The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-04-16
MAJOR IzLAR's CONTENTION


Our information has always beer
that our forefathers not only Intend
ed" but "consecrsted," this country
to be IAN asylum for the oppressed OF
all lands" but Major Izlar's conten
don is that this intention" was re
stricted to the white race and only
the protesting Christians of that race
Surely Major Izlar must be wrong
this must be merely an opinion of his
for we are of the belief that our con
stitution and laws make no such de-
claration nor restriction, and the ear
ly policy of our government was not
marked out along such narrow lines.
In its formative period there were no
exclusion acts and its doors were
flung wide open to those who felt
themselves oppressed, and, believing
as they did that our. flag represented
the benign symbol and type of free
dom, not only in name, but in reality,
there flocked to it immigrants from
nearly every kindred, tongue and
tribe, and there vas built up under
this policy a government that is the
pride and the boast of the nations of
the earth.
Perhaps some of the older immi-
grants did not easily assimilate and
adapt themselves to the customs that
they found here, yet their children
did, and became loyal, strong-minded,
progressive, thorough-going American
citizens.
II we of the white race are the SUI
perior race, why need we fear? And
why should We not lift up all other
nations and races 20 a higher and no
bier plane? Why should we claim the
right to drive out and annihilate an.
other race and mOnopolize this part
of the world as exclusively our own
If We recognize God as the creator
surely the whole world ought to be
our country and every man our neigh
Dor. If God intended that every ma
ton should be segregated and made
the oceans as barriers separating the
nations, one from the other, then we
are trespassers here and are where
we do not belong.
If God holds the world in the hollow
of his hand, and guides and directs
the destinies of nations, we take it
that things are going on about like
he intends them.
The Chinese are a different people
from us, it is true; their civilization is
widely along other lines than ours,
yet the teachings and maXimS of Con-
fucius are not totally unlike those of
Christ The Chinese nation numbers
a population of upwards of four hun
dred millions, and all along the ages
they have been employed in peaceful
avocations and have not made war on
other nations, and show no DISPOSE
ton to do so now.
Why should we refuse the hand of
fellowship to the Japanese? They are
initiating us in the art and science of
war, and are rapidly assimilating
themselves to our methods of civiliza-
ton.
If we are sincere in the prayer.
thy kingdom come on earth as il is
IN heaven" why should we not hold
earthly fellowship with all nations?
Why should We want to fellowship
with them in heaven and not fellow
ship with them here?
Major Izlar says that the Jews are
desirable citizens" yet while roam |
ing over all the eSrth they have held |
themselves together as a distinctive
people, ana they carry upon their fea-
lures the marks of their nationality |
today as plainly as they did when |
Moses wrote the commandments on
he tables of stone.
II the Jews. without assimiIating
With other nations, have made desira- |
Die citizens, why should we hold that
Ither nations would not do likewise? |
Why should we not do as well by them |
is we have done by the Jews, sharing |
With them the crust of our hospitality |
md giving TO them the benefit of our
higher civilization and all that it i'm
,lies?