The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29

ments, all creeds, all dogmas, it per-
mates all literature, it denominates
all nations, making known one
thought of Liberty, one exacting
thought Equality to all men, pro-
claiming all are entitled to its benign
effect, and writing in the very face
of this new era, "All men up and no
man down. mo longer is heard the
cry" Long live the special privileges
classes on account of birth of dis
tinction of inheritage all is changed
to fit the one cry, Freedom for all,
Liberty, now and forever.
The Heroes emerging from the
trenches covered with dust and
blood, call no man king, for these
heroes are sovereigns within them
selves equal to the Kaiser, equal to
the Car. the equal of all men, and
thus the spirit of Liberty which has
actuated men and Nations in all ages,
baptized with blood, is reviewed anew
in that restless and burning thirst
for mans rights, checked and curbed
by privileged classes, predominating
in selfish ruler, and the will of kings,
now asserts itself in a plea for a
government of the people, by the
people and of the people, that the
government of the people shall not
perish from the earth, that that
once more the voice of the people
shall be the voice of God, that once
more the Goddess of Liberty shall keep
alive the true spirit of freedom in
every breast, giving the guide of
Freedom in the highest hope of COM
plete citizenship in America as well
as abroad.
Universal Liberty has long knock
ed at the door Of Kings only to be
denied admission into the court, but
the spirit of Liberty will not down,
smothered in one age, it rises up in
another, like the smoldering Vesu-
vius, destined to burst forth. the
more it is oppressed; but now this
spirit of Liberty with it's own voice
enteres the palaces of the dethroned
kings and Kaisers, demanding that
all Kingdoms and empires be revamp-
ed with this spirit of human freedom,
with the imprint of American Ideal
ism in this new day, the New Era,
when every man shall have repre-
sentation in his government, whether
in Germany or America. Those who
fight the battles of the Nation must
enjoy the fruit one flag, one people,
one common destiny. This war Of
nations, this securage, is but the
fiery harbinger of Science, political
equality, the drastic fore runner of
the Christian religion, the one force
in the realms of higher thoughts.
left to sift and clear out old systems
of inequality in its onward transit
ton of affairs among the nations Of
the earth. A higher civilization is
to follow in the wake where the
center of warfare was the seat OF
death and destruction. The abandon
trenches are to be filed. homes re-
built, the sword is to be beatened
into plough shares, and an abundant
harvest is to be grown or the blood
stained fields of mortal combat.
Young Knights of Pythias, the ap-
real comes to you, it comes as never
before, it comes in a broader and
more extensive sense. Will you heed
the call? What message of hope does
1t bring you? Listen to its plaintive
voice. 1t says prepare yourselves for
the changes which are now taking
place in your day and generation
Young Knights, your purpose OF
seeking membership in the craft
and its guidance, was sought for a
purpose far greater than you ever