French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-08-15

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worth mentioning If it were not for the
reflection that the American. race
worShips Success. For. generations it.
has toadied to wealth, no matter how
ill-gOtten, and every man who achieves
power, by whatever devious ways, is
secretly envied and openly courted.
The majority of Americans are easy
going, Indifferent, unidealistic and not
very clever. They r also intensely
personal and only askSto be let alone.
1t is possible THAT the mass, there
fore, unless it has a real awakening,
would, provided the Germans, In the
remote event Of victory, were adroit
enough to leave them a large amount
of individual liberty, shrug their Shout
ders and say: "Well, guess they must
be right or they couldn't win out.
Nothing to do but come round. Times
change anyhow"
"AbominabIe Prospect"
This is an abominable prospect, but
it is to be faced. Our world, over here,
in the event of German domination,
would be divided into two classes
mean converts and proud I~rrecOncila-
bles-fOr even in this new and COM
pOsite country there are enough men
and women with high ideals and in
violate souls to despise a race with
out a gleam of spirituality, of sports
manShip, of decency and good man
ners, in whom cunning has taken the
place of intelligence, and that wins
0D1T- NV dri~inr iA. Voi31fnnc Of 0O6ro6
subordinatEs to mathematical slaugh-
ter. One cannot even respect such q
race enough to hate it. It is as if one
had been attacked by a herd of wild
animals from the jungle. Those that
escape being deHoUred may at least
withdraw as far as possible, not re-
mould themselves into a semb4ance of
wild beasts with a lust for human flesh.
"cock-sureness a Bluff"
1 have not the faintest notion that
the Germans will win. All the pP0ha-
bilities are against it. Moreover, If
one projects his mind forward it Is in
conceivable that history can read that
way. The general conditions Of the
world are not what they were in the
Fifth Century-that is to say, unless
the idea grew tnsfdiouAy that it was
the destiny Of the Gernanic race ia
win and rule the earth in other words
that it was the destiny of Earth to re
vert to the Fifth Century and begin
over again. 1t is incredible that such
a thought should take possession OF
any educated mans mind, but the
trouble.is that our famous (and often,
siveC cock-surenesS is only. bluff. Az
a race we are not really sure of our
selves. We prove that by blindly &C
cepting the EurOpean-made reputation
and Insulating to create and come out
boldly for our OWE. Those of US thai
think and have the power to visualize
the future must be on the alert every
moment to counterfeit this tendency
of an u~ncrystallized race to accept the
success Of might as a matter of course
and uncOnsciously adapt itself to the
inevitable" We must be known a!
the IRRECONCILABLES, and if w
take a definite uncompronising stanC
there will be only one result-the mel
of real courage who might otherwise
look upon a new future philosophical
~" will not only wake up under tn,
direct example, but will be ASHAMED
to be PeckOned as mere numbers il
the great mass of sheep or convicts
There is no such inSidiouS lowering o
morale threatened as this, because i
is not of German, Pacifst or SOeialis
origin. It is born of common human
weakness and national %snobbery. tn
result will be a vast mass of inertia
and only a party Of sleepless IrFecon
cilableS will combat and diminish it.
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