Show AIDING THE ENEMY just now this is a familiar phrase 1 in I american life exactly what hat is 19 intended to be conveyed by the phrase many do not seem to under stand it might be well to study it losely if we are to be loyal citi citizens zern as aa our government expects us to be first it is IB not at all essaT that we actually mini ater iter to the a material wants in ia order t to come acamo under the meaning of the term there are arc a thousand and one w ways ays indirect ways of aiding an enemy our present enemy is 19 fully aw aware a re if f thim thia fact and his knowledge 1 13 shown in 10 his extraordinary aati vity in our country one of the most effective ways to aid accuse a cause is ia to destroy the morale of its opponents if dissension dimension and strife can be sown in its ranks these of themselves will soon bring about its downfall without much effort on the part of it ltd opponent unfortunately there seems to I 1 re a current in this country an idea that any course of action is permissible that is n it directly prohibited by statute law acting on this assume tion opponents of the claim the right to criticise criticism critic ise this gov rim bents actions because our con ution guarantees to all ail freedon of speech such people profess to be unable to see wherein they can be accused of disloyalty in excrete ing a plain right guaranteed by the constitution fortunately however this same q question has arisen before in this thie country in the war between the states president lincoln had tin same difficulty to contend with and ana he went directly to the root of thi flit matter and defined for alf time th rights of citizens as ag to freedom a 0 speech in times of national peril hear him he who dissuades one man from volunteering or induces one soldier to desert weakens the union cau caupp as much as he who kills killa a union soldier in battle yet this thia dissuasion or inducement may be so conducted as to be no defined crime of which any civil court would take cognize ance president lincoln went farther and nd asserted the indisputable right of f the government to suppress at al action and speech that had fur for its object or tended to the weakening of the morale of the government forces areas men of america our sons and brothers will soon be on the firing line defending the honor of a people that know no master they will be shedding their blood to make per manent the liberty bequeathed them by other fighters fighter of another age can we stand and see them stabbed in the back by prof professed ed ft frienda eada while they are baring their breasts to our count rys foes foese the man who in this emergency opposes his count rys course through ignorance should be reasoned with and enlightened he who by such cletion would give aid to the enemy should tie be sent bent to join that enemy at once hes a misfit here |