The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, November 13, 1914, Page 3, Image 3
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"PATRIOTISM" <<
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The two letters printed below were ' tj
forwarded from Paris to a New York 1
woman and, after being translated,' ^
were sent by her to the New York ,j
Times. The first is from a garcon de ,
cafe to his mother, u concierge in a
private family. The second is from
a mother to her son, a Russian officer,
on whose breast it was found after
his death on the field of battle:
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Dear Mother: Two words to tell you
that I am in perfect health. Write to
me. It will make me so happy to Jr
hear from you. Do not weep; have
the same courage that I must have to
go before the enemy. Hope always .
that I shall return with my duty ac- ^
complished to be the comfort of your
old age. If I do not come back, con- JJ.
sole yourself by thinking that your Jr
son lias done his duty as a French- p
man, has followed the straight path #l
that you and poor papa laid out for
him. Mv nnlv wish is fhnf \rr\
be able to have some happy days in ^
spite of this terrible war. I leave _
you, dear mamma, thanking you for j.
having made of me a man capable of .y
trointr to face the enemy to avenge the j:
heroes of '70.
Your son who keeps for you the
best place in his heart and who thinks
of you without ceasing. I embrace w
you a thousand times.
J F . "
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Your father was killed far away
from us at Las-yan, and now I am
sending you to the sacred duty of
the defense of our dear country r,
against a strong and terrible enemy. ^
Remember that you are the son of a
hero. My heart bleeds and I weep as
T 1- , 1 " - " ,J
i asis. you 10 snow yourscil worthy ol _
him. I feel all the fatal horror of my '
words, the suffering that they can jj
brinjr to me and to us all. Neverthe- a
less I say them yet apain.
We do not live forever in this ?
world. What is the life of one human c|
being? A drop of water in the ocean (>(
of life of magnificent Russia. We t|
shall not always exist, hut she must p
have a long and prosperous life. I J,know
that we shall he forgotten and t'.
that our happy descendants will not p
remember those who sleep in soldiers'
graves. tl
When the moment shall come for ti
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tuc aubuiii|iiiniiiiicnv Ol a nign (ICOd, <IO pi
not remember my tears, remember ^
only my benediction. (lod keep you, u
my child, so dearly and so tenderly
loved. ]j
One word more. There are reports
on all sides that the enemy is showing ^
himself cruel and savage. I)o not al- s]
low yourself to be carried away by a "R,
blind sentiment of vengeance. Do not a'
raise your hand on a fallen foe, hut (>)
be generous to those whom destiny ^
may cause to fall into your hands. v
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The letters breathe what is called ti
"patriotism"?: in its sweetest, its r<
most beautiful manifestations. They It
will recall to many a venerable man n
or woman in the South the spirit that w
moved our own people to boundless c
sacrifice in the sixties. They will, G
and they should, evoke sympathy and o
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the work?the ones
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that this country, yo
J History of the World
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re-open their doors, a
ever done.
The importai
be over estimated. '
in practical importan
in life to that acquir
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lmiration, they stir the best that is*
i us, they reinforce our faith in the
ne instincts of human nature. Surelv
le patriotic sentiments of the French
outh and the Russian widow and
lother are above and beyond critical I
issection and man will cease to bo
le "paragon of animals" if ever the
ice be sterile of such emotions and
leir expression.
Now the '?rman "Social Demo at,"
in a da> of peace, will tell anther
story. He will say that the
reat war, when it has ended, has
rought no benefit to the "plain peole,"
The German artisan, the Geruin
workman in the gun factories of
le Krupps, will be poorer than ever,
he capitalist, the rich merchant, the
anker and the lordly banker, if Gerlany
shall conquer, may be more
owerful than ever, but the average
lan's struggle will be the harder, no
latter what may happen to Great
ritain, to Russia and to France. In
word, he contends that always war
! the conflict of the capitalists into
hich the common man is beguiled
y appeals to this same "patriotism"
-and, whether he be right or wrong.
. is clear that the four million Gerlans
who vote the Social Democratic
cket, when the appeal was to their
atriotisin, forgot in a moment their
wn sage preachments of half a cenjry
and rallied to the Eagles, vying
dth one another to prove their zeal
1 defense of the "Fatherland."
One thing is certain: The average
lerman, British. Russian, Austrian
nd French soldier believes that the
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lie UKnm iur is njfllMiUUS U1KI i
iat its <lefeat is equivalent to irrepaable
injury to liberty and the ripht
> enjoy happiness. Let us suppose
iat the "riprht" in this conflict is
qually balanced between the warring
owers, is there any nood reason to
rophesy that the state of civili/.aion
will be bettered by the ascendncy
of one or another nower?
Granting that the time has come
'hen a French merchant's ri^ht to
heat a German farmer is not coneded
as a fruit of victory, it seeems
iat a German farmer mi^ht ship his
roduct through a French port in an
In^lish bottom with as much advance
as from Bremen under the Gcrlan
flap. However "we know not
rhat war may prove," we do know
iat it will not prove a superiority in
ie essential human virtues of any
European raee._ Frenchman, German,
Lustrian and Kussian live in contigous
territories?just as the territor!8
of as many of our American states
e side by side. That they speak dif3rent
tongues and certain traits disinguish
them is no sign that one
hould rule the others and. without
acrifice of the political integrity of
ny one of them. Examining their
anditions in the cold light of reason,
'e can see nothing that should preent
them prospering together with
lutual advantage, in the conduct of
rade and industry. There is no sound
eason that a German should make
irger profits out of trade with a German
colony than an Englishman
rould make and it is not to the finanial
loss of Germany that the wealthy
lermans of Buenos Aires are citizens
f a republic, and not subjects of
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The Wise are
Modern Bu
are for Positions 1
Era of Great Bush
war ends very soon or conti
tie greatest business era it ha>
who have received a Husines
ons.
ok at the trade the warring c<
er Two Hundred Million Doll;
ur country, is about to expc i
?
1 Banks open on November ]
,nd these two potent factors i
nee of a Business Education
The ordinary college educati
ce to the training of young i
ed in a Business College. It
Modern Business College gi
fhand Bookkee
Enter
now while the opport
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Kaiser Wilhelm. That the diffusion
of German "kultur" is necessary to
the world, at cost of blood and treas- 1
ure, is merely a foolish emanation
that would bo laughable save in the f
light of insistence upon it by victims c
of such a mania. f
It seems true that none of the c
peoples engaged really wanted war. i
There was nothing to be trained by it, t
the nations are floundering in a wcl- h
ter of blood because they are all milled,
because each has deceived itself. '
And how? The answer must he in
the perversion of what we call "patriotism,"
this noble emotion lauded *
through all the ages. Time was when 0
men fought for their respective fami- S
lies or tribes?and that was patriot- J
ism. Then they fought for their lit- ?
tie countries and finally for greater ^
countries?so that there survive tie
singular notion that the land one
dwells in is holier than other land;
than thine, for example. "My conn- v
try. may she always be right, hut d
right or wrong, my country" is the F
sentiment we praise but, subjected to *
examination, is it not more barhu- *
rous than "the day!" the Germans
toast? F
To decry "patriotism" is, one says, 1
"profanation"?it is wicked, it is j
treasonable?yet who escapes the conclusion
that millions are dead and dying
on the Aisne, the Vistula and the
Yser, because they have been bewitch- t
ed and maddened by a foul abuse of c
the word? r
In short, what they call "patriot- t
ism" in Europe must be, for the most
part, no more than appeal to the lingering
savage instincts of tribal war
iare. ine worm nas outlived such pa- ?
triotisin?the customs of commerce ?
and of all intercourse between the I
Briton and the German belie it. In r
the twentieth century unless "patriot- I'
ism" should be founded in reason, in 1
the deliberate judgment of the aver- 1
age man applying itself to interna- c
tional questions as it. does apply itself c
to questions of individual morality (
and social relations, it were better
that it were not taught at all.
The patriotism that plunges millions
into a maelstrom of slaughter c
in a day is Pagan and, unless the J
word is to be given a cleaner and a !
nobler meaning, it should be excised *
from all tongues and a word that car- '
ries no poison substituted for it. It 1
is the spirit of sacrifice in the French
youth and the dead Russian officer's
mother that is lovely and all unsel
fishness is lovely, but not always does I
it vindicate and nurifv t.hn paiiso from I
which it springs- Perhaps it wrongs
"sacrifice" to call it "patriotism."?
The Columbia State.
Hundreds of imitations have come
and gone since Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound began?40 year ago?to
loosen the grip of coughs and colds. You
can not get a substitute to do for
you what Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound will do?for coughs, colds,
croup, bronchial affections, la grippe
cougns, and tickling throat. Buy it
of your druggist and feel safe. Sold
by all dealers everywhere.
Remember that the feelings of others
are just as precious as your own.
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siness Col
iVhich the Appi
iiess Will Open.
nues indefinitely this cou
< ever known, and those
;s Training will be the fo
>untries are sending to An
irs! Young man! young
ience the greatest Comn
16, and simultaneously wil
done will stimulate busim
to a young man or woman
on is of great value, but il
nen and women who have
points the road out to qi
ves three special courses
ping Penmar
unity is at your door!
: W. U. FULCHER, Ma
ness Co
id Hall
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Befogged.
Exchange.
A London merchant received a t<
(hone message one morning from <
)f his clerks, "i am sorry, Mr. \\
!on," said the cl< rk over the wire,
annot come down to the shop t!
norning 011 account of the foe; I
he fact is that I have not yet arriv
ionic yesterday."
jived Two Years With Broken Ba
York, Pa., Nov. 10.?Mrs. .Is
Iarvick, of Warrington townsh
lied at her home from injuries
eived two years ago, when sh?? f
rom a cherry tree and broke l
tack.
Vomen Suffer Tcrriblj front Kidu
Trouble.
Around on her feet all day ?
tender a woman has backache h
>che, stiff swollen joints, wearint
>oor sleep and kidney trouble. Fol
Cidnoy Pills give quick rel
or mose troubles, They siren};! 1:
he kidneys- take away the aeh
>ain and weariness. Make life woi
iving again. Try Foley Kidney Pi
ind see how much better you fi
''or sale by all dealers everywhere
The Newport News Times-lien
hinks that the most humiliating pi
if it is that tlie first licking the <1
nans got came from the Japs.?Sp;
anburg Journal.
Declare War on Rheumatism.
Rheumatism is an awful thin}!
lothing more painful. Don't let it j
i hold, but at the first twinges u
?oley Kidney Pills. They work
ectly on your weakened kidne
mild them up, make them strong
ill your blood and keep it clear
iric acid. Keep Foley Kidney Pi
in hand ready for use at the first si
f rheumatism. Sold by all deali
;**;? y nucrc.
Notice of Sale.
I will sell on my premises, five a
>ne-half miles north of Union, one
>f corn, a number of farm tools, c
ot of household and kitchen fur
ure,, one bugpry, one surry and c
i-horse wapron. Sale will be on W<
lesday, November 25. 42 4t
Mrs. Hanks Harris,
*J. C. PERRIN
UNION, S. C.
CIVIL ENGINEER AND
LAND SURVEYOR
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