The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-11
Colonial Quotations
FL Present Days.
Words Of Famous Americans Seem
to Show They ForesaW the
Liberty Loan.

George Washington-s'It is an old
maxim that the surest way to make
a good peace is to be prepared for
war"
Thomas Jefferson-''Weakne pro-
Tokes insult and injury, while q con-
dition to punish it often prevents it,
BENJAMIN Franklin-"We must in
deed all hang together OF, most as
suredly. We will all hang separately"
James Monroe-HA defenseless posi-
ton and distinguished love OF peace
are the surest invitations to war"
Andrew Jackson-"We shall more
certainly preserve peace when it is
well understood that we are prepared
for war"
ask for peace only when we are in a
position vigorously to prosecute war"
Liberty Loans of Other Days.
Robert Morris, Superintendent Of
Finance in the American Revolution,
in circular to the governors of the
states on October 19. 1871, wrote:
at is not by the brilliant successes
of war. the splendor of conquest or
the shouts of victory that wise min
istry are to be affected. The superi-
Gritty of national resources is the sure
ground on which to hope for success,
and that superior resource, steadily
and perseVeringly applied, must even
tUaIly attain its object.
cit is possible that we are near the
close of this war, and perhaps we are
only in the middle Of it. But if the
var should continue, we have to
blame ourselves; for were these re-
sources called into action which we
really possess, the foreign enemies
would soon lose all hope and abandon
their enterprise.
aft we do our duty now the war will
soon be brought to 4 close; if not, it
may last for many years, and what
will then be its termination it is not
in our wisdom to foresee. The enemy
will ask for peace only when we are
in a condition vigorously to prosecute
the war.
ait is necessary that we should be
in condition to prosecute the war with
ease before we can expect to lay down
our arms with security, before we can
treat of peace honorably, and before
we can conclude it with advantage.
between opposition and submission
there is no middle line. The idea of
submission is, and ever ought to be,
rejected with disdain- Opposition,
therefore, becomes matter of neces-
sity, and that opposition involves
expense.
cit remains only to provide meR
and money, and to make that pro-
vision as early as possible. for the old
adaoe that 'Fe who gives early doubles
thereby his gift can never be more
applicable than on the present occa-
sion. For whatever may be the diff
ferent opinions Of different men, all
must agree that the only way to Sc
cure peace is to be prepared for wal"
Our Fathers Influence
As if to conclude the argument that
we, of today, should heed the wisdom
of our forefathers, that other great
American, Abraham Lincoln, said:
ct do not mean to say We are bound
to follow implicitly in whatever our
fathers did. To do so would be to dis
card all the lights OF current expert
ence-to reject all progress, all i'm
provement What 1 do say is that If
| we would suppIant the opinions and
policy of our fathers in any case, we
should do so upon evidence so con-
] elusive, and argument so clear that
even their great authority, fairly con-
sIdered and weighed, cannot stand"
With these words Of great Ameri-
cans fresh in the mind who can say
that the subscribing, and moreover,