The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-07
THE OPEN FORUM
In Which Herald Readers Express Their Views
on Current Topics

! Editor OF The Washington Herald. Inc
precise relationship between hyphenated
| "kulture" and the question anent hyphe-
mated Americanism may seem to be
rather nebulous, not to say Opaque, to
the average intellect, especially so to the
| Teutonic intellect, which is pre-eminently
! distinguished for an absolute, and con-
venient, psychological incapacity for re-
! ciprocity in mental perspective; but its
relevancy would be instantaneously ap-
parent to those eminent Irish-Americans,
Christopher Columbus, Sebastian Cabot
and Eric the Red. as well as to those
highly cultured German-Americans.
Tim" Campbell. 'Silver Dollar" Sulli-
van and Flanagan, OF Texas" were
! those unhappily deceased discoverers. ex-
plorers and statesmen. but now alive
I and kicking" That they would be "kick-
ing" II alive goes without the saying.
Tor, are not the press bureaus in Amer
| lea. of this new and grotesque dual en-
tente'' working overtime in the laudable
and patriotic effort to involve the United
| States in the most indefensible war of
| all history and to so involve II "aSin
the government OF the hated and per-
fidious Sassenach, kindred beyond the
sea- othe more than 100000 OF real
Americans who are descendants of the
same blood. and who are now. IL noise
and "blatantcy'' constitute criterion.
merely tolerated by the hyphenated
, 'kultured'' as damned Yankee foreign
ers" in America"
By all means let US pitch in at the
bidding of our "hyphenated' and "kul-
tured' political bosses for revenue.
against democratic England, France, and
Belgium. Let US march to the shout Of
.Hoch! des Kaiser" And let raise
the hymn Of cultured" praise to Me
und Gott'
! What the Scotch-Irish, 1rish-Irish. and
I Irish. of the Emerald Isle, are doing now
is calamity fighting in the British army.
UNFOLDING the cause OF democratic free
dom. the faith OF solemn treaties, and
the honor of the nations. What the Ger
mans. of Germany. are doing Is wasting
| their best blood and treasure in the serv-
ice of Kaiser and Kaiserrecht." What
the PROFESSIONAL and offensive, il few,
! Irish Americans and German-Amer:csns
are doing in America. is, as usual, to
stir up trouble and popular agitation and
! excitement-"for revenue only" What
the noisy and blatant of both sorts will
do when the time Of real stress comes
will be to "hunt the tall timbers." just
as. when the war broke out. so great was
their anxiety to serve the Fatherland."
that they crowded the America-bound
steamers. as Americans pure and simple.
In a wild stampede to reach their beloved
adopted country and, incidentally. to
evade military service in Europe. Also.
il was a fact. noticed and commented
upon by American passengers. that the
shouts Of "Hoch, der Kaiser and down
wild tn red rag" were never raised on
| shipboard until a certain statue in New
| York Harbor. the gift of democratic
France to democratic America, was in
plain view. to-wit: the statue of Liberty
Enlightening the World
EDMUND BORROWS BRIGGS.
Song which Pleased Lincoln.
Editor Of The Washington Herald: The
following song seems very apropos to the
present time, and il is believed that the
publication Of 1t will be received with
much pleasure. A very interesting Incl
dent is connected with this song. When,
| in the latter part Of the war, the sani-
tary commission was holding a meeting
in the House Of Representatives in the
evening and President Lincoln was in
attendance. they had speeches and sing
ing. and during the meeting they took
up a collection for the benefit Of the
commission. Mr.. Philip Phillips. then a
| famous singer. sang this song. and soon
after he sang IL he received a note from
| President Lincoln en- the back of one of
the programs requesting him to repeat II,
and it Is said that those who sat around
| Mr. Lincoln noticed that he was very
song I presume there are very few in
| Washington today. besides myself. who
were present at this meeting, about fifty
years ago:
| YOUR MISSION.
II YOU cannot on the ocean sail among the swifsest
| feet
Rocking on The highest bliow. laughing At the
\ storms you meet.
You can stand among the silors. anchored yet
| within the bay.
/ You can lend . hand to help them they launch
their boats away.
| II you are too weak TO journey up the mountain
| steep and high.
You can stand within tho VALLEY while the multi
tude pas By
You can chant in happy measure ~ they slowly
| march along:
though they nay fcrxrt the anssr theg will not
forget the song.
II you have not gold and silver err ready To
II you cannot toward the needy Ind an ever
| helping hand.
You can visit the afflicted: DER the erins you can
4 You ean b tue disciple. sitting st the ss,iows
feet.
Do not then stand idly waitinror some sreater work
| to DO.
| Fortune is a lazy goddess; she will never cone
4 TO you.
Go and toll in any vineyard; do not fear to do