Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-10

be not deceived by The thought that Lincoln and his
armies destroyed such enemies from the face Of
the earth They exist today in multiplied thousands.
True they no longer dare make open warfare with
Establishments of war They are a thousand times
more insidious than that They are experts in the
use OF the poison gas of propaganda and intrigue.
They disguise themselves in many forms designed
to please the eye and the ear and the con
science of mankind. They not infrequcntly sue
coed in getting into high places where under their
greater power they disguise their enmity towards
free government under the cloak of International
ism Socialism, Paciism, religion, MORALS every
Dalt known to human ingenuity which will lead
men away from the idea of "A government of the
people, for the people and by the people, in
lerpreted by Lincoln
1t is the duty of all who believe in the inerpre
taton of this term as placed upon it by Lincoln
to stand out as boldly in its defense as did he in
the trying times Of his life II is only by such
courage and wisdom that the form of government
Tor which he stood will not perish from the earth
We have in recent years witnessed the spectacle
OF one who sat in the seat of the mighty Lincoln
seeking to teach the world under the cloak of In
ternationalism that the principles of the Revolu-
uonary fathers as they expressed them in the gov
eminent they established and as those principles
were eXempllfIed and demonstrated in the life
and work of Lincoln and his generation are obso-
le'e ana out OF date He strove to teach the people
10 look with scorn and contempt upon the Govern
mental principles which developed Lincoln and the
patriotic men who upheld him in the strife of his
Tune; to greet with sheer the teachings of Wash
lngton and Lincoln He tried to instil into The NH
lie mind his assumption that his socialistc inter
hauohallsm was as mach superior to the teachings
OF washington and Lincoln, as were their teachings
above those old forms from which they broke away
lie assumed for himself the leadership and sole
interpreter OF these higher thoughts" and nro-
CANNED himself as a sem-sanctified creafure
somewhat lower than the Christ but far removed
and above the men of the type of Lincoln whom
lhe world had accepted the highest TYNE of
statesmen and patriots. We who stand for
those principles today, if wish to pass them
on untarnshed, to our children and our children,s
children, will need to take inspiration for our task
from life and example of Lincoln and his follow
patriots. Be not deceived fellow citizens Tho
leaders OF these lnsdious onslaughts on "A govern
ment OF the people, for the people and by the peo
PIE are no mean foe. They have no scruples as
70 their methods. They have following of mil
IONS OF citizens whom they have deceived by their
'kllul appeals, and their skill at deceiving those
who find easier to believe than to think To unde
elNe these honest patriotic, but misled and misn
ormed citizens requires patience and persistence.
on can not sit idle. The demand for action ON
ur part is as imperative as it was in the time of
lincoln Every loyal patriotic lover of the things
or winch Lincoln stood must attune his entire
eng to The spirit of I'VE are coming Father Abra
am Three hundred thousand strong"