Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-11-20

Some hundred thirty ago delegation made up
Americas best statesmen consider very stua
ton 1t clearly evident that the experiment government
under the Articles of Confederation failure and that
less adequate could be devised the freedom
which had been hardly by the Revolutionary would
soon be forever lost 1t was indeed serious problem which
raced the members OF that Constitutional convention The
tona debt unpaid and there by which
could be paid since the Continental Congress had
ey OF coect taxes our national credt was at stake Tor Tor
eign loans the interest which could not be met had been
no real power and was no longer made IN Of the best
Of the country The various which up union
each Jealous Of the others and equally Jealous of the of
supremacy and refusing any responsibility toward the
country whole As the best statesmen of
were deyotng their energies to their respective states
In the face of all these difficulties through the efforts of the
men sent to the convention to devise some means OF meeting
this situation and by series OF compromises constitution
nrincne Of American cizenshn and Engish freedom Of which
citizens the S. have always been jealous and
proud set frame work of which adapt
able rapidly growing country That constitution
liberty equality and Justice equal rights
It made provision for royalty class distinction for the
effect having proved itself elastic enough the
ing needs of tremendously enlarged state with constantly
changing industrial and social conditions.
The American people Justly be proud of their consti
Through all the dealings with other nations in
attitude toward weaker countries from time TO time by the eS
struggle the North South the question of
slavery; attitude toward the
Just in which fought for supremacy territorial
gain principle which then stake
citizenship for which our constitution stands
the
present situation however that should spend little time
pang upon the back because of past achievements
To-day questions vital and serious those already settled
presenting themselves hand Possibly one OF the
most @ @ n the d nUr n 0 se ware @
Germany We think have but at the very time when
our own commercial standing among the nations of the world
which seriously striving to meet that same prob
lem, Germany among the rest we are spending our te III
and seemingly endless struggle in our own cou
try which unless speedily terminated cannot result otherwise
than in serious gripping OF our national industries instead OF
the speeding OF those Industries which Is necessary the
Many foreigners are coming to our shores entirely
unacquanted ideals Some coming with the
deliberate intention of overhrowng those ideals and the pro
land is meeting with too much support having altogether
great upon American citizens for the good
of the American nation Collectively and as individuals we
should be constantly our guard for there are other ways
clearly up full share toward the maintenance
principles which have always stood nation
1t sometimes more real herosm face the humdrum
tasks of every day life to give value @ Tor what we d
employ with absolute fairness at all times to submit ourselves
authority is the air. than to march to the front and
face the cannon of the enemy in time of war
mention of the serious problems
which confront nation today to offer solution to these
to do is to make plea citizens facing the
present unsettled industrial conditions the tendency
bty of any is based the indifference
the part of MANY toward all religious questions and the pn
cpes religion stands many
poets present day civilization stop for while in
some serious thinking Each should say himself
Il American citizen proud of the fact Butto be
American citizen the of the word requires that
as an individual my share of the responsibility which
must of necessity with American citizenship if national
standard be lowered national honor be not mmed
proud of country and her past record Let be equal
proud of her future record because
individual have proved myself through all the stress of
preentday conditions to be the fundamental principles
CT American citizenship and have been off feet by
the of social and industrial unrest which sweeping
country at the present time with such force have
therefore done full part toward maintaining the honor and
integrity of my country"
There be pretty good fellows
will have live small shack the
when they heaven because they making
whatever for the future either here hereafter.
There will be widespread approval of the statement by
Samuel Gompers that there class of loyal to
the u S. today than the workers. but there will wide
spread opinion that non-workers disloya
Industrial strikers well fact firmly their