The Alaska daily empire., 1915-11-15
WOODROW WILSON ON
 RACES AND RELIGION

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 in closing his New York speech iost lweek, President Woodrow Wilson dis' cusscd the attachment of races GO their native lands to the exclusion or America, tho need for the elimination of racial feeling and religious iroe- dom. He said
 "I would not feel that was dis charging Che solemn obligation ] owe the country were ] not to speak in terms Of the deepest solemnity of tne urgency and necessity of preparing ourselves to guard and protect the rights and privileges of our people our sacred heritage of the fathers who struggled to make ua an inde- pendent nation
 "The only thing within our bor- ders that has given us grave concern lin recent months has been that voices have been raised In America profes- sing to be the votes of Americans which were not Indeed and in truth ! American, but which spoke alien sym- pathles. which came from men who loved America-men who were parti- sans of other causes than that or America and had forgotten that their chief and only allegiance was to the great government under which they live.
 "These voices have not been many but they have been very loud and very clamorousf They have proceed ed from a few who were bitter and who were grievously misled. Ameri- ca has not opened its doors In vain to men and women out of other na- tions.
 "The vast majority of those who have come to take advantage of her hospitality have united in their spir- It's with hers as well as their fortunes These men who speak alien sympath- les are not their spokesmen, but are the spokesmen of small groups whom 1t Is high time the nation should call to reckoning.
 "The chief thing necessary to Amer. lea in order that sho should let all the world know that she is prepared to maintain her own great position is that the real voice of the nation should sound forth unmistakably and in majestic volume in tho deep uni son of a common. unhesitating nation al feeling
 'I do not doubt that upon the first occasion. upon the first opportunity upon the first definite challange, that voice will speak forth in tones which no man can doubt and with com mands which no man dare gainsay or resist May not say while ] am speaking of this. that there is anoth CT danger that we should guard against
 We should rebuke not only mani festations of racial feeling here in America where there should be none but also every manifestation of relig ion and sectorian antagonism. It does not become America that within her borders. where every man is free to follow the dictates Of his conscience and worship God as he pleases. men should raise the cry of church against church
 Champions of Religious Freedom "To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America We are a God-fearing people. We agree to differ about methods of worship but we are united in believing in Divine ! Providence and in worshiping the God of nations. We are the cham. pions of religious right here and ev- anywhere that it may be our priyi- .lege to give it our countenance and support
 "The government is conscious Of the obligation and the nation is conscious of the obligations Let no man cre- ate divisions where there are none.
 Here is the nation God has builded by our hands What should we do with it? Who is there who does not stand ready at all times to act in her behalf in a spirit of devoted and disinterested patriotism? We are yet only in the youth and first conscious ness of our power The day of our country's life is stin but in its fresh morning
 "Let us llft our eyes to the great tracts of life yet to be conquered In the interests of righteous peace. Come let us renew our allegiance to Amer ica, conserve her strength in its pur- ity, make her chief among those who serve mankind selfreverenced, self commanded mistress of all forces of quiet counsel, strong above an others fin good will and the might of invincible justice and right