Arizona republican., 1918-04-29
CONSCIENCE APPEAL
 MADE ID AMERICANS
 ID BACK UP BONDS
By Dan Rose

racy are the principles by which man Kind should be ruled, and are. "as yet. not convinced why these United States of America have engaged their nat.oa Co take part in this war, for the req sons set forth by our president and sustained by our congress. upon prin- ciples which are to the end. that other nations less fortunate in the political and civil rule, should enjoy the same blessings We now enjoy. but are denied them by force of military Gcspotsm that overpoWers their liberties and subjects them to a system of barbarism fit only for savage beasts. and foreign. indeed to the minds of men.
 would ask them tO pause for a day in their flight toward personal ambi- tpn and selfish desires ard take up the history of the.r country; study the lives. deeds and wisdom of their fa- thcrs, and learn for themselves, the true reason why those great patriots and master minds of all ages estab- Ished this nation, bequcatcd it to thcir descendants and to the American peu- ple Co be held in trust until the end of time.
 They will find that there was 10 selfish motives in the minds of those great men. and that they knew the sacred principles of democracy under which they had launched this govern nent would be beneficial not 70 their people alone. bui through ts all wise and beneficial influence. mankind and the world would be better for it's adop- ton, and in order that the people of every land might be convinced of their magnanmity and sincerity of purpose They Dreathed in every document is- sued to their people and to the govern mcnts Of the world an intense spirit of their democracy.
 They planned and executed with ex- alted minds. every act that would raise their government to standard of re- spect far above that of the sordid selfish governments of the old World. Sure sof their wisdom and honesty of purpose, they opened wide the gates of the sea, entering 10 our shores and bade the oppressed Of every land to come and enjoy the blessings of a country Tree from tyranny oppression and brutish military despotism. the in- sidious power to which kings resort.
 Nor were these unfortunate people slow to accept the generous summons They came by thousands. They came by millions. Each bearing his burden or poverty and sorrow and con- science dwarft by servitude (the mir TOT that reflects the rule of tyrants).
 As The truth had been told them. they were not deceived, this was the land Of their dreams.
 Here under this new system of gov ernment they could breath for the first time the pure air of freedom Freedom of Democracy, Which gave them the God-given right to have a voice in the manner in which they should be governed. The first in the long line of unfortunate people. whose progenitors and decendents. for count less ages had suffered in bondage. tho torture of stifled conscience and dwarf in toll worn souls.
 They came without distinction of class or condition. out from the dark ness of intolerance. superstition and despotic rule into the pure sublime light of a true Democracy and with a giant strength, severed the chains that bound them to the governments Of the old World
 Nor were they ungrateful to their benefactors for with fervent lips and hearts overflowing with gratitude they swore to an eternal allegiance be- tween them and their decendents to these United States of America and that they and their decendents would maintain inviolatc until man should be no more the sacred principals of this government under which they were permitted to live as God in- tended man should live
 Free to live unmolested from the pain of the lash, free to pursue those pleasures that come 10 ones con- science untrammeled by despotisim or the military slavery found in the wake or eOnSucrors, free to live and work in GCfs open air and enjoy the strength and happiness that comes to one from a bountiful harvest and just compensation for honest labors per formed. Free to live in the light of freemen and not suffer in their toll the fate of menials or the loathsome eNistance of a galley slave. Free to acquire one of Gods greatest gifts to mankind-an education and the knowledge that follows, which en- ablcd them to become men of wis dom and sit with honor in the high councils of their nation, a priviledge which had been denied the Plebeian class of all nations from the begin ming of time.
 They were made welcome by the fathers and their jealous labor to create the sacred precinct called home. Coupled with honest deep laid convictions of the rights of man made them valuable factors in the upbuild- ing of this nation, of which the fath- CTS approved with deep satisfaction.
 Sure of the honesty and faith of their heirs the sires bequeathed thls government to them and their de- cendents to hold in sacred trust %This God ordained History and admonished them to beware of the well known treachery, intrigue and insidous system of emperors and kings, less through deceit. cunning and regal splendor of predatory wealth the breed of which autocracy is created, our nation should fall from the high standard for which it was established and the sublime 'princi- pals of Democracy perish from the earth.
 Fellow Americans, The above are Che reasons why this government was established by our Revolutionary Sires: and to maintain the rectitude or their exalted convictions. they sac raficed their lives their fortunes and their sacred honor.
 Fellow Americans, your fathers and mothers were among those patriots, my fathers and mothers were among them, and the blood that coursed through their veins made clear and strong by the pure Democracy of their hearts is coursing through our veins today.
 Shall we let the blood become stag and the mind becomes sordid to the great trust deeded to our care. Al mighty God forbid. As rightful heirs 10 this government. it is our sacred du- fy. not only Co memory of great men hut to the sublime principles they ex- tended to US to execute in behalf of humanity, that we perpetuate their