The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-24
BLAMES NATIVE BORN
For Lack of Patriotism Shown by the
Foreign born.

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 23.-UnpatriotiC
leans, growing out of the lack OF har'
inony among classes and resulting in ian
order of universal condemnation" were
held largely responsible in an address
here last night by Senator James Hamil-
ton Lewis OF Illinois for the activities OF
| foreign born citizens condemned in Presi-
dent Wilson's recent address to Con-
gress.
1T is appropriate said Senator Lew
il, who spoke before the New England
Society Of Pennsylvania, TO call atten-
ton to the truth that the native born
American citizen has been the educator
of the foreign-born American citizen
For the last 10 years" he continued,
'there has been nothing in America which
the native born American could find to
praise. Everything has been unworthy
OF support or credit This order of uni
versal condemnation has been divided
into two classes:
First. the powerful, holding their
power from wealth or the accident of
position, could see nothing in the de-
mand of the masses for justice except
the cry of anarchy. They ever con-
demned the effort to equalize the priv
ileges and opportunities of men as the
protest Of Socialism. They concluded
their arraignment Of the poor for justice,
the middle class for opportunity, and
those who struggled for the acknowledge
ment Of the laws OF man and God, as
either ignorance or crime.
eIere began the first damnation by one
set of Americans of the other class in
order to avoid listening to their com
plants or respecting their grievances.
Then followed the natural revenge. The
under classes cried ont their condemna-
tion against everything that was prop.
erty or prosperous. This retaliation took
the form of accusation against all law
makers as crooks, the imnaachment of
officials as embezzlers, and judgment and
execution against all authority, political
or religious, or possessions, earned or in
herited.
"Then there arose in the community
self selected leaders. who to advance
their ambitions for office or fioisy reeog.
milton, capitalized these roarings Of dis
content under the hue and cry of-'Down
with society Death to the coprts,' Con
Tempt for the lava scott at religion |
and defiance Of God.
"The result was that in the last 20
years the newborn American and the
imported American has known nothing |
If America except that IL was a place |
where all other Americans certified there
we're no men Of honor no things of de.
'ency. no institution in which any man
'ould have a purpose except to overthrow /
Is being unworthy.
AS a remedy we should promptly es-
ablish by law that the right Of a citi. 4
en- 10 participate In elections is a duty;
hat the failure Of the citizen 10 perform
lie duty at the ballot box consccutively /
or a certain length Of time, should be
FINISHED by having the right Of suffrage
withdrawn from him. To this there
hould BE- added the further law. enforc-
ng upon all who have enjoyed the bene.
- 81 naturalization, the duty 90 comply
nth citizenship AZ loyal Americans. and
rescribinR that any citizen whose con.
net j. such ne to BE- unworthy Of citizen
hip should. upon the proof 81 such fact,
ave ths citizenship withdrawn BY the
rider Of the courts. With these two
emedies reserved 10 the government.
here would h. hess Disbursement sf this
igh psrogativ5 and more Of devotion 10
.tizenshir IN order 10 b. worthy Of it,
sutinued enjoyment"