New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-20

I rights they now have-the restraints
and guarantees Of the Constitution
under which they enjoy those rights in
| security.
FORGET Value Of Rights.
We are apt to forget" he continued
tho value Of those rights-to under
estimate their value and to forget there
| is any necessity for their preservation
We forget that somebody may steal
( them from us The average American
| is Snug about it. TIc thinks he can
change those guarantees without losing
the rights That's because he under
values them
| The President enumerated the heri-
| tages he had in mind such as the con
stitutional system of checks and bal
ances," the principle Of representative
government and the judiciary. He said
! the Jews have felt the injustice Of
those rights. withheld from them for
| centuries: therefore he had confidence
! i'm them that they would live 10 pre-
serve them unimpaired. When he said
| ne appealed 10 the country AZ large 20
rally TO The standard Of constitutional
government his hearers applauded the
President with good will
ITS q little like the New England
crs." he continued. but perhaps
trife different. but TO my mind the
virtues of the Jews have been born IN
! nghtng against obstacles. You all
know that the early Pilgrims settled
where there was not soil enough to
raise anything and where there was
apparently the least encouragement 10
! live but they brought forth strcng n
| Of character that has been unequa lea
perhaps in ,his nation. II is obstacles,
my friends. that develop human char
| acter So the patience and forbearance
| of vour race. extended 20 the world at
| large while it was struggling FOR lib-
/ erty. has fitted the Jews TO exist as Il
race and 10 become a valuable part OF
/ this American nation.
"Of course. we Americans Ike TO
think Of England as our mother coun-
| ,ry-as indeed she is--but I Ike TO
| think Of America as an amalgamate1
race drawing its virtues from all over
| tho earth 10 make race different from
any one that goes 20 make it. We look
around. then. and see where We derived
our virtues / say that from The Jews
,ye get the love Of liberty and the love
az the guarantee OF rights and Of equal
itv in the inteuscrcss Of spirit that |
do not Gud in Americans whose ances-
,ors have lived here for generations.
Praises Jews as Patriots.
Il never vas more impressed ana
never had my patriotism so aroused as
I have during my visits 10 your East
Side. where I've seen the people VINO
have come here IN the last decade. To
! see them respond to the flag ana 10
! hear them sing the national anthem
and $50 in them the appreciation OF Tn"
fac, that they are American citizens
has stirred my soul. It seems TO me
thai they better than We who have
always llred here. know that oppres-
| sion and inequality do exist IN other
parts Of the globe.
The President again alluded TO his
! dream" Of international peace. He
whimsicaily remarked it had been
turned into a nightmare by he
Senate LAWYERS" He insisted anew
that his proposition to establish an ar
bitral court" into which every nation
might come. was little step toward
the goal of international peace.
IT ie coming step By step" he added
- don't believe In progress overnight
81 any rate" he said. amid laughter.
Nothing was ever earned in the mo
NJ social progress that did not involve
much hard work and infinite patience.
Rabn, Lauds Taft
Pabbi schulman said that President
Taft bv his personality. ms spirit OF
,,aiice toward none and charity for all.
nv his wise philosophy. his patience ana
con6dcnce in the American people 10
o,,.a,n themselves and by his kindness
and geniality. had given TO the world
an example Of the highest type Of an
American gentleman.
For these things we love NM ne
said God bless our beloved country
and God bless the President u our
! republic and his family.
rbe visit of the President was the
( occa sion OF the SEVENTEEN anniversary
Of the independent order OF bnai
R.rith Sons Of the CovenanU. A snort