The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-07-26
CELEBRATING THE
VICTORY OF PEACE.


there assembled three dozen citi
zens who could, for a moment. for
get business aud its incidental ma
teilal struggles aud raise the glo
~, tue exaltation Of patriotism, oI
love OF country aud ideals. abov,
the din. the noise, the clamor oI
the loud voiced mater,alist and the
rancous cynlc
On July 4th aud July 18th, the
twin days of the birth of modern
freedom, the anniversaries of ev
cry freeman, were combined with
the Star SpaDgled Banner and the
! NJ al seilIaise.
IL is a great pity that New Ibe
ria, after having shown such
splendid solidarity in the espousal
Of all Of Wilson's war measures
aud war demands, has shown such
an apathy, such a soulless indif
ference for these two outstanding
days days az commemorative Of
human uplift and welfare az any
two sanctiied holidays Of christi.
anIty. The dollar compared to
duty must lose its simmer and
prestige. Neither dollar nor its
dullard owner have ever blazed a
new path nor Illuminated a dark
spot. The war has settled the
status. Never again will worship
be offered to lucre, nor respect
paid to the revenous appetite for
wealth.
A true brotherhood Of service
has sprung out of the ashes Of
wars holocaust Flesh and blood
have been made servants of soul
and conscience, Drawn the execut
or Of brains mandates, body and
it's appetites aud habits the retiec
ton Of the spirits temperament.
The visionary, with fiery ilnagi
nation In ull ages, has led the
world onward and upward through
the t0rtuons avenues of jeers and
scorn. Every step up the hill of
hope and eDdeavor has been
by his foot. No impedlment of
ignorance, prejudice and passion
can dam his advance. the current
of progress, the adventure of the
bold, fearless thought. The peo.
pie who remain in the eclipse,
in tie "reminiscences of
economic iniquitiea, privilege and
dishOnor has become q startling
to the new civilization
aud 10 mans new destiny. Let us
not Tget. never allow to be obli-
the supreme sacrifices of
heroes aud martys, who, with the
blood curdling around their tor
lures and agoDies have erected
these mile stones Of new concep-
tiOns, new ideals. Some cold,
phlegmatic, dollar poisoned soul
may sneer sardonically at the pic
ture, the new apparition on the
horizon; he may even succeed,
temporarily, to slander established
fact, accepted dogmas of new
deal, a changed regime, but never
again. will values aud appra,se.
nents Of life aud soul be measured
u term of bank accounts and all
,ther forms Of wealth. I
The supremacy Of spirit has
,een obtained through the chast
ming purifying experience of q 2
blood soaked, ravished, desecrated
world battle field; through the
yloom and despair of shndderiug I
atrocities it has been proclaimed
he full. winged deity Of justice,
liberty and righteousness. Just
n in Paris, London, Brusselles, !.
Rome and New York, we felt the
,motions of liberated world, the II
PASSIONS of q victorious warrior of r
democracy, the exhllaration of the
supremacy Of the moral !,
orce Of right sitting on the expir. d
ng, gnrgIing monstsr Of might. o
Rev. Father Roqnet, az toast
Master, was both eloquence and wit. :.
Jules Dreyfus dilsted on the rights
t N IN, regardless of origin, inner ii
lance or material conquests. The n
logan, liberty. equality aud fra
ernity. IL freely invoked and lib
rally used, will eventually settle
n problems Of unrest. With
risp, concise, direct sentences be
Imprinted summary of our future q