Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-16

not interest me SO much as your du-
ties as citizens You only vote once
or twice a year. You are citizens
3H5 DAYS in the year. and Il Is "a great
deal more important for you To know
and 10 perform your duties as Cit
zens than II is as voters. and II you
perform them We'll as citizens | do
not VERY about your performing
them well as voters. What are the
important duties that you as Citizens
living here among rs should have IN
mind" IN the first place you must
be law abiding. This is a LAND Of
law and order. or at least II mas
been up 10 within a recent time. and
we hope that IL will continue To be,
as the fathers laid it out that II
should be. Law and order must pre-
vail. The established authorities must
pc obeyed. This is no place for mob
rule. Il is a place for the admins
tratlon OF justice. and every man
can obtain his legal rights through
the proper channels II he viii. and
that IS the only way N which he
should attempt to obtain them Be
INDUSTRIOUS. Be good workers. Be
willing 10 give service for the money
that YOU receive. Be prudent and
saving. and SO be home builders and
home makers. The man who owns
his own home and has family. we
need NOT worry about him. He viii
stand for law and order because ne
has something TO protect. SO I say
be home makers and home builders.
Take good care Of your families. Do
not neglect them. Educate your chill
Gren 50 that they may grow up in
the spirit of cur institutions and
with the full knowledge of what our
government means and stands for
Then one other thing, which perhaps
you would not expect to be said IN
court-Go ID church. ! do not
care whether your church is Cath
clio or Protestant, Jew or Gentle; go
TO cnUrch. Keep n touch with the
church authorities. A Goddess coun
Try can never have a government
that will endure. II you men, as voV
become citizens, viii become church
goers, church followers have good
homes, educate your families, be in
dustrious. honest and law abiding,
YOU viii then justify US today N
admitting you 10 the rights Of cIri-
zenship n This country.
Three hundred wears ago. next
wear, a little sioop drifted into the
harbor Of Plymouth, in the mother
state of Massachusetts. She came
from old Plymouth in England. l
have stood on that dock in old Ply
mouth, England, an6 have seen the
tablet that marks the spot from
which that little band of Pilgrims set
forth. They came TO new Plymouth
three hundred years ago. La little
sloop contained how many Only
one hundred all told, men, women
and children. II contained only fifty
rnaa not larger number tha1 you
who are grouped before me this
morning asking TO be admitted to
American citizenship; and vet from
that little band, and those that came
after them. has come these Unitad
States Just think of IT. To them
we are indebted for laying the foun-
ton. in religion, in loyalty, in lib
ertv and Justice. Orr ancestors q
I776 and those years following, Great
ed this government Of ours. Our
fathers saved II in 81, and il has
been preserved tr the present time.
Now you ask TO be admitted in or
der that you may take part in II.
We will admit you i you comply
with the requirements; but 7 pra you
TO have in mind as gu go forth from
this court house the privilege which
il is. and the duties which are i'm
posed upon you. and that you. 50 far
as you are conc armed. will always in
every way possible do oUr best 10
maintain and preserve what the
fathers have won"