Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-01

the remnant of the oldest of nations. say
to this the greatest of the Young nations
of today. not government of the people. by
the people and for the people, but govern
ment of the people, by the people and for
the people with government of God. by
God and for God so that God. reverence.
Righteousness and responsibility shall be
the ideals for life national, life political,
life social. home life and life personal.
And the supreme Significance of this
celebration Is that we must realize God s
pnrpose--as we conceive n--in bringing us
to this land to help by the lives We live
as Jews and American citizens to up
build this nations strength, her liberties,
her progress, by own loyalty to these
Ideals, God. reverence. righteousness. re-
sponsibility.''
Gov. Higgins Remarks.
Gov. Higgins said in part:
Birthdays and anniversaries are worth
keeping only RS they mark growth and
progress. Mere growing old in men and ma
tons brings but the pathetic recollection
of departed glories. Our Jewish fellow citi-
gems have a right to boast that under the
protecting shield of equal rights they have
no steps backward in the long and weary
years that have rolled by since they first
Icsatned from the Dutch West India Com
pany permission to sail and to trade In
New Netherlands. and to live and remain
there Since that noteworthy grant OF
privilege the Jews have fed from edicts OF
exclusion, from despotsm and persecution,
from poverty. misery and social degradation
to the shores of America and found here
refuge where the rights of man are deter
mined not by his race or religion, but by
his honesty, industry and character.
'Spaniard and Portuguese, Pole and Rus
sian, English and German have come to
obtain the blessings of freedom and to give
In return loyal support to our institutions
and strength to their new country. In this
free atmosphere all that a man fairly
ask or receive is mans chance in the
struggle for existence. The man who can
toll, who make present sacrifices for
future gain, who can practice thrift until he
can afford to he LIBERAL who can emancipate
himself from those twin jailers of the hui
man race, low birth and iron fortune will
leave behind the race for success the lover
of ease and pleasure, the man with his eye
on the clock, the spendthrift and the sport.
1T is not to be wondered at that the Jews
with their marvellous history of intellectual
achievement, with their natural mora!
strength, with their phiIanthropic and char
table impulses. have fourished and waxed
great in this quarter century of abundant
opportunity.
THE Jew has cheerfuliy accepted the
moral obligation imposed on all who seek
the benefit Of American citizenship Not
only in financial circles but also In military
and civil life. in science. art, literature and
the learned professions he has served his
adopted country with fidelity and zeal.
Proud of his descent from Moses and the
prophets and the lawgivers of old. he has
an equal pride in his American citizenship.
AS his ancestral religion teaches him the
obligations of the ancient domestic virtues.
50 his citizenship teaches him the duties
of service to the state and to his fellow
men. We may safely place on his shoulders
the responsibility of handing down unm-
paired to his children and his chidrens
children. the priceless heritage OF American