Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-25
A NEW BRAND OF LOYALTY.

Few men will admit that they are
liars. Judas probably satisfied himself
that he acted within his constitutional
rights. Benedict Arnold, living quiet
" in England on a traitors gold,
doubtless had an excellent opinion of
himself Thieves seldom confess that
thew have stolen. Murderers of whose
guilt there was no doubt, have died on
the scaffold. protesting their inno-
cence with their last breath.
So we are not surprised that the
junior senator from Georgia in pub
lie statement which breathes spite,
venom, meanness and disloyalty.
declares that he is Just as patriotic
as any American who draws the breath
Of life.
The truth is that he is so blinded
Ly his own personal ego and political
conceit, and his reason is so warped,
tnat he does not realize the infamy OF
his conduct
Here is the man who has betrayed
his constituents, by deliberately mis-
representing them in the United States
Senate-here is the man who by OPP
posing necessary war legislation on
which his party was almost unanim-
ously agreed has naturally contribut-
ed to obstructing the progress of the
war-here is the man who by his ut
terances both on the floor Of the Sen
ate, in the press and on the platform,
has tended to incite discomfort and
disobedience-here is the man who has
Eersistently sought to nag any annoy
2 great president during the time of
his greatest ordeals, when every ounce
Of his energy and intelligence was
needed in behalf of the people of the
country-here is the man who was
elected on the strength of his profess
sion of friendship with the president
quickly abusing the man whose en-
dorsement he had solicited is
the man who has deserted his party
and voted with few "wilful senator's"
one of whom has already been brand
ed by his own state as traitor.
Here is this man now having the
effrontery to attempt to define pa
triotism to the people of Georgia!
Here is the spectacle of crow try
ing to array himself in the plumage
Of the American eagle!
And this man actually lays down
the astounding doctrine that he is sub
servient to the president as long as
the president acts as commandment
chief of the army and the navy"-real
ly, though, that being an enormous
condescension-but refuses to take any
orders from the president acting as
commander of the American people!
Doesn't he know that wars are
no longer won altogether by soldiers
and sailors? Doesn't he know that
the army at home is just as much of
the military defense as the army in
the field? Doesn't he know that at
this particular time, when the liber-
ties of the United States were more in
jeopardy than ever before, that every
loyal citizen is part of the army re
cruited to save the nation and to save
democracy? Doesn't he know that OF
necessity there must be leader.
and that by virtue of his position the
president is that leader and is, there
fore, the commander of the people,
entitled to their respect, confidence
and cooperation?
However, he says that he is a better
American than the misguided men"
who take an opposite view.
Such Americanism as this, such pa
troitism as his, such loyalty as he pro
fesses, is the kind most admired bv
the Kaiser of Germany, and is the
kind that is despised and abhorred by
every true American who loves his
country better than himself