The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-05-24

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and injury, while the fair lands OF
Belgium and France were scourged
with desolation, innocent children
butchered and women publicly out
ragged. Shall a crown of thorns be
placed upon the brow of the Ameri-
can people? We say you shall not
cruelty our blood-bought principles
upon the altar of a tyrant's infamous
and despotic rule.
Leading up to the question Of Ger
man-Americans, Governor Rye said
that they were living u nder the
American flag. That flag has shelter
ed them and their children. Here
they have grown rich with American
protection and democratic freedom.
We didn't invite them here, but if in
their hearts they are not with us,
but with the Fatherland, there is no
room for them here. They should
go back and give aid to Germany.
If they are loyal to America, then
they should be loyal like men. Don't
play the coward and the Stacker.
There is going to be another ac-
counting before the judgment day.
1t will be when this war is closed.
Some of these American soldiers are
coming back home, many OF them
probably. And when that day comes
these defenders of the greatest coun-
try in the world will be the men of
administrative affairs. They will be
the rulers of the State and nation,
and they ought to be.
There is something for us all to
do, whether on the firing line or at
home. You will know whether you
have done your duty or not. After
the war it will be more intolerable
than hell for the Stacker. The serv-
ice flag is the most beautiful emblem
in any home, but everybody can't
have a service flag. They can have
the emblems of the Red Cross and
the Y. M. C. A., the guardian angels
of the mothers in this great strife.
They can serve at home by giving
and supporting the institutions
which protect and sustain our SOL
diers and the soldiers of tho allies in
defense of human liberty.
The Governor paid a tribute to
President Wilson. "For me and my
people, said the Governor, will
serve Woodrow Wilson, one of the
great Presidents of the greatest ma
tion in the world"
Here the Governor recited a beau
tiful fag-service poem.
There are three flags which chal-
lenge our attention. One is the little
flag which was furled for the last
time at Appomattox. We have never
felt called on to apologize for that
flag. The second is the stars and the
stripes with a union Of the blue and
the gray. This flag has never trailed
in the dust of defeat and never will.
The next is the service flag, badge
of honor to any American home. But
while we cannot all have the service
flag, there is part for us all to play.
We can with aid and support of the
Red Cross protect that flag.
We are giving our blood for a
civilization and a citizenship recog-
nizing the golden rule and the broth
erhood of man. We are defending
the institutions which are threaten
ed with the despoiling hand of the
autocrat and tyrant. One drop of
the blood of an American mothers
boy is worth infinitely more than
all the German Empire. We are 60
ing to win in this great struggle if
somebody has to have the living
light shot out of them. Let us take
this cup that would not pass and
overcome the men who want more
power.
Here the Governor, who seems to
be filled with the sweetest poetic
sentiment, recited poem to the blue
and the gray, which immortalizes
the spirit of Lee and extols the spirit
of God. The address was closed with
the widest cheers from thousands of
people in the audience.
After the Governors address Col.
Tom Inman, of Troy, one of the fine
old citizens and Confederate veter-
ans, was called to the stand for
few remarks, which he made in his
own original and entertaining man
ner
After that Lieut.. Joe Dawson, the
aviator, gave a very interesting
demonstration with the war plane
over the fair grounds, with his loops
and curves and attractive aerial
maneuvers, and then departed for
Fulton where the accident occurred,
which destroyed his machine and
gave him a severe shock.
The crowd was estimated any
where from five to seven thousand