Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-26
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America" MS a Hymn Of Hate


NDLEAsE see that no Republican meet
ing is opened without singing Amer
lea. '--lnstruction of Chairman Hays to
his campaign lcutenants
My Country, '1s OF Thee" Four mil
lion American boys, whose lips from in
fancy had been taught TO frame the words
and whose hearts with every beat echoed
its sentiments, crossed the seas and offered
their lives that they might give moro than
lip service to the country OF which they
sang. Eighty thousand OF those boys sleep
where they fell in France. sacrifice to
their patriotism. Shall America" DO
made to them the symbol of a sacred faith
with them that has been broken?
My Country, 'Tis of Thee" America,
to preserve its honor untarnished Snd to
hurl back the assault on civilization, dis
patched its army, its navy. poured forth
Its funds by the billions, gave of its very
hearts blood and risked its existence at
tho side Of tho sorely pressed allies. Now,
shall il be robbed Of the fruits Of its VIC
tory in an enduring peace, its name sacri-
legiously used as a byword for ruined
hopes, as it sees Il separate treaty signed
with Germany against which it fought?
Will ii break faith with itself ms it is asked
to bctray its soldier dead?
My Country, Ills of Thee" weary,
war-torn world, all but PROSTATE under tho
delugc OF blood, looked across the Atlantic
Tor its salvation. 1t did not look in vain.
Then it looked again across the same sea
for the leadership that would save it from
itself and avert such future wars. That
leadership also was supplied, and out of it
grew the league OF nations, the rainbow
of promise after the storm. That world
still looks TO America for guidance and
cooperation. Shall it be forced TO hear in
the strains OF America only the tuneful
complacency OF n snug, sef-satisfed ma
tion that has not kept It's faith?
"My Country, TITS of Thee In these
closing days of n bitterly fought campaign
millions Of voters are asking for the light
that shall lead them along the patriotic
path TO the casting of their ballots. Party
lines are being disregardcd in the search
for truth. But the truth is distorted
twisted or altogether withheld from them
and they are blinded to the great outstand-
ing facts under tho direction OF that sena-
tcrial cabal which is breaking faith with
the voters in campaign OF deliberate,
malicious deception.
My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" Shall it
degenerate into a hymn OF hate, of hate
for President whose name will 20 down
into history with that of Washington
hymn OF hate for the party that in seeking
To uphold his hands is UNFOLDING the flag
the guerdon Of Il faith that never yet has
been broken?
My Country. Ills of Thee" Will the
country without protest consent that the
words be stolen as cloak of patriotism
for 4 campaign OF trckery, venom and
treaChery? Never. The nation will rebuke
a. the polls this attempt Of discredited
political party to wrap itself in the folds
OF the country's flag while its hands reach
forth to betray it. Let them change tJ,,
hymn to America First" America" must
not be besmirched for the political use OF
the Little Americans"