The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-23
By w. o. SAUNDERS

! have sent a telegram to Hon.
Iohn H. Small, the Representa-
tive OF this Congressional Dis
rrict in the Congress of the Unit
ii States. Every reader Of this
newspaper who feels as [ do
about it should send a similar
protest to their Representative
n Congress. Here is the tele-
1ram:-
Jan. 20, 1920 !
Hon. John H. Small,
House OF Representatives,
Washington; D. c.
If YOU favor BoisheVIsm then, by . |
aii means. vote for Sterling Bill S.
29iz and Graham Bin II. R.y ,430
The American people will not stand
far the oppression that will come un-
dar these measures and Congress is
irv,tinu trouble. To many of US the
dictatorship of d BurIeson would be
rot less odious than the dictatorship
IF Lenin. We will not stand for
other very !onq. The American peo-
ME are IN no HlOOu lO NC lilAiou "'s"'
The Reds have made inroads in Amer
ica because so many Americans nave
lost confidence in you who are IN au-
thority. You will not restore this
confidence by ruthless attempt 10
tear up our constitutional guarantees
of freedom of speech and of the press.
Read this into the Record and put an
ear to the ground.
Respectfully,
w. o. SAUNDERS
haven't both the Sterling and era
1,ro hills before me- but it is sufficient
- o11ntc Section 1 of the Sterling Bill,
Introduced by Senator Sterling of South
Dakota. which has passed the Senate
and !, now before Congress. 1t may be
na>scd bv Congress before this news
,,aner goes to press 1 quote Section
! Of the Sterling Bill. emphasizing It's
,oo-r dangerous feature in black face
capitalS: z-t-.-- 49,
Be if enacted, ETC., That II shall De
feEsl any speFsoH @tez adteeates
or advise the overthrow or TO Write'
or knowingly to print, publish, utter'
SELL or distribute any document, Dook'
circular, paper, journal or otheF Will
ten or printed communication IN or
by which there is advised the overthrow
by force or violence of the government
of the United States or of all govern
ment OR TO ADVISE OR AOVo-
CATE A CHANGE IN THE FORm
OF GOVERNMENT OR THE CON-
sTITUTlON OF THE UNITED
STATES or resistance to the autnor-
ity thereof by force or violence or
physical injury to person or properly
or nv force or violence TO prevent,
hinder. or delay or attempt to prevent,
hinder. or delay the execution OF any
law of the United States.
Under this infamous measure the al
1,r,..,cy Of any change in the constitC
rioli of the United States would De mau
AN act of scdition. punishable by III
of thousands of dollars and 1mprlsof
lnent in a Federal prison. undef I'll
bill Lincoln would have been guilty
diSloyalty and every prohlbltlonlSt al
every advocate of women suffrage Wou
he ii subject for Incarceration
The passage of this Sterling Bill W
mean that YOU will not be permitted
expreSS YOUR disapproval OF any pha
of government You will have your q
izcuShip taken away from you IL "
ever again advocate an amendment
the Constitution of the United state
And if this thing is permitted TO go !
it is not unreasonable to expect thaC
will presently be made a felony Tor d
citizen TO advocate a change IN the pc
sonneI of that war-crazed bod! stSl
the Congress of the United States
And 50 that is why | minced no "of
in NV telegram to Congressman Shs
verify believe that if the Sterling L
j enacted into law the government
this country will not be able to ou
iailS enough to hold all the people W
will rebel against such oppression.
Sterling Bill is patent ehdeaEor
stop everybody in America from ta'N
and it can't be done.
Voices of a Dead Past
One day last week Secretary OIL oC
Lansing onened I'D the hermetically Sc
ed. iron bound. copper rlveted caol
in which has been concealed the Deci
alton of Independence of the Amefl
Colonies And 10 and behold when t
Declaration was exposed to the eye
a moving picture camera the 1oilo"
immortal utterance was again given
mortal men. That Declaration or
dependence said:-
We hold these truths to be SELF e'
dent. that all men are created equ
that they are endowed by their Cre
ter with certain unaIienable Righ
that among these are Life, L'bef
and the pursuit of happiness. That
secure these rights, governments
instituted among Men, deriving IN
Just powers from the consent OF
governed That whenever any o
of Government becomes destruct
of these ends, if is the Right or
People TO alter CT abolish it, and
institute new Government, laying
foundation on such principles ana
ganizing its powers in such torm'
to them shall seem most likely 10
feet their Safety and Happiness.
The first amendment of the CONS
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