Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-08
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role IN this hemisphere and IN ina
world which ,ee af h4ieee ta have
been proyileutiauy as rucl GO &c.
have had m nus mind no Thought ~
any immediate or particular danger
arising out Of our relations with bother
nations We are at peace with am
the nations Of me world. and there is
reason Co hope that uo question in
controversy between this and other
governments viii head 90 amy serious
breach OF amiCable relations. grave as
some differences of attitude aud policy
have been and may yet turn out 90 be.
] am sorry Co say that the gravcst
threats against our national peace and
safety have been uttered within our
own borders There are citizens ot
the United States blush TO admit,
born under other flags but welcomed
under our generous naturalization
laws 10 the iull freedom and oppor-
tunity of America. who have poured
the poison of disloyalty into the very
arteries Of our national ne. who have
sought to bring the authority and
good name of our government into
contempt to destroy our industries
wherever they thought 10 effective Tor
their yindictive purposes 90 strike at
them, and 70 dehose our politics to
the uses Of foreign intrigue Their
number Is not great AS compared with
the whole number ol those sturdy
hosts by which our nation has been
enriched IN recent generations out
OF yirile foreign stocks; but &c Is great
enough TO have brought deep disgrace
upon us and TO have made it ueces-
sary that we should promptly make
use OF processes of law By which we
| may De purged of their corrupt dis
tempers. America never Witnessed
anything like this before II never
dreamed il possible that men sworn
into lbs own citizenship men drawn
ont of great free stocks such as sup
piled some of the best and strongest
elements of that little. but how heroic
nation that IN a high day OF Old staked
lbs very life TO free itself from every
ENHANCEMENT that had darkened sthe
fortunes of the older nations and set
up a new standard here that men
of such origins and such free choices
VI allegiance would ever turn IN
malign reaction against che govern
ment and people vino had welcomed
aud nurtured them ana seek to make
this proud country once more a hot
bed OF European passion A little
while ago such a thing would have
seemed incredible Because it was
incredible We made no preparation
for it. We would have been almost
ashamed to prepare for H. as 81 We
were suspicious of ourselves, oar own
comrades and neighbors, But the
ugly and incredible thing has actual.
ly come about and we arc without
adequate federal laws to deal with it.
urge YOU to enact such laws 40 the
earliest possible moment and feel that
In doing 80 am urging You 10 do
nothing less than save the honor and
selfrespcct of the nation Such erea-
lures Of passion disoyalty and an
archy must 30 crushed out They are
not many. but they are infinitely
malignant, and the hand of our power
should close over them at once. They
have formed plots 70 destroy property
they have entered into conspiracies
against the neutrality Of the govern
ment, they have sought to pry into
every confidential transaction OF the
government IN order to serve interests
alien TO our own, 1t is possible to
deal with these things very eifectually.
need not suggest the terms in which
they may be dealt with
Are Disgrace to the Nation.
wish that It could be said that
only few men, misled by mistaken
sentiments Of allegiance to the govern
ments under which they were born.
had been guilty Of disturbing the self
possession and incorporating the
temper and principles Of the country
during these days Of terrible war.
when II would seem that every man
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