Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-05
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PREACHING OLSHEVISM IN GEORGIA

Probably greatest Georgia todsy-and he has
been menace in Thomas Watson who has
of Boshevism preached BloodKed RUSSIA
Watson preaching sespect for law and order stirring up class
hatred and proving logic and unfair the
ignorance which be regretted is all too widespread IN this
land of
In his talk at Fort Valley Tuesday Watson much of His
time harangung his hearers with motive declarations OF their rights
when one Of these autocrac around arrest
vou make him you his THAT right he shout
if he attempts lay you and he has warrant
unless he catches you committing tell him. You despcabe
officer keep hands off or Ill have este
brought before and punished for false arrest ll
your right 1ooL :. o,,.r car.t,uv Il has to be
signed by official YOUR county can be signed by some
New York Baltimore place else And can DC
shown afterwards that this oe5 signed this through m@'e
Watson had dozen such statements one after the other ending
Of course its YOUR right It's the law of YOUR and
YOUR country law handed down by Providence even
Law Mr. Watson playing that feeling of equality of rights
and privileges the breast of true American CITIZEN
did his hearers that those rights rights the men he was
addressing had taken which had been handed
down by their fathers who had enacted the laws
ing them He his followers FORGET that tact tor the
time being He did specify what class of utocrac officers he
was referring seemed all officers the class
on He failed allow his hearers recall for one mo-
men that have OUR OWN officers many of
them ELECTED ourselves the ballot box the remainder
pointed by other elected by at the ballot box , r,
They OUR OWN agents employed BY Wilt pEQ 5snt
ne 6TSPFSpFCT FOR TAW AND ORDER That is what Tom
preaching today Georgia with all his might and power
And that Boshevsm its Anarchsm which eadS TO
Watsons attacks on Legion will be taken of
by Georgia who answered the nation call to the coors
In two meetings within the days have Watson attacks
these before days unless he de-
they will somehow be stopped altogether For these men VINO
their lives abroad sit idly at home
and the dagger of dhonor be plunged into the memory OF
their achievements ,
An autocrac army? 1t was the greatest army his
tory knew took them all alike rich and high and low
for possibly isolated abuse here and there And won the
Auocatc officers who abused the the ranks Watson
says his appeal prejudice and hatred? Well always hard
R hardshp autocracy Southern Army the Sixties and
Northern Army we'll the limit But he
ddn his hearers remember that the great majority OF the
officers the late up ranks that they the
who remained the ranks and that when the time
to fight and die they in the front ranks lighting and dying
casualties show larger percentage officers killed and wounded
proportion their entire number than of prvates Mr. Watson ddn
tell his hearers that.
But Mr. Watsons power depends upon half truths which
deadly than 100 per aehood In his appeals for free
speech and free he appealing for what already have and
for what all believe But of believe truth and justice
along with free speech and free Most of do believe that
Liberty necessarily license And of believe that free
speech and tree should speak the truth and the whole
truth but not freedom speak print half truths sehoods that
threaten down destroy OUR OWN
of the people by the people and for the people
If Mr. Watson wants let him follow the trail of Emma
Goldman BoodRed Russia where the people rule enough
and where that repentan female agtator sits with miniature Old
Glory before her her bureau longing with her eyes
and choking her throat for the land she left and finds
she loves
Pisner be the news that the drv cand
date comes from Germantown Ohio
calf would get mighty he could read in the pa
what folks paying for shoes
Detroit beboy was by from Texas Perhaps the
youth sneered at en-cent TIP
No talking, gets lot of fun of aivver But
why doesn't he stay out of it. then2
the shorter they get.
1t all depends on who gets hi in Ohio.