The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-06-09

1t Is not surprising that In thell
hearts there is sympathy or partially
for the land Of their nativity when Il
is involved In life and death struggle
like that which saturates Europe with
the blood OF their kinsmen. Search
your hearts deeply. me- countrymen
One must be human to be an Ameri
can. but he must have human sympa
thies and human loves. and / should
pity the foreign born and the sons OF
foreign born. whose very souls are moi
wrung by the cataclysmal sorrow OF
the old world. But sorrow is the test
Of soul and the very altar Of recon
secration. This is the mOmentous hour
for the blazing soul Of American allie
glance. The spirit of the fathers Is
calling. and the safety Of unborn
Americans is demanding and the Sc
curity of the republic Is requiring that
now and here and everywhere. under
the stars and stripes. We proclaim q
plain, simple. glad and unalterable
Americanism. 1t must be the offering
Of loyalty and devotion and love and
trust, and life. If need be, to these
United States, now and everlastingly
Subnersion Of Local Views.
The Americanism which indexes
these United States must be more than
the conservation Of the individual. In
the great fulfllment we must have q
citizenship less concerned about what
the government can do for 1t and more
anxious about what 1t can for the
nation. There must be the submersion
Of local and sectional views and the
standards of nationality reared In their
stead. Holding to the ideals Of just
American rights. the government must
protect those rights at home, on our
borders. on the seas, in every land and
under every sky.
Our Foreign Relations.
Seeking to practice the very Ameri-
canism | preach as Republican gospel,
l am reluctant to speak of division
of American sentiment relating to our
foreign affairs. One must be an Amer
lean first and partisan afterward,
though we believe Republicanism Is
the culture of highest Americanism.
But it must be said. for the truths
sake and clearer understanding. we
have hungered in vain for thit I'M
fiinching Americanism at Washington
which is needed to exalt the American
soul. There is no geographic modifi-
cation of American rights. They are
the same In Mexico that they are on
the high seas; they are the same In
Europe that they are in Asia and are
sacred everywhere. and the American
spirit demands their fullest protection.
Whatever the ultimate solution may
be, history will write Mexico as the
title to the humiliating recital of the
greatest fiasco in our foreign relations.
Uncertainty. instability. Mexican con-
tempt and waning self respect will be
recorded in every chapter. and the pitt
able story Of sacrificed American lives
and the destruction of lawfully held
American property will emphasize the
mistaken policy of watchful waiting
and wabbling warfare.
Our civilization has evolved tue rules
of right conduct and written them into
forms of government by law. They
were conceived in justice and devel-
oped in righteousness. They have be-
come instructive in our American life
and are cherished as part of our peo-
pies inheritance. Our people do not
understand any suspension: they are
impelled to march on, confident and
unafraid. When the spirit Of Amer
lean accomplishment. or the mercies Of
American ministration, or the inclina-
lions of American teaching. or the ad.
ventures of American development take
our people abroad under the cOmpacts
of civilization they have right to be-
lieve that every guaranty of American
citizenship goes with them. When 1t
does not we have forfeited the Amer
lean inheritance.
Our Course With Europe.
No political party can draw vari-
able chart for our ship of state amid
Europe's warning ambitions. lust for
power or battles for self preservation.
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