Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-01

our being in This war. Sg5a apologies
are a part of the cant psraseology
and hypocritical statesmanShip which
in Europe brought on the war. and
which used here involved us IN it. Ne
are not in this war ito make the
world safe for demorcrac | do not
know what democracy" means. Ii
Isl means a Bolsheviki in Russia. trem
bling through cowardicf and eorrup
/ ton before Prussan an racy and
frightulness, / reject II lt It means
monarchal and aristo aDtfe govern
ment tempered by denagogy as in
. England. | equally reje it. II 1t
means liberty, regulated biz law, as
exemplifed in the cons uiional re.
public and the state governments
handed down to us by our fathers,
am passionately devote 70 it. We
are in this war beeau Germany
said IF yon go ont an The high
seas. we will shoot yoH 40" and any
nation which says tina 1as TO be
whipped into the old $ Grants
republican "nnnondition surrender. +"
Neither do j take an 1ck in the
statemnt that We are no fghting the
Germans but only the k5seT. We
are fighting anybody AMI everybody
who is fighting us, and ae are doing
it with temper whic1 Kill assure
victory. We will not app dgize for the
fact that we have sguHk enough to
fight: on the contrary 1e are proud
of IT,
Kaiser Worst Man In the World.
The German Kaiser IS the worst
man in the hisotry Of the world. He
/ has converted peaceable world into
4 slaughter.hpnde, and by his evil mer
IL has wrested from Attla the Hun
the hated title of the "scouree OF
God" But his people, under his lead.
ership and Prussan domination are
visiting upon US and our allies his
Prussian philosophy OF frishtfuness
! and they must be whipped to a stand
/, still.
There can be no end 20 this war
except through military victory. In
that way alone can we have a durable
peace. We cannot rely upon peace
by mere treaty, Treaties are to us
solemn compacts to be kept, while by
conduct and confession they are to the
Jnnke-s mere scraps of paper" Urea
tiles are not as important a, they are
often thought to be. For instance
Our treaty with Canada so much Ell
logized, and under which we have had
f5 more than a century unbroken
peace, is not so very important; the
important thing is tina That treaty is
made with Canadians Therefore, in
fight with the Kaisef and the Prus
SLAMS. we must have peace made as
durable as human affaiHs can be made
by the compelling power OF victory.
Republican Support.
This war is unique amongst the
American wars in that it Is the only
war in which the party OF the oppo
sition gave TO the President charged
with the conduct OF the war, more
ready. vigorous and complete support
than the President own party. Dur
ing the Revolutionary War the Con
tinental Congress and Gen. Washing
ton were hampered by the Tories
| the shipping interests Of the East
vigorously opposed he war in 1I2
dread OF its influence upon the slav
cry question caused vigorous opposi
ton to the Mexican War and the an
nexation of Texas: and during the
| Civil War we had not only the South
in arms against the Union, but the
Democratic party, as an organized
party controlled in almost every 9th
er part of the Union, by the Cooper
heads, the Knights ef the Golden Cir
Gle, and those who asserted that ii
was unconstitutional by arms to pre-
vent the South from breaking away
from the Union. all cooperating as
an organized party for peace at any
price" But in this war the unusual
spectacle has been seen Of the minor
Ity party in Congress giving to the
President of the United States, a
prompt and vigorous support, in all
measures that really tended to whip
the Kaiser, and more ready, hearty
and efficient support than he secured
or could secure from his own majority
in Congress.
Not only has there been voted for
the conduct of this war, without party
divisions, sums OF N oney totaling an
amount more than seven times the
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