Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-04

I freely grant the -EF ~ inns peo-
PIE to change our TO HVernment
and 20 adopt other b pies put
IF il is to be done. uone ue-
Gently and directly ali OF US
may know il.
While the old or ei $ let rep
rescntatives repre- sen I'D ideals.
lot il be understC cd tsaf aoy are not
mere bell boys. suoje-t 70 calls for
legislative cracked ice eNery time the
victims Of a debauch Of greed gam
bling or improvidencc fecl tae IeNtI
Of frenzied need.
The life is more than meat ana the
l.ody moro than rninert. Il Is q minor
Importance who holds the wealth of the
nation IL the hearts Of all its peoNle
baet with true. historic American throb.
The clothes may mark. but the clothes
cannot make the gentleman. The cco-
ror7,tc rehabilitation OF America is of
v~s n,or,ee1t but the rehahiiita ton of
,he ancient faith which upheld the
-arrad C,ntinentals emerged in pris-
tire Rlor '-crn the throes Of civil war,
and I,r smiling and undaunted
f.oe > grim engines Of tyr
am, ne fields OF France. is
fa- vork.
e-o15a,--perhaps too much. Who
n suggest, even with shamefhced
iity. anv ainE 70 you. For eight
Ia ves~s -owded with events which
have .oI : yer changed the currents OF
the worlds history. I have been with
YOU. ! come TO the end OF them with
a feeling Of heartfelt gratitude 70 YOU
all for those little. nameless. unremenl-
hired acts Of kindness and charity
which have marked your friendship viii
t. breathe
xot one Of you can wish for himself a
kindlier fate than would give YOU
if were omnipoteut.
go, but you remain. ! leave with
the "a me inarticulate cry in my soul
with which Il came TO you My
country" II is no new nor unusual
cry for the American but Il has.
fear. myriad concepts To some Il
means broad acres and fertile fields. 10
many opportunity for personal prefer
Inent: 10 a thoughtless few. the right
10 utter every yagrant word which
finds lodgrnent in mind diseased 10
the half educated. that democracy
should be governed as soon by the in
fant's cry as by the prophets warning.
Fut to me II is but the composite voice
~ all the good and wise and self -Sacr1- =
fclng souls who trod or tread it's soil.
GalUTE 10Y Lftdl 4iDt4 ~ HiAA-Ai - -'@ y
encrowned. preaching that doctrine
which seeks not its own but the COM
mon good. and. above all, warning US
~ the memory Of the dead and the
hope of the unborn TO close our ears 10
the mouthings OF every perlpateuc
reforrler who tells US that the way 10
sanctifv the republic TO remove every
landmark which has hitherto marked
the boundaries Of national and in
dividual life.
II is no new religion we need. our
creed should be One Lord. One Faith,
Baptism-The Lord of Justice who was
with Washington at Valley Forge,
Grant and Lee al Apponattox. Perish
ing on the fields of France; the faith
that under republican form OF gov
ernment alone. democracy permanently
can endure; the baptism Of that spirit
which will not be content until no man
is above the penalties, and no man be
vond the protection of our laws.
Let him who goes and him who stays
remember that he who saves mis- life al
the loss Of his country's honor loses II,
and he who loses his life Tor the sake OF
his country's honor saves il