The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
wTATH3R. Washington, Nov. S0s--FOr AIabamas Fair Frfdayg Saturday tncressinE
wEIATHIER.

| tfoits tgn& uG iAkQ k4h&&68C S4e0A Rot ts of the great gevernrhent machine.
 This so ample and extensive Fed. eral Union. whose baee is philanthro. py, mutual conndence and public vir- tue, we cannot but acknowledge to be the work of the great God who rules ir 1 the armies qf the heavens. and among the inhabitsnts of the earth. doine 1 whatever sekmeth tos Him good" ApprecfstiSn of Opportunitfes. These expressions,s besides bearing on the hearty participation of our Jew l ish fellow citizens In the patriotic sent | iments of the time, Illustrate how thor oughly they ppreciated tine new op- portunities and the new security offered to them by a free. just and popular I government
 And thus 1t happened that the Jewish immigrants who were driven to our colonies by religious persecution and l their descendants. have. under the kindly influence of toleration and equal I ity co-operateds in nation building with those of different religious faiths. whose 1 ancestors or they themselves had also sought amid hasl and inhospitable sur 1 roundings, freedom to worship God. Jewish patriotism, which had been for l centuries submerged and smothered in homeless wandefings and nationless ex- istence, in the more cheerful light and warmth of safe abidtng place, sprung up and flourished. It has been said: If you pers scute you make slaves; only by declaring equal rights for all will you make good citizens The rule that equality in right IS essential to good citizenship has never been better sup ported than by the result of according equal rights to the Jews who found a home on the soil of the United States. I do not overlook the fact that the full enjoyment by the Jews of religious and industrial freedom was not with out restraint or limitation at the time of their first arrival. Nor am in the least inclined to claim that Jewish characteristics or the Jewish religion are, or ever have been, absolutely pre- yentative of bad men and bad citizens. It cannot be denied, however. that with even the limited equality of rights at first accorded to the Jews by the Amer lean colonies, their loyalty and effective patriotism when needed were not want ing.
 Impress of the Race. We have today only to look about us to discover that In every phase of pres- ent American enterprise and effort, the Jews Of the United States, with unre- stricted tolerati0n and equality are making their impress moro and more deep and permanent upon our citizen ship. They accumulate wealth without
 
 travagafce and business recklessness They especially care for their poor but they do it sensibly and in a way that avoids pauper making. On every side are seen monuments of their charitable work and evidences of their determine tion to furnish their children and youth equipment for usefulness and self-sup- port.
 It Is not among them that dangerous discontenf and violent demonstrations against peace and order are hatcbed and fostefsd. TheFe may be something of sapsrakenega in their social life among us. but this should be naturally expected among those who are not alto gether free from the disposition born of persecution and the loss of national- ity. to seek in a common devotion to their peculiar religious creed the strongest bond of their social fellow ships. And yet. with 1t all, they are by no means laggard in the civic duty and the work in behalf of the general welfare of the state which are the badges of good citizenship.
 Justice and Consideration.
 It is time for the unreserved &C., Acknowledgement that the toleration and equal opportunity accorded to the Jews of the United States have been aSundantly repaid to us And in mak- ing up the accounts. let us not omit to put to their credit the occasion pre- sented to us through our concession to them of federation and equality of strengthening by wholesome exercise, the spirit of broad minded justice and consideration, which, as long as we are true to ourselves. we must infiexibly pronounce as the distinguishing and saving trait of our nationality.
 know that human prejudico--espe- cially that growing out of race or re- ligion-is cruelty inveterate and last n. A.. Arssx al A,W dice against the Jews still exists, there can be no place for 1t among the peo- pie of the United States. unless they are needless of good faith, recreant to the underlying principles of their free government and insensible to every pledge involved in our boasted equality or citizenship.
 Roger williams. the pioneer of re- ligious liberty in America. expressed the fear, long before the United States became a nation, that England and the other nations had score to pay to the Jews, and he added these words: T desire not the liberty to myself which I would not freely and impartially weigh out to all the consciences of the world beside"
 Our nation will! have no score to pay to the Jews. As a people we shall never suffer the humiliation of appeal ing to them for favors with the shame fdceuneSS OI uIlIOTEOLLSu and unforgiven. The Jews of the United Stases have become our fellow citizens and, like us. have at heart the rospertty and safety of our common country, for as much as we have de- sired not than liberty to ourselves which we would not freely and imparti- all yweigh out to all the consciences of the world beside.
 After all, 1t comes to this We cele- brate an event in the history of our country fraught with important re- suits deeply concerning us all as citi- gems of the United States. In the spirit of true Americanism let us all rejoice in the good which the settlement we commemorate has brought to the na- tion in which we all find safety and protection: and, uninterrupted by diff ferences in religious faith. let us under the guidance of the genius of federation and equality. here consecrate ourselves more fully than ever to united and de- voted labor in the field of our common nations advance ment and exaltatlon.
 President Rcosevelt's letter read as follows:.
 Letter Of President.
 The White House,
 Washington. Nov. Is. 1905. My Dear Slr:
 T am forced to make a rule not to write letters on the occasion of any celebration. no matter how important, simply because I cannot write one without either committing myself to write hundreds of others or else rum ming the risk of giving ofYense to worthy persons. I make an exception | in this case because the lamentable and