Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-17

ma. Damoa 10 light when miafnr
tune wrriakrs nn Acknowledged
icaler This spirit. which we feel
~ liberty lo term true American
nm b. Tanned into flame hy lhr
daHiarily niiompt upon the lilc oi
Thr1.loro Roosevelt. twice president
~ ihy United States and frurr
Oi singular prominence boz iho oye
at ihc world.
Casting aside nny personal csil
hHit ui Theodore Roosevelt m,
Progressive candidate. $40 arrive ni
pu American 10 an American on
tllrl l0 ihusr lilorii,a and priv
lonr fnr which wc hlrd "a Naliot
fnrur ln lho bleak dh,s succeeding
liraniyWine Ever, net NJ hm nr
chhrgod with that itnamir uuaiil,
which has made his maine avn
uutm ior personal magnetism has
been lp thc hrsl of his understand
iur wp Ar convinced patriotic
Not patriotic la the broad sousr
presumed by same ~ ua hut pairi
utic 100 the particular channel sn
crrd io Roosevelt and The no,oo
srli tnlle Of hcliof
Iuu lho man appears essential
IN American llis oureer hss horr
pcrmeaiod with lho hardihood Of
an ancestry stepped lu lho ritual of
Amor'rHn pronrga in which B.
hwughi uui from time "a iimo tl,r
geni ul early da,a piticd against
u,lfs which stirred the lnreosi and
iucli impulses ~ men whose vem
ram with uu unrnuqucrahlo drsir
for Freedom
Voc hes VIRTUES aud ihpr ar
mnuy iudqrd from the must crit
heal angie he h unr,aeryrdk Amer
lean possessing the hrlndur.s at al
moephere which has characterized
AT the social religious. political
nnd industrial fsrncnt of what he.
hern fllY Nsled Western prue,,,..
ln hiH SHORTCOMINGS which one g.
f.nNi with he precision 1T STRAIT
~ aqnnrrN ~ onNS. he IA also Amer
lean On the flash of the QUEER,
~" r0Hnll No. mau more aggr.qiv c
more slalwnri ~ crccd morn firm
ln ideals morn crnlislioai Aud N
the hitter quality that 1T suhlim,
faith IN self he d morn American
ihan M any for rs people. mdi
Ndnelly aud collectively. ,o,ertl,
and "nlspokonl, va cherish lh,
hluat notion, the natinnal notion
ihni wr are superior nation. com
pounded at superior stuff. with
superior destiny before u~
Politically. We differ FROM Theo
doir Roosevelt a. ludigo from Grim
eN' Ia his past rs'orls. BRILLIANT,
colorei With contrar, achievement.
are Z" ho disenrnoi mistakes M inn
l'frssise scape la has attitude a.
waisi certain ~ the interests Their,
~ meat for suspicion. even thonsl
Roosevelt hinself loses thu cNenc.
81 q similar skcpiicism because III
snleoilscious dcsiu~ No man
right mlndc,lle, challenges his sin
cerliy HIS sanity IL another mat
Ter, question reserved far Che per
sonal challenge ~ this and that an,
every man.
Most of hts hlunders aud failur.
have heen Snperlndncod hv an ~
nherancc ~ egoiism hcclnudin,
what some ~ us believe Ia H.
'nrral perception ~ the issusw m,
ecnicd In acquiring fhe Cana
Tone for instance. he r~or,nd 1,
might and shut his ass-= so h,st,ee
10 Roosevelt. America 4 spccic
~ sacred Nlenr automatically h,xti
fled h seeking expansion whe,,
csnansion stands FOR nrocr~ N,
ultilnRie heiterment IN Roosevelt
power i more a gospel than uio,
distinctions He Is wavuanll,
American. east IN rugged mould
with kcener regard for mlli,ar,
prcwcss than Tor the international