Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-16

real American Protestant churches
venture to say in their behalf that tbs
Pope and all his priests combined, are
not more Jealous and watchful in their
masters work. or in the work for the
mastery, than are cur Episcopa! Pres
Lyteliar. Baptist Methodist, Lutheran
{ ID Congrs gational clergy. They are, as
whole church militant, with their
armor bright; they are zealorc they
| ere jealous. they are watchfu, they
are organized embodied. however dad
! ed by sectarianism, yet banded togeth-
CT against Papacy and learned ana az:
i've and polite TOO as any brotherhood
Of monks. They need no such political
organ; zaticn to defend the faith. Arc
they I'm ted n il? no THY favoT cT
tountenance it among Their flcclIf? TO
What end? In the name OF th~ir reiiG-
iUn, ask them-Why not le-y III Co.,.
.nd GO tie haCW ~ -h.nG55 il4.Lb
that the pride and love OF country are
so dead in native hearts that secret or
carnations are necessary to begeC b
newborn patriotism to protect us from
;oi GA lnIIlence? NOW IN ueIense of
Our people, l say for them that no peo-
pie upon earth are more pc ,acssed wiz.
nationality as a strong passion than
the freemen of the United States CT
North America. Nowhere is the filiai
and domestic tie stronger, nowhere is
the tie of kinship more binding, NJ.
where is there more amor pci-the
love of home which the surest founGa
ton of the love of country-nowhere Is
any oountry's romance of history more
felt, nowhere are the social relations
on better moral foundation, nowh~:e
is there as clear identity of parentage
and offspring. nowhere are sons and
daughters so educated to liberty" NO
where have any people such certainty
of the knowledge Of the reward Of Wig
lance nowhere have they such freedom
Of self-government, nowhere is there
such trained hatred of kings, cords
and aristocraciel nowhere is there
more selfr:ndep- ndence. or mere inde
pendence Of the o ID World or Its tradi
lions-in a word nowhere is there a
country whose people have, by birth
right, a 1.-THE of what our peop.e haze
! TO make them love that land VIII oh is
their country, and that spot which ;
Their home! I am an American Vir-
gin an! Prouder than ever to have 81 Z!
7 am a Roman citizen!" So far from
Frother Jonathan wanting a nat;ona,
feeling he is justly suspected abroad
of little too much pride and bigotr..-
of country. The reyclut.on and The last
var with Great Britain tried Us, AM
the late conquest of Mexico found us
not wanting in the sentimentality ri
nationalism. Though so young VIZ
Rave already dialect and manner
ism, and our customs and our costume
a city dandy may have his coat cut in
Paris but he would fight Frenchmar
in the cloth cf his country as quick To
Gay as Marion man ever pulled tic
trigger Of Tower musket aga MS
red-1cat Englishman in re And peace
has tried cur patriotism more than
war What people have more reason t.
eve country from the labor they
have bestowed upon - DEVELOPMENT by
the arts CT industry? No: as -onG is
/ the memory CT George Washington
lives as long rs there shall be 22nd
Of February and 4th OF july as lore
IS the everlasting mountains or tins
! continent stand. and cur Father o.
| Waters flows there will he fathers 10
hand down the, stories which make our
Ecarts to 6 CIV. and mothers to sing
| "Hal C0'umbia'' to their baheS-an'l
that song is not yet stale. There is no
need te revive q sinking patriot SIN in
the hearts of our people And who
would have them be selfish in their
freedom? Freedom! L,harty selfish
and exclusive! Never; for it consumeth
not in lis use. but is like fire in magni
flying by impart:ng its sparks and its
rays Of light and of heat. Is there any