TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-09-25

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The Hvphsnated Amefl6sns
Ui these there aft three Ffih
.tIp5l kinds. the Irish insfiesn, she
.Gsfmsathmefican and the Anglo
American Many other races are, 81
I%cunfss. represented. bui they have
not come 10 ihe 'front.' in The sant
way or kept tbeif nationality The
shftwdntss and courage at the
ifishman have won him a autawf
position lei politics anl laws tire
thrift, foresight and industry et tie
German have made him supreme in
commerce and manufacture The
Anglo American is nor a Een1i nc
eaEr 81 surviving nationality, for the
real cid English blood is not
hgphenated sc an. That is the old
styic American, whether in Boston
or Richmond, and he hates England
more than the Irish themselves Ifor
the frishman finds II hard 10 bear
malice). But the real American is
brought up on the Declaration of
independence. Few Enelishfnen
have read that remarkable document.
Ii Is a standing insult 4 the ability
OF Burke, for il is the strongest
possible indictment OF a whole
peoplel There are twenty nine par
agraphs, differing but slightly IN the
degree of their damnation. The rest
/ OF the Declaration of independence
is but exordihum to and corollary
OF this rehearsal Of British abomina-
tons. And, as with a branding iron,
all this is literally burnt into the
blood Of every American of old
stock.
However, in the smart set gen.
orally, especially in New York, there
is a violence of A~nglophilia based
on the singing shame of the fact
that English visitors do not consider
them gentlefolk. So the schools and
colleges do all in their power to
turn out English gentlemen" from
such recalcitrant material as is fur
nished by admixtures of various
bloods, principally Portuguese. The
result is very satisfactory. 1t is
these good people who are more
English than the English, and their
1 comparative success is due 10 their
extravaganza of snobbery. Unfortun-
ately, as a class, they are wealthy
and idle, and the British aristocracy
-as mirrored by the gutter press
is their constant model in all things.
The plain Yankee is a damned good
sort, ii simple Republican manners,
and one can respect and like him,
for all his contempt of "%effete
Europe" The Southern gentleman
is Just a gentleman of as distinct yet
recognizable a breed as the Indian,
Chinese, or Montenegrin gentleman.
He is himself, and is not trying to
be anybody else. But the Anglo
American is always anxious 10 wear
the same neckties as Lord Flip, and
drink the same brands of champagne
as the Earl of Flop. He wears
evening dress whenever he can, and
supports the Broadway chicken upon
the Broadway lobster. 1t is the most
vicious and corrupt class in the
country, and it thinks itself the salt
of the earth in its moments of in
toxication. When sober, it climbs
desperately after the estate which is
the birthright of the poorest country
gentleman in England. 1t is from
this class that the noise proceeds,
and the passport thereof is that it
is bad form to be pro-German.
III.
What America Thinks.
The attitude Of the real American
is very concise. He has a gift of
epigram, often expressed in the
most pungent slang ever invented in
any country in the world. And this
is the placard which hangs in
thousands of business offices all over
America:
IF you want to fight, go to Europe.
If you want to talk war, go to hell.
This place is neutral"
There was never so clear and so
emphatic a definition of a mental
attitude. The more you think it
over the more you are annoyed at
its perfect literary form. 1t says
everything, and not a word is
O1asted.