As Thou Sowest, so Shalt Thou Reap
Creeping behind a mask—stooping, cringing and cowardly—the
planter of sedition sows his seed in the dark. The masks behind
which he hides are numerous and of great variety. No sooner
is his identity disclosed than he assumes another disguise. Behind "Freedom
of Speech," "Liberty of the Press," "Conscientious Objector," and
"Pacifism" he hides. He makes his masks similitudes of virtue. Whispered
rumors, distortion of truth, appeals to fear, and appeals to prejudice
are mixed with even the grosser seeds he sows. When other disguises
are torn away he may fashion a mask of spurious patriotism. Most dangerous
of all traitors is he who keeps just within the law of trespass while
scattering afar his seed of sedition throughout the Land of Liberty.
A. S. BURLESON,
Postmaster-General of the United States.
