Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-04


mittee the resolution proclaiming the
stars and stripes was reported. To
give you better idea what that res
olution contained I will read 1t to
you.
Resolved, That the marine COM
mittee be empowered to give such d.
rections respecting the continental
ships of war in the river Delaware
as they think proper in case the en-
envy succeed in their attempts on
said river.
Resolved, That the flag Of the 10
United States be 13 stripes, alternate
red and white; that the union be g
stars. white in blue field, repre-
senting a new constellation
There is more to the resolution
but this is the part which applies d.
rectly to the flag"
what do the colors in our flag
mean?" asked Ruth who had become
greatly interested.
First Of all, Ruth, our flag stands
for liberty. When you look at 1t
you should not just see the colors
which it contains and the design
which is so beautiful but you should
see the entire nation. The Ameri-
can flag has never stood for castles
and kings and dictators. 1t stands
as a protection to all loyal citizens,
and as an invitation to the oppressed
of other nations to join us and come
under the protection of its folds. The
colors have real meaning. The
red stands for courage, the white for
purity and the blue for loyalty,
truth and Justice. The star sig
nifies dominion. While we are on
the subject of the colors will show
you what a difference color can
make when 1t stands for something
wrong instead of something right. AS
I Just told you, the red in Old
Glory is for courage. courage to
stand for those things which are
right. To keep the principles upon
which our government was founded
from being supplanted by dictators
and foes of liberty and justice, our
forefathers, the men who started our
government signed the Declaration
of Independence, because they saw
that this country could not go ahead
under the dictation and tyranny of
King George who was then king of
England. II was a wonderful docu-
ment they designed. In its text we
read that the principle thought set
forth was the fact that all men are
created equal. that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain inalien-
able rights, that among these are
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness. That to secure these rights,
governments are instituted among
men deriving their Just powers from
the consent Of the governed. That
is the whole principle in few
words, upon which our government. II
founded. That is, that the gov
eminent shall be run only by men
who obtain their power from the
people who are being governed. We
do that by electing our president,
our senators, our representatives in
congress and all our local officers of
local government, such as the mayor
of our city and so on. No small
group of men can select a certain
man and say, He will be your presi-
dent or king and you must obey
Nor can any group of men decide
what we shall and shall not do. 1t
is that principle of justice and liber-
ty in the true sense of the word, lib
erty that Is gained through law and
order and the respect for laws, made
by the people themselves through the
men they elect to represent them,
that our stars and stripes represents.
To-day in Russia a few men with
selfish interests are trying to run the
country under flag that is but one
color. That color is red. That red
stands for bloodshed and all the hor-
rible things that go with govern
ment that is run by dictators and
those who must have their way. II
any stand in their way they are kill
ed. That group of men and women
call themselves by various names.
They are bolshevists and soveits but
It is enough for us to know them
simply as reds These reds are
now trying in every way possible to
wreck our government that has stood
so strongly all these years, tear down
the stars and stripes, the red, white
and blue, and put in its place a gov
eminent OF bloodshed represented by
a flag with but one color, RED. For
that reason we should think more
about what our flag stands for and
demand that there shall be man at
the head of our nation, president
who will make the reds understand
that so long as they attempt to put
up the red flag in the place of the
stars and stripes there is no room for
them in any part of the country.
There is protection for them all un-
der our flag il they are willing to
join us as American citizens and act
with the true sense OF justice but
there is no room for them so long as
they try to wreck our government.
81 am not going to say who think
would be the best man to handle this
sitution at the head of our nation but
am going to tell you the slogan or
what we might call battle cry of one
man who is an aspirant for the pres
idential nomination on the republic
can ticket. Senator Miles Poindex-
ter, of Washington, has fought the
reds at every point since they showed
signs of activity in this country. He
is still fighting them and always
will. His campaign button which
contains the colors of our flag con-
tains these words, No red without
the white and blue There Is the
whole story. The red Is all right,
Riddles, so long as 1t has with It
the white and blue. Combined,
those eolors represent America. the