El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-31

/ .fIoufIuued from Na%c
every form of hyphenated American
I ism" &,
part ,,ou .,bs, i,
is endowed as a mere matter OF con :
| Venience, although personally -
I avoid its use even in sucn mace ll.at.,,-s-
speak Of and condemn It's use "-lIfts[-I
i it represents an effort to form pOl -
| parties along racial lines or 70 prime
pressure to bear on parties anu - ~.
I ticians, not for American puL Pos -s1.ers
Z in the interest Of some group u ~
/ of a certain national origin, OF u. -, -
country from which they or thelF
] fathers came.
Americnnfsm Is Of the SOUL
~Americanisn IS not a matter OF
! creed, birthplace or national 80 ~
/ but OF the soul and OF the splLlsS-e =,
! the American has the right sLulL ~
] him, 1 care not a snap OF ny c-a7t-,
l whether he is Jew OF Gentues Odtl4O
/ lie or Protestant care hOt . 49, 80
/ Of my fingers whether his ance So. ,
came over in the MayfloWer, or vi 49, -
er ne was born. or mis- paIehts 49,
\ born, in Germany. Ireland, fI4nJe.
( England, Scandinavia, Russia VI i'''''
I or any other country =. ...
All / ask OF the immigrant Is ma
| he shall be physically and int Llette
/ ally fit. OF sound character, ana esse-
in good faith to become an amer ian
We in this country form new
nation. akin 70. but different from,
each Of the nations OF Europe -
Alexander Hamilton put Il. Let Us De
neither Greeks nor TrOjans. but Amerl-
7 cans We are false TO this county II
we rank Ourself as German Anne rlcaiiis
or .English-Americans, 'lrisn-Anl,eIl-
cans or sFrench-Ameri cans-' our duty
is 10 the United States This
duty should cOnstrain US IN the
first place TO treat the other ma
lions primarily according 70 the way
such treatment serves American IN
terests: and in the second place 50 far
as possible TO treat other nauOns II.
such manner as serves ene interests or
mankind at large Every nation acts
sometimes well and sometimes III
Therefore we should rtand for or
against any nation accordingly as Its
behavior tells for good or for evil IN
the particular crisis with which We
have actually TO deal
Represent Many Races
we represent many different race
strains Our ancestors came from many
different old world Municipalities. IL
viii spell ruin TO this nation II these
nationalities remain separated from
one another instead Of being assimi-
lated 10 the new and larger American
life
The children and chiidren's children
OF all Of US have to live here in this
land together Our children's children
viii intermarry, one with another,
your childrens children, friends and
mine They VIII De the citizens OF
one country Even II they wished.
they could not remain citizens Of for
eign countries The attempt to keep
them with q half citizenship. with a
divided loyalty, split between devotion
TO the land in which they were born
and in which their children are TO
dwell and the land from which their
fathers came, viii merely mean that
they faI TO remain citizens of the old
world land and yet do not get the bene-
fit Of being citizens OF the new-wOrld
land 9SEa
II any Of our people born here 80
back TO the land from which their faith
ers came, they find them selves in
evitably looked upon as foreigners. The
American Of English descent who goes
20 England finds himself looked upon
and treated, as he ought 20 be. as an
outsider. Yankee His, ways of
thought are different from the ways OF
thought of the people Of the land The
American of German descent who goes
20 Germany is not looked upon as
German He is looked upon and treat .
ed as a foreigner. as an American; and Z
MS ways OF thought are different from I
the ways Of thought OF the people of I
the land
Ours the American Birthright.
The American birthright is the I
birthright OF all OF US: and IL is 4 ]
shame and a disgrace for any man TO I
barter IL for so poor a mess OF pottage !
as Is implied in that kind Of hyphe- /
mated citizenship which means that the I
individual tries to be a halfway citi- /
zen OF two lands and forfeits the right i
TO be a whole citizen OF any land
When our nation was formed in 4
the stress Of the Revolution. IL was IN /
der the lead OF men OF many different !
race strains; English, Dutch, German.
Irish, French. But they we're all !
Americans and nothing else Their
loyalty TO this country was whole
hearted and undivided. and they sought
TO serve only the nited States and not
any OF the countries from which their
ancestors had come
The same rule applies today.
throughout my life my closest personal Z
and political friends have included men
" no were themselves born in, OF whose
ancestors were born in, Germany Ire
land or Scandinavia just as they in
Guided men who were or old colonial
American stock
All Americans
EN- my cabinet a descendant OF one
n Butchers colonies sat side by side
with a descendant Of one OF NapO- /
cons brothers. Another member OF
me cabinet had been born in Germany.
and yer another member in Scotland.
TIE parents OF another member were
,orn in Ireland They were all OF them
Americans and nothing else
The "German-Ameriean Alliance
This is not a mere abstract question
which 7 am discussing AT this very mo-
nent il is biazoned forth in the public
lress than branches OF the German Arueri-
an Alliance so called ia different parts OF
he country. are attempting 10 coerce timiu
nd INSCRIPTIONS politicians By threatening
o vote against them. or by actually voting