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Show I Baffle Creek: Breeze by K.B. Since 1953 is not a leap year, February comes to a close tomorrow tomor-row the 28th. The second month of the year has special significance to us here in America. It marks the birthdays of our two great War Presidents, Lincoln and Washington. While the lives of each were devotedly dedicated to the office r ' V ' I , o f President, and to the welfare wel-fare of their fellow countrymen, country-men, these two men were radically rad-ically different in personality. Washington, a bom aristocrat, aristo-crat, moved in the upper stratum stra-tum of colonial society with the austere dignity ot one accustomed to the better things of life. Lincoln, on the other hand, was a commoner; born to the abject poverty and privation of his pioneer pio-neer woodsmen parents. Perhaps the most striking similarity sim-ilarity of the two men was the fact that each devoted his resources, resour-ces, his energies, his capabilities, and his very life to the cause of democracy. The one, Lincoln, suffered a martyr's death at the height of his political career; and the other, Washington, passed away soon after af-ter the completion of his second term, from causes incident to his rigorous life as soldier and statesman. states-man. The problems faced by the American Am-erican people during the days of Lincoln and Washington were to them just as serious and perplexing perplex-ing as those which plague us today. The accomplishment of American Ameri-can Independence, through the Revolutionary War, and the saving of the Union by the successful culmination of the great Civil Conflict, Con-flict, did not happen by chance. They came by faith, sacrifice, and work of a patriotic citizenry, under un-der the leadership of two great Presidents. The crises that face us now are not impossible of solution. They will yield to the application of the selfsame leadership, patriotic labor, lab-or, and unselfish devotion that accomplished ac-complished such miracles during the 1770's and the 1860's. In the critical days to come, we could do well to think more of honest work, than of irresponsible leisure; of sacrifice for our country, coun-try, than of government handouts; hand-outs; of voluntary duty, than of draft-dodging. Our incumbent national president presi-dent is a sincere and devoted patriot. pa-triot. What he is able to do is predicated entirely upon the support sup-port he receives from you and me, and the other 130 million beneficiaries bene-ficiaries of the wonderful advantages advan-tages that we enjoy as Americans. So long 'til Friday. |
