America in the War / Each cartoon faced with a page of comment by a distinguished American, the text forming an anthology of patriotic opinion

Chapter 102: Processional

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About This Book

A curated series of wartime political cartoons by the illustrator is presented alongside short essays, speeches, and comments from prominent American public figures, combining visual satire with patriotic commentary. The paired items argue against militarism and autocracy, depict enemy actions as moral threats, and urge national mobilization, justice, and international accountability. Organization alternates bold, satirical plates with reflective or polemical pages, offering a mosaic of themes—sacrifice, democracy, reparation, and the moral stakes of conflict—intended to sway public opinion and explain the case for engagement.

Processional

NOT for a flaunted flag, O God,

Not for affronted power,

Not for a scurrile hope of gain,

Not for the pride of an hour,

Not for vengeance, hot in the heart,

Now have we swung to war!

Not for a weak mistrust lest peace

Is a shame strong men abhor.

Not for glory—for oh, to kill

Should be a sacred wrath:

Not for these! but to war on war

And sweep it from earth’s path!

Patient has been our creed, till now,

Patient, too, our hope,

Patient for long our loathful deed,

For the just in doubt must grope.

But with a foe at last arrayed

Against the whole world’s right,

You, O soul of the universe,

Your very self must fight.

You yourself; so but one prayer

Need we to lift—but one,

That by our battle shall all war

Be utterly undone.

CALE YOUNG RICE.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Variations in spelling and hyphenation are retained.
An exception is ‘Raemaekers’ for ‘Raemakers’ on page 174.

Punctuation has been retained as published.