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nd “8+ Mothers of Pennsy.vania ; } The Mothers know well what war means. Some of cur members have husbands end sens who feucht in the last ware A}1 of the Mothers ef Pennsybvania have husbands, sens, brothers an‘ ewesthearts mow in the armed forces ef @ur country er waiting for the eall. fo defend American the cal} would be gladly answered and we women would cive them Gocespeeds But we say Fight as leny as we have the freedom to protest against thie war which {s nothing of ours, in which we have ne part, ‘hin fe none ef eur business, « war that would shed the life blood of eur american beya and the destruction of Ameriens Against wer legislation, the members of the Mothors of Pennsylvania have sent thousands and thousands of letters and pootoards, mmdreda and hundreds of telecrams at creat sacrifice to their tine and snorgy and such linited re=- eourees an they may havee They have cone to Washington again and again te interview the law-makers of our land who will either draf us into thie bloody war @r seve civilisation by saving Anerioa and theire is the power to do ane er the other, Tho eise of this splendid audience is ovidence of the interest taken in the activities ef thia group of Mothers of Pennsylvania and in ite effort to carry aut the three principles of our group, namely "Keeping America Out of Kar and All Entanglements end Alliance, Haking the United States Impregnable and Up=- holding the Censtitution of the United States" Thie 1s an American necting of Americuns, by Anericane and for Americans ané for a part of our progran we go back almost one hundred and fifty years when the thirteen struggling colonics had a very scricaus problem for they had interests in various warring countriss and were troubled by the propaganda that le eweoping our country todays We go back to the Hopkinson fanilye Porhaps you all know thet Francois Hopkinson ® composor=-had a son, Josegh Hopkinson, who was asked by @ classmate to prepare = song for a particular benefit play here in Philadelphia. Yt waa here in 1708 that Joseph Hopkinson wrote those {rorte? words of "Hall Columbia"y he di scove: and gave to the country a rational spirit in those wondarful worde, which could 80 well be our particular song todsye Wo are fortunate in having as our soloi. who will bring those words back to yous Pelix Addis of Few York, a non who has sung in various churches in Philedolphiae I an happy to introduce to yous, Mire Felix Addige "Eail Columbia"==by Folix Lédlse Urs.» Goods Thank you very ruch, Mrs Addise It brings to use very forcibly thot what we should do and what wo should renombore Wo roulizo that all of you paid an sdmission to com to this movting tonight but you :o understand that tho cos fe so great that the Mothers of Pomeylvania would be vory glad for any covtrie tution you carc to rakee Plonse do not fee] oblicnted in any way but if you ar interested in dur work and in our progr we would be vory grateful for your contribution and while you are so kindly contritmting to tiis fund, wo era coir to be lend in song by lire Galbreth to the Hattle Ny: of tho Republic, a song at we don't want ear but wolrs battline for naaces that we don'S want war lat wo'rs battling for puaces