New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-22

AMERIcANIsM TRIUMPHANT
But there IS one phase Of the election which think
reaches far beyond party II take the trouble TO 60
q little beneath the surface. refer to the strong
American feeling that was developed during the can
vass not in noise and shouts but in regard to many
vital issues. II IS going moreover 10 last The war
for the Union and the Issues sprnging from IL have
boon settled. While they lasted they overshadowed
everything else But all the time other questions have
been growing up with the growth Of the Nation and
are now coming the front for decision. 1t Is our
duty 10 them not only In the right way, but In
a thoroughly American fashion. BY Amercanism |
do not mean that which had brief political existence
than thirty years ago. That movement was
based on race and sect and therefore thoroughly
un-Amercsn, and failed as all un-Amercan movements
have failed In this country True Amencanisn Is OPP
posed .friv 20 nrv political visions rsfin7 0n raco
and rclinon. To the race 10 the sect which as
sueh .cagt take possession Of the politics or The
public education OF the country true hmercanism
saws: Hands on The American idea is a free church
In free State and free and unsectaran public school
In every ward and n every village with US doors wlde
II goes stn further and frowns upon the constant
attempt TO divide our people according 10 origin or
extraction Let every man honor and love the lana
Of his birth and the race from which he springs ana
keep their memory green. 1t is pious and honorable
and Irish, Americans aud German Americans and so
on, and be all Americans, nothing more and nothing
him be without any qualifying adjcctives, and II he
Is going to be something else LET hm drop the word
American from his personal description
GRAVITY OF THE SOCIAL AND LABOR PROBLEMS.
cherished so there policies which must DO purely
and wholly American and 20 the manner born II
We would have them right and successful True
Americanism recognizes the enormous gravity Of the
social aud labor problems which confront us. 1t
believes that the safety of the Republic depends upon
well PAID labor and tho highest possible average Of
Individual weHbeing IL believes hat The right
solution Of this problem SHOULD be sought without rest
and without stay and that device, public pr-
vate, of legislation Of Individual effort, which can
tend benefit and elevate the condition OF the great
wage earning OF THIS country should he left
unrfed II sets It's face rigfdly against the doctrine
OF the Anarchist and the Communist who seek 20 solve
the social problems not by patient endeayor. but by
brutal destruction. That way madness lies" and
such attempts and such teachings barbarous and
American they are must and win be put down with
o strong and unnnching hand In the name OF the
home and the church and the school, and Of all that
makes up civilization and the possibility OF human pro
gees. In the great public lands Of the West an
American policy Of the safeguards OF the
public. II opposes the further OF these lands 10
Invite immigration 10 attract speculation. They
should be the heritage OF the American people and
hot bait 10 draw surplus population that do not
want Tho true American policy goes further and
believes that migration should not ONLY not be simn-