The Anaconda standard., 1895-02-11

/ ready TO run for office, or as having moth.
ing else to boast oil, or else as wanting &c
be five-Iollar-a-day American. Shades
| OF George Washington If he isn't an
american, what Is he in this country for
Does ne doubt his own loyalty to the prin-
| ciples of the American constitution that
ne goes about proclaiming his Ameri-
can SIN?
"A man should be we'll able to prove his
own loyalty to the flag and to the country
before he questions the loyalty of another.
lie should be able to show beyond all
question that he is for the flag without an
Appropriation ; that he is for this country
with this country and In this country, Job
or no job; that he has views as every
American citizen should have, and can
express them and vote them without
gong to see the committee first.
"A man is not necessarily the best
American because he Is native born. Some
foreign born citizens are better than some
native born cltIZens who disgrace the flag
they were born under by being out for the
stun whenever an election comes aIony.
do not know that a society of profess
sional Amer cans which hlackmails capi-
tai committees INTO buying a few hundred
dollars worth of ball tickets is any more
loyal TO the principles OF this country than
n society of foreign born citIzens which
carries foreign banner along with the
stars and stripes.
II believe the best American is the man
who does not consider that America owes
him any hing, but who cons. .ders that lie
owes something to America. the best
American is the man who stands ready to
repay America for the grand honor of
being born under the only Dag worth
being born under; as for being Nh adopted
child OF that IL ig, he considers that in re-
turn Tor that honor he should lead the life
which reflects honor upon the America
which bonored him. He owes IL to the
IN Ita I0 tf
the country to stand by the principles of
the constitution. He owes II to the coun-
try to stand by the public school system
II he has to wade through blood TO do IL.
He owes it TO the country 10 grasp hands
in fraternal greeting with every other
American citizen, no matter what his
creed, no matter what his pedigree. He
talks least about his Americanism, but he
is careful to observe his duties as we'll as
his rights, to respect the rights of
others as we'll as to clam the
rights of himself. He realizes that Ameri-
can citizenship means something more
than party politics, running for Office and
getting a living where good wages are
paid. He doesn't believe in ballot prosti-
tuition and lie does believe in according to
every other American citizen the same
rights of free speech, free thought and
free worship which he himself enjoys un-
der the constitution of the United States.
He will not cluntenance any effort OF any
foreign power. temporal religious, to
interfere in the affairs Of this country, nor
will he approve the boycotIing of any
American citizen because of his religious
belief or of his foreign descent, so long a
he is a steadfast adherent of American
principles. The man who stands by that
platform is the best American. whether
he was born in America, or in England,
Ireland, Sweden, France. Germany or
Austria. 1t is not birth, but principle that
makes the American %.