has
the benefit Of good government owes q
duty to that government. Those who
do not recognize this duty and per-
form it voluntarily are compelled by
law to do 50. The man or woman who
is protected by the government In the
pursuit Of life and happiness. must con-
tribute in money and service toward
the support Of the government. The
man or woman who, under the protec-
ton of his government which pre-
serves law and order, Is able to ac-
cumulate property. must pay taxes on
that property to help maintain the gov
eminent which has protected him or
her. In time OF war the government
has the right to call upon it's citizens
to take up arms in it's defense.
loyalty Moral Obligation.
In governmental affairs these things
are regulated by law, and the man
who receives the benefit of orderly
government is required to fulfil the OBJ
hgatfon which that entails. but in the
ordinary affairs Of life. loyalty is a
IL.
There are laws which prevent a man
from stealing from his employer or
his business associates. but there is
no law that requires him to be loyal
to them. The success Of a business
institution. however, depends more
upon the loyalty Of it's employees than
upon the laws which prevent them
from stealing it's money. Likewise the
stability OF government depends
more upon the loyalty Of Its people
than upon the laws which compel them
to fulfill their obligation to the gov.
eminent.
1t is equally true that the prosperity
and growth Of every individual COM
munity is dependent upon the loyalty
Of the people who live In II. Every
citizen owes an obligation to his com
munity, and the obligation Is a r.oral
as well as a legal one. The good citi-
zen pays his taxes cheerfully and
willingly. He serves upon the juries
which administer the laws Of the COM
munity. He fulfills every legal obi |
CATION that is imposed upon him by |
his government, but there is a moral. 1
obligation which Is Of still greater im,-I
portance to the community, THIS
moral obligation consists in dOia9 |
everything that Is In his power 10 |
promote the prosperity and happiness |
OF his community. The man who is |
enabled to make his living In any COM
munity Is under a moral obligation to |
spend his money In such a way as to
help his community.
Prosperity Worth Protecting.
Anything worth having is worth pro-
eecting, and II the prosperity OF a |
10 worth anything to the
people living In 1t It Ia worth protect
Ing. II the chance for q man to earn
! good living, to live well. to give his
children = good education, is worth
1t Is worth protecting.
There Is just one way to protect
the prosperity OF community, and
that Is to keep the community from
being drained Of its cash-working
capltal. The only way to do that is
'Or the people Of the community to
Keep their money at home. Every
lime the citi8en Of community sends
money away from home to q mail or
Ter house instead Of spending 1t In
lis home stores he II disloyal to his
II II disloyalty to the mer-t
'hants only indirectly. 1t Is disloyaltvI
o the community Of which the mer~y
hants are only snall but veEtI
important part.
This II the moral Obligation. thah
very citizen owes to his comI1unity.-
ust - he payment q taxes aDa the