The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-30
WHAT HOPE HAS THE STACKER

The following from an exchange
we feel it worthy of space:
what profiteth it man though
he gain the whole world and lose his
soul?"
Yes, and what profiteth it man
though he save his skin and keep his
worthless body in tact in this hour
of humanity's travail, yet lost his
self-respect and that Of his neighbor
by Sinking his duty, whether it be
in the front line trenches or in con-
tributing his might or his mite to
back those up VINO do go to the front
line trenches?
What better am | or are you, than
other mortals who are called upon to
offer their lives on the altar of nu-
manity? Neither they nor you nor
brought about this world cataclysm.
We did not go about like ravening
wolves seeking whom we might de
YOUR. But the wolves and wild beasts
are loose, and they We're coming IN
our direction.
Can we flee to the mountains and
caves, or seek to loose ourselves in
the centers of population, and hope
ultimately TO escape?
/ If beast or giant human being
were to go mad in a neighborhool and
begin terorizing the community,
would you have al y respect for the
man who closed his frail door and
sought refuge in closet or cellar in
stead of joining those of the neigh
borhood who rushed forth to stop the
beast or mailman?
Or worse still, would you run out
to your neighbor and preach to him
the doctrine Of nonresistance and per.
nit him and yourself to become tie
victim of blood-iust?
There is going to be mighty rec
oning after this war. No man can
hide from it, The man or woman who
fails to do mis- duty and help crush tie
German beast is surely to become a
marked man for the contempt and
bitter repulsion OF future genera
lions.
The issues Of this war are the I.ost
farreaching the world has ever ia d.
They cannot DC broader, nor higher,
nor deeper Civilization itself is the
chief issue. Brotherhood of man and
fatherhood of God are at stake.
The most lurid pictures of hell are
insufficient for those who are respon-
sible for this world war; end those
who aid and abet those responsible
by Sinking d.rectly themselves or
teaching and preaching to others that
it is all wrong to help America and
her Allies to win this war deserve the
hottest corner pictured in pante's
Inferno.
The boy who fails to register or
lodges the draft or deserts after he
has been drafted is not the worst
form of Stacker. Ii in doing these
things his young end perhaps ignor-
ait mind ha been swayed by the
preachments of those devils who are
supposed to be intelligent. Such de-
mons are, in fact, the best allies of
Germany, and their insidious work is
more hideous and horrible than that
of the German soldier who filings liq-
uid fire and hurls poisonous gasses
at our boys in the trenches or advan-
cling across "No Mans Land"
Americans cannot and will not
longer tolerate any brand of Stacker,
whether he hides from the draft,
from the limited service he is able to
perform, or simply refuses to keep
the home fire burning.
Not only the Stacker, but his chill
dren are going to face the reckoning
Ten years from now-yes, five years,
or even less-we find the finger Of
scorn and contempt pointed to the
face of the man who Intentionally or
unintentionally failed to do his duty
in this crisis. There can at most be
very few Of the unintentional SLACK
ers. The punishment visited on inno-
cent children whose parents fail to
answer duty's call win be the sad
dest. How often will the question be
asked, What did you or your father
do in the great WARP"
That punishment of innocents will
of course, be unjust, h5s it is as GER
tain to happen as people are certain
to slack, and it Is one of the results
that can and will be avoided BIZ cal
men and women who have TIE 1--we of
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