The Cordova daily times., 1919-01-25
SATURDAY. JANUARY 25, 1919
WHAT HEROES BRING BACK.

Forgotten already, or lighting our way but dimly, are the principles for which Americans fought and nobly died on many battlehclds of France.
 Everywhere men are asking: What of the future?" And they mean, what?
 They desire to know what course trade will take. Will war prosperity endur. long into the days Of peace? Will capital and labor engage ill con, flict or will they be able to patch up vendi so that each side may retain the benefits which have come to it through the chance of war?
 But soon 2,0O0,O men will return to us and their memory will wear q kConer edge than ours. They have not forgotten; they will not lor&2:. And much Of tn" future is in their hands
 They will not forget that America fought for ideals and not for trade, for principles and not for land for liberty and justice and not for gold. They have fought for riches that neither the ore of the mine nor the product ot the factory can buy And vixen they ask What of the future?' they mean something more and some thing better than We mean who re- mained at home and thought in terms of dollars even though we gave ot those dollars that our ideal; might triumph and that the hand of Ameri- can mercy and bencyolcncc might not he stayed.
 True, it is time to think of trade, domestic and foreign, and we must worry and pcrplcX ourselves about our economic condition but we must not lose sight of the ideals that i'm relied Us to join in the struggle of the nations. When Lincoln address ed this fellow citizens on the battle field Of Gettysburg he was sOlemnly Noi''l Hth dbpui ti't lutuit bl utHlO- cratic government Would govern ment of the people. by the people and for the people perish or would it en- duro" He had faith that it would en- durc, for he had seen the dawn of vic tory and the hand of Providence guid- ing the nation back to unity and strength And yet, deep in his soul, wer" misgivinga Would his country men remain uncorrupted in the faith of the fathers? Would they always be willing to fight and to die for ideals rather than for conquest and p,undcr?
 Tn the retrospect we are inspired " the thought that his hopes rather than his doubts were realized WeI have seen American soldiers, uner- ringly guided by the spirit of '76 and G1, true to the faith of our fore fathers in '9S and 1918 The same love of justice and liberty that gave rower to the pmbattled farmers at Lexington and atecled the hand even of brother against brother in the war of the states thrilled in the souls ot our warriors who went to France. The same magnanimity controls them whether they are defenders in France or invaders in Germany.
 And when they come back they will come with hearts purified by fire and souls ennobled by suffering, conflict and comradeship. Their point of view, whatever it may be, will be above the level of dollars.
 We wait anxiously to find what may be the trend of their thoughts Will they come back in q critical spirit to question all institutions or will they return to their accustomed walks of life with the same conser vatism that imbued the heroes of the Civil war?
 The fate of the nation rests upor the answer which tine future shal give to theoe questions. But alread, we have seen hints of what the an sver will be.
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