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SrUbluhtd 1844. The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. Published Every Wednesday by i The Press and Banner Co. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-class mail mat tor at post office in Abbeville, S. C Term* of Subscription: One year |1.5( Six months .71 Three months ,6( Payabie invariably in advance. Wednesday, August 22, 1917. AMERICA FOR AMERICANS. In Union on Saturday Congress man Samuel J. Nichols addressed th voters in that county, answerinj some of the utterances of those whi would question the right of thi country to defend its liberties, an< showing why the United States ha< been forced to recognize a state o was as existing between this countr; and Germany. The speech shows that Congress man Nichols is something more thai a politician. His speech evidence: the sentiments of a statesman, an< of a man who is for his own country first, and who dares to defend r against enemies abroad^and traitor; at home. The speech is so good anc so complete that we give it at length "When I received an invitatior from your committee to speak in Union County at a patriotic celebration T ? ~ "11 KD/tQIlCC 1 W?S nuu <ao an out ?SJ.UV.U, uw~_w. so far as the record shows Unior County is the only county in the United States which furnished more than her quota of men before the draft law was put into effect, therefore you can see why I was not surprised that patriotic meetings were to be held in your county. "I have spoken with much pride to cabinet members, to senators and tc members of the house about your record and before I start my dicsussion of the war proposition I want N 1 ? J.L. to again congratulate you upon trie splendid record that you have made. f. > "I feel that it is my duty today to tell you why we were brought into this war, because I think possibly, holding the position I do, that I am more familiar with the situation than some of you are. You know, and I know, that no man has fought harder to keep this country out of the terrible conflict across the water than our noble president. Congress was behind him in this matter, and to be perfectly frank with you, some of us thought that we had suffered too . much before this wise man gave us the word 'Go.' Why America is at War. "To begin with, when the Lusitania was sunk and our men, women ? ?-3 4- +A V?A+f AIM aim cimurcii wcic ooi&u iv on*; wwwwn. of the sea the blood of every American citizen rose in his veins and clambered for revenge. Our president said 'Hold! If there is any reasonable way for Germany to explain this terrible tragedy, let's give them a chance to do it.' They tried to ex plain by saying that American citizens should not travel on ships of a belligerent nation. We never conceded this proposition for an instant, but we did, upon their assurance, absolutely sworn to by them, decide that we would await developments and see whether or not they would be true to their pledge and not let *?- - xt ine ming occur a^am. iiumeruus other cases of the same kind happened and still we took their explanation in each case, hoping almost against hope that Germany really was not trying to force us into the war. "In the meantime Germany had the effrontery to deliberately inform our government that they intended to sink, not only the ships of belligerent nations, but the ships of the United States, if they were caught in certain zones, and immediately after this notification they started a wholesale slaughter upon not only the property of American citizens but the lives of your people and mine. Even then, although the whole country and the whole world knew that we had every justification for declaring war our president desisted, but informed Germany that if these depredations continued we would have to declare a state of war. German Perfidy. '"While all these murders were being perpetrated our secret service men hud of course been trying to keep up with Germany and find oul their intentions. At this juncture il developed, not by guess, but by direct I written testimony, that Germany had made a proposition to Japan and tc Mexico to invade our country, murder our citizens and take our property. They had even gone so far as to promise Mexico the States of Texas. California and New Mexico ir case Germany, with the assistance oi Japan and Mexico, could conquer us <-Have you ever heard of a more j dastardly attempt to stab us in the , j back? Here was Germany profess; ing to be our friend and at the same ; time trying to employ other nations to make war upon us. Even then after knowing these facts, the president gave Germany an opportunity | to explain. He went a great deal further than I would have gone and a great deal further than the patriotic citizens of Union County would have gone m order to avoid tnis war. | "South Carolina has never sought - a conflict, but no man can tell me * i truthfully that South Carolina ever ' went so far as to allow her most sacred rights to be invaded without risj | ing up to defend them. These matters } I which I have told you about are what ) forced us into the war. "I do not want you to overlook the . fact that this country has never declared war on Germany. We have not ! declared war on Germany. Your congress has not declared war on Germany. We have declared that a j state of war existed between Geri 'many and the United States. It did e not take senators and members of ? the house to come to this conclusion. o[ War Without Declaration. s "Any man that had two grains ot 3 sense knows that when our citizens i are being murdered and our property f destroyed a state of war did exist, y and therefore it makes me tired, sick land disgusted when people go over -;this country stating that your representatives should not have taken s1 the action which they did. 1 "The proposition is simply this: r! Under the law any neutral nation is t entitled to the use of the high seas. 5 Citizens of the United States have as 1 much right to travel them as -you : have to travel the roads in front of, i your homes or the streets in your! - city. Germany has never been able , to deny that this is the law in the > case. l "When, however, we sought to use s the right given us under internation-l > ai law Germany said to us there an?! s certain streets and highways that you; . can not use, even though you havej . the right to use them, because you ;jare engaging in commerce with our . enemies. > "Let's get the proposition down to |a plain case: Suppose any of you had business with one of your neighbors,; and suppose in order to transact this business you wished to use the public vaad, when there was no question as to your right to use it and suppose some man, who did not like your neighbor with whom you were doing business, stood at the side of the road with a shotgun and told you that you could not pass alor^ this road, because he was an enemy of tho man with whom you wanted^ to conduct your relations. Would Enforce Rights. "What would have been the result?! | Knowing you as I do, I know ycu would have said to him: 'I have a! right to use this road, and you have no right to stop me, and I am going) to arm myself and protect my rights! and if you interfere with me we will shoot this thing out.' "That is a rather crude illustration, but that is exactly what we have told: Germany, and we are arming ourselves and we are going to shoot it; out, and when we get through the J shooting you may rest assured tha^ j Germany won't block any more roads, j "War is a terrible thing. None of; | us wanted to get into it. I opposed it as long as there was a chance for us to avoid it honorably. The cost in men and money, the broken hearts the bloodshed, the suffering of those at home who do not have to go, is appalling. I could not but shudder and sigh when I cast my vote as I did. "This war was brought home to me, two years ago, when the only brother! I had, realizing earlier than we have1 realized the ruthlessness of these' German tyrants, went to England to1 do his bit to stop them in their mur-J /derous course. He today fills a sol-j |dier's grave on the battlefields of France, but I do not feel that his work was in vain. I only wish that he could have lived to have served his country in this time of stress. I hope you will pardon this personal allu,sion. I merely mention it to show to you how well I knew the suffering J that this war would bring to our peo-| pie. ;i Follow in Footsteps of Fathers. j j "Your ancestors and mine - fought . for the liberty which you ami I now ; enjoy. Your ancestors and mine by . their blood and treasure established ; a government that has ever since held . tha respect of the world. Will you . stand quietly by and let a brutal gang ! of murderers take your liberty away | from you, kick you around like a football, and make you the laughing, stock of the civilized world? , "I know you will not. You are not bred that way. If I thought you would, I would resign my seat in congress tomorrow, because I would [ think it was a disgrace to represent > you. "Some people are making state. ments criticizing the administration ; for declaring a state of war. Some . people are criticizing congress for its t action. They have a right to their ' opinion as to whether or not we should defend our national honor, > but that is past history. I ' 1 "The congress of the United State: :has decided to defend its nationa ; honor. There is no looking back now We are in this war and any man wh( 'does anything to hinder our succesi ; halfway ground. Every one of us i: ! his country and is not worthy of th< respect of a patriotic citizenship. ''Before war was declared we al 'hud a richt to our ooinion. but sinci ! a state of war exists there can be n< 'halfway ground. Every one of us i J either for our country or for Ger many. There is no dodging the issue People Are Loyal. "Robert E. Lee was opposed to se cession, but when his mother Stat declared for it he resigned his com 'mission in the United States arm; land drew his sword to carry out th mandates of his people. You can' jmake me believe that the people o this country are any less loyal toda; than they were in 1776. You can' make me believe that the people o (this country are any less loyal thai we Southerners were in 1861. Am I know you well enough to know tha you will do your duty. The man tha ; deters his country at this time fo any reason is the enemy of every pa triot who lives in our broad land Suppose that they should succeed ii ' blocking in any- way the early tsrmi ; nation of this war. Every dr.y wil mean thousands of lives lost, everj day will mean millions of dollar! spent; and can you tell me that a mar who takes this position is a frienc of his country? v "There have been* differences o1 opinion as to the way of raising the army to fight this war. I personally believed in and fought witli all th< might that I possessed for the volun teer system. I gave my reasons ir a speech which I made and which ] mailed out to you for my attitude ir this matter. The majority of the house and the administration differ ed with me, and as between the drafi system and the volunteer system vot ed for the draft system. Stood by Majority. "After I had been defeated foi the volunteers I voted for a bili which followed the ideas of the ma jority. It was a question of voting for this bill or not having an army with which to fight this war. "It was such a case as would be in our election system, when in the primary I could not win for my man, and, although I thought that he should have been elected, I voted in the general election for the candidate whom I had.opposed. I think this explains to you my position. After the draft bill was passed it became the only law in this land for raising an army and I propose to uphold the law in every way within my power. "I have talked to you longer than I intended to . I hope I have given you our reasons for getting into this war. We may have been wrong. I do not grant that; but, right or wrong, I am for my country, and I have no respect for the man who is not." As Mr. Nichols so well shows, no country ever had more cause to make war than this country had to make war against Germany, no country and no Chief Magistrate of a country was ever more long suffering and plenteous in mercy than was the President of these United States. He sought by all honorable means to avoid war, he went almost to the length of humiliation in his eiTorts to avoid it. Our people were murdered on the high seas, on the public lanes of travel, where they had a right to be unmolested, and without notice. Not only men, but women and babes were sent to their craves. We protested and Germany, -recognizing that we were right, promised to obey international law, ^and to respect the rights of the people of this country om the high seas^ But the promises were only made to be broken. Time and time again our people were murdered, and as often a chance of explanation was given, and all doubts solved in favor of peace. Finally, when we had borne 8.11 too much, the German government informed us that we could not travel the high seas except on days and by routes marked out by that government, and then only when we painted our ships to resemble barber-poles, and otherwise acknowledged the right of Germany to dictate to us on the manner in which we should enjoy our rights and the liberties of our people. Under these circumstances, just r.3 Jefferson penned our Declaration of Independence of Great Britain, so Woodrow Wilson penned the new Declaration of Independence of this country against Germany. The congress of'the United States has declared a state of war to exist. The flower of the nation has taken up arms already and others will join the colors. The people only need to understand and they will understand, liosniip thr> vnipf of the enemv in our midst. The war will be fought to a successful conclusion. The American people will assert their rights, and that man who has at last put his hand to the plow will not look backwards until we are again free, and our freedom for the future guaran : Boss I '-4 < \ The Bos never laz % alwavc t IAA TV *>% J %Jf M. licious r them on : J ft (ffRe I W STOVESahoRA teed. j SE The German war lords may talk; peace, and the Pope may offer a ( German peace, but there will be no Co peace on the basis that the murderer go free and be given back his pistol. He must be whipped to his knees and | made to pay the penalty of his misdeeds. . er? j lec YOU ARE RIGHT, "EDD." jde< I cas A firm faith is the best divinity; i a good life the best philosophy; a jai clear conscience the best law; honesW i ty the best policy j and temperance the best physic.?Gaffney Ledger. av . un ORPHANAGE WORK DAY. 1 C., Announcement has been made toN cid the effect that the Thornwell Or- sor plumage at Clinton, the Connie Max- Wj ; well Orphanage at Greenwood, and ^ the Epworth Orphanage at Columbia, P0? will ask all the friends in their va- P^a . rious constituencies to observe Sat- ^ I unlay, October 13, as a Work Dayjdit , for orphan children. The plan is simple and has been tried for sever-J ; al years with great success. Thej , idoa is that on this special day every; friend of each institution will devote ^ th? income of the day or the procesds of labor done that day as a contribution to the orphan boys and;w? girls. We are sure the scheme will appeal to many of our people. !res , sue A BIRTHDAY fAKir. 1 i i Miss Emily Morse was six years he old on the fifth of Augusut and as the she was away she could not cele- pre brate until she came home, so last,sir< ' F:*iday, 17th, she issued invitations,so. tc her birthday party. When the ne( lii;tle girls and boys arrived games she of every kind were played on the(to lawn, after which came the refresh*-j sir < ments of ice cream and cake, which was enjoyed by the merry crowd. I . iVVVWVVVVVVVVVVv , V VI , V SEABOARD TRAIN Vjco1 V SCHEDULES Vjat 1 No. 17, South, leaves 5:00 A.M.] of No. 5, South, due 2:04 P. M.!ine tro No. 11, South, due 3:04 A. M. No. 29, South, due 3:52 P.M. No. 6, North, due 6:03 P. M.; jn? ' No. 12, North, due 1:42 A. M.|mo No. 18, North, arrives 10:00 P.M.; ] No. 30, North, due 12:34P.M. -1'01 I * T The Semi-Weekly Press and Banner j?;i.50 per year. Subscribe now! SI. i Oil Air S 1^1 _ At ft. 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