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Clemenceau Blames Us
For Europe's Madness.
All Europe has gone crazy, and Clemen¬
ceau is here to inform us that this Government
i* responsible for it.
-r He says that , we didn ... t “complete the
gob,” and he urges us to return to Europe and
bury another torty billion dollars and another
hundred thousand American soldiers.
The aged Frenchman, whose obstinacy , at
fhe peace table where the Big Fonr “matched
minds” and tried to make a new map ol the
world, is Europe’s himself responsible for ninety per
cent of troubles, and Senator
is entitled to the gratitude of our people for
telling Clemenceau about his exacting aud vi
cious attitude at Versailles.
The ex-premier of France told his New
York audience that ominous war-clouds coming
from Germany, Russia, and Turkey, threaten
the peace of the world. He says that
is preparing to “cover Europe with
and he seems to be willing to bide the
ristie policies tremendous of his own government by
ing up a smoke-screen in the shape
of anti-German mania.
Describing the present as a time of the
“greatest crisis, Monsieur Clemenceau in
forms. us that, sooner or later, America will be
drawn into this European madness.
He believes that by joining the League of
Nations and becoming a partner in Europe’s
York bankers and exploiters, "You m«s< come
in, or lose your comfortable wealth." He sug
Rested Ld that Uncle Sam step over to Europe «o!r.
make tbis pertinent inquiry, "1V«B
gentlemen, something gone wrong f Con 1 he
of use?”
In other words, France would have us he
come the world’s Big Policeman, and we would
be required to send our navy, and our army.
and our money, to all parts'of the earth and
demand that war maniacs everywhere keep the
peace. He forgets that the last war taught
Us many a valuable lesson, when our people,
following the armistice, took an inventory and
learned the terrible cost the sudden madness
of 1917.
Inasinueh as the French propagandists
preach to you about Germany’s alleged war
machine, it is well that you know more about
the French war-machine and the activities of
French militarists.
Your daily papers will not tell you the
truth about French militarism, and there seems
to be a conspiracy on the part of the Wilson
devotees, the daily press, and the
bankers, to conceal facts in reference to France
and her preparations for another war.
A cablegram from Paris, dated October
13, and published in a Washington newspaper
and a Chicago daily, informed the world that
France has the best equipped army in
numbering about 700,000 men, who were re
cruited by obligatory military service,— eon
scription, if you please.
In this army, there are more than two
hundred thousand negro conscripts, and 30,000
of these semi-civilized Colonists were stationed
in Germany more than two years ago,
to terrorize the white population. The white
women of Germany appealed to the white
ple of the entire world for protection, and au
tbentic documents were published in this eoun
try. in which German wives and daughters de
seribed the conduct of these negro troops, who
raped women and terrorized the German
pie along the Rhine. Senators Borah
Hitchcock mentioned this matter in their
speeches in the Senate, yesterday, November
23, and Clemenceau hasn’t denied their state
ments, and he cannot explain away the pres
ece of these negro soldiers who have no busi
ness in a white country, where they are given
license to intimidate and terrorize white peo
t^ e *
France is the most militaristic nation on
earth, and she recently made war on Morocco
and Syria, where French soldiers shot down
the natives and inflicted a reign of terror.
France rules her Colonies with bayonets,
and the ignorant Colonists are brutally mur¬
dered by French soldiers for the slightest re¬
sistance.
„ France imposed conscription—compulsory . ,, ,
military service—on her people, and three
years of the life of ever\ Frenchman and
nist are given to F Tench militarism and lost to
the industrial progress ot the French
Seven hundred thousand troops in the
Oolonies, along the Rhine, and in the French
interior, furnish overwhelming proof that
France is a military nation.. Yet, Clemenceau
preaches to us about the military disposition
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Do not become discouraged! Don’t lose
heart.
You may not be able to see the harvest
-^-here you have patiently sown the seed, b it
be assured of this: No seed is lost,
The truthful word manfully spoken, the
earnest effort honestly made, the noble creed
consistently held,—these are things which do
not perish; they live on and move the world
anf | mon i(i the destinies of men, long after you
arc d us t.
leave cowardice to the coward; leave ser
vility to the slaves. Be a man-proud, though
; n homespun; free, though in a hut.
Own your own soul!
Dare to listen to your own heartbeat. Be
tween you and God’s sunlight, let no shadow
0 f f eai '. f a p
What is there to live for, if you are never
0 think, never to speak, never to the act, death save as of
echo of some master? Better
brave than the long misery of the mental
f.
Not. always is it easy to knew the right,—
„ ery 0 ft e n is the road rough. Human praise
can he won by shorter routes. Honors and
riches are not always its rewards. Pleasanter
days and calmer nights may be yours, if you
float sra0 othly down the tide of policy,—steer
j ng deftly by the rules .of the expedient.
tatter (Mbs ,j I, there no great pulse-heat
,'irft * j. ltv wteniXSt -uhin von—no Xong flame of the warrior
Ke flings its gage of
Are Von willing that the Bight shall call
f or aid and you give no succor; that Truth
shall plead for help, and vou bear no witness?
i s the sacred torch of liberty—passed
f r0 m hand to hand, down the ages in which
brave men dared to keep it lit—ta find you
unwilling to hold it aloft?
gha]I the temple of civic freedom, reared
l_ *.i 1p „ rea t mcn w ho are gone, stand vacant,
Boss _ Murphy, m „ . of * -y Tammany* NOSTUlWlSS Rlnmiumfiir K, Btf Of f* C.
*#y*r*# ^ -
• Al Smith for President.
New York papers furnish the
news that Boss Charles F. Murphy, of
many, is at French Lick Springs
from the effects of the campaign.”
The Campaign referred to is that of
ernor-elect Al Smith, who won the New York
Governorship on the Democratic ticket.
It seems that the campaign tore to
the anatomy of Boss Murphy, and he went to
French Lick Springs for physical and
Al Smith is a rank Romanist, a Knight of
Columbus, and there is little to be said in
favor as a Democratic politician.
The New York papers tell us that he
made a deal with the Wilson Democrats of
that State, who are to get the “fullest recog
nition” from his administration, and the fat
test jobs are to be equally divided between Wil
Democrats and the Romanists of Tamma
ny Hall.
betwlmi Sdomand'^rphy^mat!^3^
aa( j the Roman Catholic voting strength is be
b ind Smith and it would seem, from epreum
stances cropping out here and there, that Fa
j t her-in-law Wilson is not offering Son-in-law
McAdoo any encouragement.
Tammany is Catholic headquarters for
Npw y ork stat(3) whorc Democratic politicians,
—representatives of the breweries and distill
erie8 mee t and make slates for State and
City elections, and the influence of Tammany is
felt in National contests.
Al Smith, from all accounts, is a clever
campaigner, and lie is strong in New York,
where his church is strong.
He is not Presidential size, and Boss Mur
phy does not hope to nominate him. Murphy’s
scheme is to put Smith’s name forward, hold
the New York delegation in line for. him, and
when the pivot is reached, Murphy will swing
! thp big N . y. delegation to a candidate who
will promise to take care of the Romanists
an< j their interests, just as Mr. Wilson’s man
agers promised to do at St. Louis, at San
-p ranc i sco , and Baltimore.
The whiskey interests of New York are be
b j n( j Smith, because he is their man. The
whiskey Interests of New Jersey are behind
g en ator “Wet” Edwards, because he is their
And Woodrow Wilson has congratu
both Al Smith and “Wet.” Edwards x
Thomson, Georgia, Monday, Dec. 4, 1922.
FORTITUDE.
By Thos. E. Watson.
—calbng mutely, calling vainly for votaries at
the shrine?
Wts it all a mockery,—this long struggle
your forefathers made for Justice! Is it an
idle tale—this story of the heroism with which
the rights of the people were slowly won?
Not so—not so! Levity may slight, and
ignorance may disregard the blessed heir¬
looms of human endeavor, of patriotic purpose,
of high-minded sellf-sacrifiee,—-but they are
there, and, like, the signal fires duty! of the highlands ,
they cab heroic hearts to
You may have desponded, but you must
not despair. You may have stumbled, but you
must not fall. You will rouse yourself, and
press forward. You will do your duty—for
that is your religion.
If wrong triumphs, it shall not claim you
as a partner in the crime.
If the light dies out in the homes of the
people, the curse of the unhappy shall not.
blast your name.
You shall be a man,—loyal, fearless, in¬
dependent, ready for work, and loyal to the
last, to the creed which your heart approves.
Men like these,—and no others,—won ev
erv j treasure in the*storehouse of liberty, every
' ^ p v( q ; n the crown of good government, every
i <hroaf , ir , thp golden tissue of religious ' and
political freedom
thw-ana »o oil®’,-*™
t VSmp on?thebonl
“"ml .! 0,lr g r,t: . “ , . s 1 "" ' . . - ,, .
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,the death those who , would 1 turn bac» ttmar
cat e ’ .J s XwnmraTto K folded the'principles 1 1 np'on 1
.
wmo ‘ l u 1
» tan<1 ftrm an ” lear T10t *
Brave who nothing .
men are. more
brave, rush into the combat, get worsted and
Brave men, who are something more than
brave, take no defeat as final.
There is ample evidence to prove that Mr.
. tiaded with the .
-*as again
'nterests. and it Ins health permits, he will
a candidate tor the I emociatic
and the New York and New Jersey and I
sylvama delegations all wet—wnl vo.e
Woodrow Wilson, who ve oetl out first
1,101 < l -
he Catholics have opposed Prohibition .
J
the start. Cardinal Gibbons passed
dowu to every Roman Catholic Priest
this country to light the Prohibition
merit, and the Priests -med up the subjects in
both Houses of Congress and in all the
legislatures, and they voted against Prohibi
uon *
The whiskey interests have organized
nearly all the .votes, and a National
was held in St. Louis, a few days ago, and
head of fhe ‘Association Opposed to
tion” announced ‘hat his organization is
tlon /^here is cornerstone little to be said Anti-Constitution. for an
Wli0se is,
^11 good Americans owe allegiance to
Constitution of the United States, and the
”wets” who have grouped themselves
f° r t* 10 purpose of fighting one of the
f k f ent e R mg . 9 to th f , eir our oath ^ d f to al support Constitution the hl ? hest are
ot the 1 land ,
-
At the head of this so-called association
a lawyer, who is given space by the New
Times in its magazine. This lawyer took
oath to support the Constitution and laws
this government, and he violates his oath
he attacks our Federal laws against
and when a man violates his oath, he becomes
perjurer.
In Congress, the “wets” have
and they threaten to use their’votes
aside the administration, Federal if laws Congress against does wines not
our
beer.
Tlie “wets” are willing to support
ticket, Democratic or Republican, provided
one receiving the “wet” votes promises,
advance, to let down the gap and permit
breweries and distilleries to flood this
with beer and liquor.
President Harding wrote a personal
confidential ' letter to a New York lady,
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Issued Weekly
Reasons Senate Should
Defeat Pierce Butler.
Butler, President Harding has nominated succeed Pierce
of St. Paul, Minnesota, to
Justice Day on the U. S. Supreme Court, and
this nomination is pe nding in the Senate,
Senators La Follette, Ladd, Norris, and
others, have announced their opposition to Mr.
Butler, and the farm bloc is expected to regis¬
ter vigorous opposition to this Minnesota re¬
actionary.
There are several reasons why Mr. Butler
should not be confirmed, (1) He is a corpo
ration lawyer, and has served the railroads and
the Big Rich for thirty years. ,2) He is
by training and environment in sympathy with
the malefactors of great wealth and against the
people. (3) He is a Roman Catholic.
It will amaze you to study the steady en¬
croachments of the Federal Judiciary. The
usurpations of the Federal courts have vir¬
tually wiped out State lines and State rights,
and the Legislative branch of sroverument, has
been reduced to the level of a debating society.
Congress no longer makes laws for tho nation*,
its only power is to initiate a law and the Su¬
preme Court enacts the measure and certifies
its validity.
When the Fathers wrote the Fede^.l Con
stitutiou they separated the three denarJ.ments
of „ Povernment.They never dreamed that the
Judiciary would usurp the lunetions ot the
& Kcr&M:
™ ! Connlihitio. 1 , ard the .Tu Voi raj. and
unmake laws to suit the convenience and linan
rial in.,.rests of the eorporations.
lawyers, who reeeive their
My i';;™'"'™** from the Executive, nullity
Acts oJ: Congress, drag sovereign States into
District courts, and these judicial tyrants
laugh to scorn all protest?,
This is the only country on earth where
.life-term Judges are permitted to set. aside an
act ot the Legislature.
In Great Britain, an Act of Parliament
becomes the law of the land as soon as it is
approved by the Kmg. Yo Judge is allowed
*° tamper s et aside.
Om* Federa Constitution . meMleJ after
is
system, and tha. framers--jaalott8.lv. guard
i.t ^ eparta “‘ trom tte ot
When the lelegates met to write the Con¬
stitution of 1787, the thirteen States of tho old
confederation were separate and independent
units ,political bodies. As such, the War with
the mother Country was fought, and won, and
Great. Britain acknowledged tho separate in¬
dependence of the Thirteen States.
The States reserved certain rights, and
Congress, in framing the Judiciary Act, pro¬
vided that the Constitutionality of a State law
should be tried out first in the State court, re¬
viewed by the State Supreme Court, and from
that court to the IT. S. Supreme court on writ
of error.
The District Courts of the United S f afes
have iirnored that prescribed method of testing
State laws: sovereign States are required to
come info these District courts and submit to
their judgments. This usurpation lias stripped
the State of their dignity, independence, and
sovereign right to regulate internal affairs.
When Andrew Jackson was President, he
defied the Federal Judges, again and again.
In the Cherokee Indian case, lie refused to
pay any attention to the Judges. He did the
same thing when he wrote his famous message
to Congress, vetoing ‘he Bill rechartering the
U. S. Bank, and he used this language: “The
opinion of the Judges has no mare authority
over Congress than the opinion of Congress
over the Judges."
Mr. Jefferson, in writing to a friend, said:
“The Judiciary of the United States
is the subtle corps of sappers and miners,
constantly working underground to under¬
mine the foundations of our confederated
fabric.”
He said “The Legislative must judge for
itself the constitutionality of a law, without ap«
peal or control from co-ordinate branches.”
James Jackson, of Georgia, said: “I am
more afraid of an army of Judges, under the
patronage of the President, than of an army
of soldiers.”
In the Chisholm case, the State of Geor¬
gia treated the U. S. Supreme court with con¬
tempt, because that court had no jurisdiction
over a sovereign State.
If Congress does not check the usurpations
of these appointed-for-life will demand Judicial tyrants,
the people a Constitutional
amendment and new rules for filling vacancies
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