Show titles american Un and unchristian no true patriotic american can pay homage to a title no more than c can tn a disciple of jesus pay tribute to the prince of darl darkness mes s our anc ancestors esters fought the dread ful war of the revolution in in or OP der that the people of the new world who had flown from the persecutions of titled tilled tyrants in choi chei old might be enabled to f frame rame a government govern ment of their own on lines that would protect the L children from the evils from which tho fathers had suffered A government of the people 1 ly hy the people and for the people was the watchword all men are created equal is tile the chief corner stone upon which our gov rests such bein being the case we are recreant and unworthy americans whenever we eibi embrace brace the opposite doctrine doctrin e that some may be born rulers and inherit titles our wise and patriotic forefathers abolished titles because they are antigon astie to the spirit of free ameri cia ca no title of nobility shall be granted by the united states such is the plain aud and explicit language of the constitution the fundamental law of our land the foundation stones of the 30 R thrones erected by the savage sava go conquerors odthe of the past were mur der robbery oppression and slavery the spirit that leads a freeborn american away from republican institutions and the doctrines of equality eduali ty and a square deal for all is thos tho theopi s pl rit of it a nero the spirit of cruelty of ambition in the worst sense it would substitute the lash of the slave driver the scourge of the tv ant for the kindness and brotherly love of the christian is the fraternity of the altruist title seeking is not only the antipode antip odo of americanism but it is also the antithesis of christian ita the christian is the follower of jesus the unselfish the meek c and lowly the title seeker r is the personification of arrogance oppression and monumental selfish ness why do people desire a title in order that they may eda enjoy J OY the sycophantic adulation of fawning slaves and base flatter ers rs only the most low and an d piti ful souls desire such things C to the noble mind they are 1 ing and abhorrent |