The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18

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- ooasfitua5ca ana Ioyaky % me
DtlActploo and spet1ctss tanSht by
Waeh1ngsaa sa1d ln11GUUonr go .ehs
eho6t anchor q .ur hope.
In th5s country the Individual ctti
sen II the source Of al the strength
ou tho weAlth-au Of the wisdom aud
al Of The mosality represented IN the
government. Your toll produces the
wealth Of the nation 4Which maintains
- commerce In time OF peace. and
y0ur stPo0g arlns fight the country .
battles in time Of war. That fact has
beoA brought very sensibly home to
you in recent months. You have been
made 70 feel BY experience what has
been taught n academic discussions
all these years.
VIE 10 heaoinG the American flag
triumpoAR an the arr at this time,-
Whose sacred blood il being shed
upon the altar Of war that our cause
may triumph TT is the brave boy
who II taken from the devoted arms
Of q loving mother. the loyal husband
FROM the bosom Of his trusting wife,
the fond father away from the happy
home surrounded by loving little chill
dren. Who is paying the expenses
Of this war! 1t IL the money taken
BY taxation from the products OF your
toll. You are. therefore, l repeat, the
source OF all power. wealth and mind.
and all the morals represented In
your government. Please do not for
get that.
wish you. my cOuntrymen, In the
quiet of your homes. would look this
situation over, apply the rules Of
common sense. follow the dictates of
your conscfences and just judgment,
aid then express your honest cOnclL-
siCns at the ballot box And do this
bravely, with that independence
which must characterize the Ameri-
can citizen In the performance OF the
supreme function OF citizenship.
There must be freedom of speech.
freedom of action and freedom OF
thought by the citizen, or free fnsti-
tutiOns will perish from the western
hemisphere. l should like to have
you write me and make suggestions
to me. l need your prayers and your
counsel l would rather trust your
Judgment would rather rely upon
your feelings for my guidance than
the logical processes of the inflated
few who hold the offices.
Yes. this 10 your country. and IL this
peculiar form OF government SO wise
l. designed for the good Of mankind
shal. be saved for you and your chi!
drtn, repeat 1t must be done by
you The efforts to muzzle the presA
abridge the freedom Of speech. is a
plant OF Prusian origin and cannot
thrive long in American soil. And its
advocates will find that out to their
sorrow pretty soon, l hope.
In this vortex OF disorder the time
server and the sycOphant. the glib
tongued parasite and the OppOrtunist
will come to the front Such cOndi-
tiOns develop him as tadpoles and
wiggletails are developed In a pool of
stagnant water. This same parasite
win presume upon your ignorance,
which does not exist except in has
own uncultivated and vanity-inflated
will play upon your
fears and capitalize your prejudice for
his own personal or political aggran-
dizement. My advice 70 you is to
listen to him with open mind. ] wish
you to hear every side. and see every
phase OF the problems which yOI
must ultimately solve. But l would
have you to withhold your counsel un-
til all the evidence is in. and then rise
to the stature Of full-xrOwn Ameri
can citizen. uaafraid. and with a de- |
perform q patriots duty |
There are dangers from without to |
Dur country that challenge our serf- |
Ous- attention, bit they are of infini- |
esimai consequence compared with |
The deleteriOus possibility Of the en- |
smy In our own midst.
One OF the great expounders OF the |
In the early days OF this |
republic gave you q chart by which
TOu may guide with safety the ship
II state over the troubled seas. Make
t a part Of your mentality, and then
each 1t to your children. that they
nay teach 1t to their children until
I shall become an Instinct OF the
ace. He sa4d<
get that they possess q noble inheri-
ance. bought by the tolls and suffer
ngs and blood Of their ancestors;
md capable, II wisely improved and
aithfully guarded, Of transmitting to
heir latest posterity all the subtsaR
ial blessings Of life, the peaceful en-
0yment OF liberty, property. religion
nd Independence. The structure has
'sen erected by architects OF con-
ummate skill and fidelity its ioun-
ations are solid; it, compartments
re beautiful - well ~ useful; It's
are full Of wisdom ana
rider; ana It, defenses are impreg
able from without. II has been
cared fo1 Immortality, II the work OF
lan may Justly aspire to such . title.
may. nevertheless. perish in an
our, BY the folly or corruption or
eglgence Of Its only keepers-thc
eople. Republics are created by the
irtue. public spirit and intelligence
the citizen. They fail, when the
rise are banished from the public
ouncils. because they dare to be
Onest, and the profligate are reward
d. because they flatter the people in
rder to betray them"
With the eye Of the prophet and the
oul Of the seer. Judge Story dipped
Ito the future, saw the. difficulties
hich confront our country today.
nd at Once warned you against the
,al dangers and enemies to your
Dvernment
1t has beens reported to me that Ger
lin criminal, small politicians in
have been heard to utter
10 treasonable words that "the ,
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