New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-09
Official paper Of New Ulm, MINI.
So The People May Kuoa0.

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that possibly could do so, laid down It's
1abors for the day to do homage to the
lad and reconsecrtate their promise
To the living that this nation OF the peo-
pie. for the people and by the people
shall not perish from this earth; while
sneakers of the day not only paid tribute
TO the dead, but also admonished the
1iving-the young, the old-that a
nation founded upon liberty and de
Dictated to future generations with the
blood Of it's founders, will not, can not,
survive except by the just powers de'
rived from the governed; while the
flowers strewn upon the graves OF loved
ones are still glistening in their freshness
and their fragrance still fills the damp
air of the city of the dead; while all these
things are still a memory OF the present
and not the past, there appears among
all this beauty, among all this reverence,
like q tester upon clear skin, this
ghoulish paragraph in Mankato,s oNL4
daily newspaper:
The country today is paying tribute
to men who fought treason and an at
tempt to break up the Union. me
situation today is not dissimilar to that
which existed in 1861 and for years
prior thereto. Men and women are
preaching treason in an attempt to IN
cite revolution to the end that the govern
ment be overthrown. The agltators
who sought dis-union previous to 1861
were tolerated and permitted to spill
their poison. War resulted. The agl-
tators of today are tolerated and per-
mitted to circulate and bloviate with
freedom that is really surprising. 10
permit thing to continue mas result
in bloodshed-a resort to arms IN order
to bring about readjustment and peace
out of chaos. The patriotic men and
women of today must be ready to defend
their nation against the bolshevi, and
the rabble who are seeking it's downfall
At a casual reading of the above one
first wonders how depraved, indeed, must
be the mind capable Of such utterings at
such an occasion. Hatred OF fellow
men, gluttony over strife, the very venom
of the viper breathes from every line and
sentence. But even that phase OF 1t
might be overlooked and laid to a mis-
conception of the meaning OF the object
of the day. Let US be charitable anc
concede the writer that much In his
vlr. But the bald statement that
"MEN AND WOMEN ARE PREACH
ING TREASON IN AN ATTEMPT
TO INCITE REVOLUTION TO THE
END THAT THE GOVERNMENT
MAY BE OVERTHROWN" no self
MAY BE OvERTHROWN' no self
respecting American can overlook with
olt demanding proof. Treason is ar
ugly word and he who utters it mus
honor. lfthere is treason being preached
whether in the pulpit, on the rostrun
on the street corners or in the press Of
this city, this state or the nation, we as
an American demand the expos re Of
the culprits, by name-not by innuendc.
The United States district attorneys
office at St. Paul has been sent copy of
the article in question with the request
that government investigators take the
matter in hand and obtain from the
publishers of the paper in which it ap-
paared the evidence necessary for the
arrest and conviction of traitors to this
country. Let's see what beomes of it.
Why should The Union News take it
upon itself to force this exposure Of
treason, you ask? For no other reason
than that it is the right-the duty-of
every American to nip in the bad an,
act of trason, no matter when or where
fund. Another mighty good reason is,
that we believe that the writer of that
ticle is drawing upon his Imagination
il order to incite the public mind. In
fact, were it true that there is treason ir
the land, an utterance like the above, il
i were describing a true condition,
would be the very means to set off thu
ii der of revolution. We reit rate, W.
do not believe that treason lis being
preached in this country, but we'll give
the writer of that article an opportunity
to prove it or let him plead guilty that
it is flasehood and he knew it was false
when he wrote 1.-THE Union News
'gMankato.
We, for our part, have long ceased
to take the mind responsible for the
j serbs in the editorial columns of the
Nankato Daily Free Press serious
Butt may serve a good purpose to lei
i the people know that the thoughts OF
I tie Mankato sheet are still running If
tie same channel, that it's directin,
spirits stillbelieving Units own infallibili
ty and that it still wants to destroy al
those who have the courage of their owl
OF inion. 1t is good thing that the days
ere counted for newspaper organs o.
that sort. The people have lest con
fdence in them and they have forfeited
public respect because they have mis-
represented the facts and have freely
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