The Irish standard., 1898-06-18
is AN OUTSPOKEN AMERICAN.
He Says This Nation Is Made Up
of Many Races.
REBUKES THE ANGLOMANIACS,
Wants No Political Alliance With
Great Britain.

! The following patriotic article by
William ID. Window, son OF The famcIp
senator from Minnesota, who was twice
| secretary Of the United States treasury,
recently appeared in the WasEinstor
| POST
Those ingenious phrasemakers, the an
Slomaniacs, have launched a new inven-
| ton, and are recommending for our
practice a virtue which they style pa
triotism of race" in distinction from pa
triotism of country. 1t is, OF course.
understood that this virtue is to be ex-
erclsed only by those who believe them
selves to be of English origin; they arc
the first to denouncc as disloyal any
demonstration of patriotism of race on
the part of an American of any other
breed. But. having succeeded in OBJ
tanning among tho tholghtlcss Il certain
currency for tho meaningless term Eng
lish speaking race, and the lying one,
as applied to our population, anglo
! SaXon," they doubtless feel that II is
safe to go a step further in the process
! OF forcing their countrymcn into a pro-
English attitude.
A very little consideration of what this
phrase implies will show that, in spite
OF its elevated and inspiring sound, the
sentiment it is designed to stimulate is
! distinctly incompatible with true pa
trlotism, and its application would mean
tho disruption of the nation.
1t seems strange that it should be nec-
cssary to call attention to the fact that
we arc not race, Anglo-SaXon, Teu-
tonic, Latin, Celtic, or any other but
nation made up OF many races. 1t is
true that we generally speak the Eng
| lish language, though it is also true
that there arc Americans removed by
more generations than most of us from
their European origin, who regard some
other us their native tongue. But, as
Il WHOLE We are an English speaking
people, as also are tho Irish, Highland
Scotch and Welsh. who are no more An
glo-Saxon than they are Hindu, and
from whom far moro American blood is
derived than from the English.
Count In the various continental
races established here at the formation
Of the republic, Dutch Swedish, Portu-
/ guesc, German and French, and we find
that even at that time the name Ameri-
! can was by no means Synonymous with
| Anglo Saxon. Since then, by immigra-
ton and annexation. our population has
been increased from every race of
Europe, the contributions from CONT
mental sources far outnumbering those
from England. With every generation
we receive these elements in greater
number while at the same time the proc
css of amnlgamation continues and
when the result is reached, and a ho-
mogcncous race that may be called
American is evolved, we have every rea-
son to suppose that the strain of Anglo
Saxon blood which it contains will be
mconsderabe
Even the American Of unmixcd Eng
lish ancestry, in those parts of the
country whore the population is chiefly
of THAT origin, has become
through the influence during
many generations of environment
and of institutions unlike those of Eng
Land, widely differentiated from the in
sular AngloSaxon. His enemies ac-
cnsc him, we may hope falsely, of the
same tendency to trickery, but he Ia
certainly less gross, has lost much Of
/ that pobinntinp # frr
and scrvility SO characteristic of his
English cousins, and, If the arrogant
self esteem remains It's expression at
least is tempered by an added sub;lety Of
mind which often saves him from maxi
ing an. offensive and ridiculous eHhibi-
tion Of it. We see the assimilatng proc
css going on under our eyes every day.
The American has for his inheritance
and inspiration the historic deeds Of all
Europe. AS individuals each may take
pride in the achievements of the race
or races from which he is descended, II
he happens to know, but as an American
he must rot attempt to impose his own
ancestry upon the nation. What
binds us together as nation in the
present generation is not identity Of
race, but community of interests, instf-
tutiOns and asprations-it is not the
past We have in common so MUCH as the
future. And while we are In this form4
ative period, patriotism Of race, prac-
ticed by many races that form our COM
monwealth, would be more destructive
to our national existence than religious
intolerance, sectional animosity. or even
class hatred. Of all these races that
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