The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-12
America First; No Hyphen,
Wilson Campaign Slogan
Acio lest OF Patriotism Needed in Politics, He De-
clares, and Ostracism Should Be Melted Out to
Those Whose Hearts Are Abroad.
SOME FOREIGN BORN BETTER THAN NATIVES

/ with applause. and each time lie seemed
to respond 20 these evidences of ap-
proval with a more trenchant declara
tion.
n nigh official of the Government who
mas the completh confidence of The Pres
ldent said after hearing the speech:
THE President formulated in his
speech to-day the issua of the next ma
tional campaign. That will be tn. one
big appeal he will make to the country
Tor national unity. He will be heard
again on this subject beforA very long"
The Presidents speech.
Here is the Presidents speech IN par, .
There is a very great thrill To be had
from the memories OF the American Rev
oiution, hut the American Revolution
was 4 beginning. not con summation .
and the duty laid upon us by ;hat beg IN
ming Is the duty of bringing the things
then begun 10 q noble triumph of COM
pletion. For 1t seems to me that the
popularity of patriotism In America IL
that 1t Is not mere sentiment. 1t is an
active principle of conduct 1t is some
th,ng That was born into the world, not
to please IL but to regencrate il.
1T Is something that was born into
the world to replace systems that had
preceded it and to bring men out upon
a new plane of privilege. The glory of
the men whose memories you horor and
perpetuatc IL that they saw this vision
ana II was "a vision of the future.
1t was vision Of great days to come
when little handful OF 5000 900 people
upon the borders OF a single sea should
nave become great multitude Of free
men and women spreading across a great
continent. dominating the shores of two
oceans and sending west as well as east
the influences OF individual freedom.
The National Heritage.
These things were consciously in their
minds as they framed the great Govern
ment which was born out of the Ameri-
can Revolution and every time we
gather to perpetuate their memories it
Ia incumbent upon us that we should be
worthy of recalling them and that We
should endeavor by every means in our
power to emulate their example.
THE American Revolution was the
birth of nation it was the creation of
great free republic based upon tradi-
tions Of personal liberty which thereto
fore had been confined to a single little
island but which it was purposed should
spread to all mankind.
And the singular fascination Of
HhIefichil nistory IL tnat IL mas Deen a
process Of constant recreation, of making
over again I'm each generation the thing
which was conceived at first You know
how peculiarly necessary that has been
in our case. because America has not
grown by the mere multiplication OF the
original stock.
''lt is easy TO preserve tradition with
continuity of blood Il IL easy in a
single family to remember the origins
of the race and the purposes of its
origin. out IL is not so easy when that
race Is constantly being renewed and
augmented from other sources. from
stocks that did not carry or originate
the same principles.
so from generation to generation
strangers have had to be lndoctrinated
with the principles OF the American
family. and the wonder and the beauty
of II all has been that the infection has
been so generously easy.
For the principles OF liberty are
united with the principles Of hope. Every
individual as well as every nation wishes
to realize the best thing that is In him.
the best thing that can be conceived out
of the materials out of which his spirit
is constructed.
1T has happened in a way that
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