The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-08
WORDS or SOLEMN WARNING.

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The eminent lawyers who compose this committee have
studied their subject thoroughly and have become i'm
pressed with the national danger which npends Their
report says:
Socialism feeds and fattens upon the disorganiza-
ton famine and unrest necessarily following
conditions The destructive doctrines of socialism
were never widely advocated than at the present
time and there was much danger as now
that its converts might become for a time at least
majority of the voters in many states and com
munities or even in the nation a whole.
The report further declares that the judicial recall
which has been adopted by several of the states is al
of socialism, the object of which is 1.-The desruc
ton of the judiciary and thereby step the elimination
of the safeguards vouchsafed by constitutional limitations
upon the legislative powers of government"
The warning contained in this report will not pass
America to the necessity of fighting the sinister influences
with every weapon in their power. The loyal and pa
trotic people of this nation must be alert and
Whatever label they may bearsocialists communists,
bolshevih l. w. W-the forces of radcalism consti-
tute living to free institutions and stable gov
ernment. They declare for general strike throughout
the country with the purpose of forcing the release from
prison of Mooney the convicted bombthrower. They
demand that the penentary doors shall open to release
Deb who defed the Federal statutes and obstruced the
draft They cry for the seating of Berger in the house
of representatives while he is under conviction and
tence for violations of the espionage act and the ap
preaching release from prison of Emma Goldman, queen
of the American anarchists, serving term also for
draft obstruction, their enthusiasm.
motley and dangerous one, ripe for mutiny
and ready to scuttle the ship of state.
The communist labor party has just been organized in
Chicago A platform adopted declaring in favor of
the overthrow of the present system of production and
saying: "To this end ask the workers to unite with
the communist labor party of America industrialy and
politically in the struggle for the conquest of the state
and the powers of government in the establishment of
cooperative commonwealth"
This party, at least does not conceal its real OBJ
ect With amazing frankness it declares its purpose to
tea down the present form of government in the United
States and in place of it set up cooperative
wealth, after the form of the soviet republic of Russia.
short the program reported to the Chicago convention
for its consideration copied almost verbatim from
the program of the Russian bosheviki.
Thus the issue is laid and it rests with the loyalty and
intelligence of the American people whether the disciples
of Trotzky and Lenne shall gain the ascendancy in this
country and tear down the constitutional government now
known throughout the world as the symbol of liberty.
What is the weanon IN uca in
radcaism? The American Bar associations committee
answers this query by stating that in its opinion the only
protection agant the doctrines and schools of treason Sc
don and revolution lies in widespread and persistent
campaign of education" And this suggestion will com
mend itself generally to the public Education has been
eicacous in the past and it may be relied upon in the
The American Bar association has done the nation
distinct service in bringing this subject forcbly to its
notice and in impressng it with the dangers which Turk
too often UNDECIDED in the activities of the prosecuting
radicals who seek to tear down constitutional government
and set up mob rule The people must aroused; they
must be rallied to the defense of law
Every agency of the government should be directed
against the Vaccinations of the socialists communists
and their ilk and the hand of the law should be laid
heavily upon all who transgress it. But the greatest
ure of protection will from the ranks of the oyal
alert citizens stirred to action by an appreciation of the
impending danger and ready at any sacrifice to stand
by the government. Upon such sturdy phaanx anarchy
will make but slight impression.
Already the patriotic citizens of this country are dis
playing the cohesive force of Americansm Wage earn
ers show willingness to defer making demands for in
creases capitalists are permitting to pass opportunities
for profit of which they might ordinarily avail themselves
and all in the public interest They realize that to
pursue their individual interests solely would drive the
country into chaos In the national interest thew must