The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-06-08

polls. No administration which hauls
down the flag and none which proposes
to haul it down ever can succeed itself
in directing the affairs of the Ameri-
can people.
I'm the travail of Life, Liberty and
the Pursuit of Happiness the Ameri-
can soul was born. Set aglo%- at Bun
ker Hill, it was reflected in the faces
of the patriots of fearless republic.
where men dedicated themselves to the
/ solemn and momentous task which
was traced by an infinite hand. They
were not all Americans by birth, bit
they we're dedicated Americans in the
baptismal rites of new republic and
q new patriotism. They could not all
sign the Declaration Of independence,
but they committed all Americans to it
for all succeeding time. They could
not al join in making the Constitu-
ton, but they pledged the succeeding
millions of Americans to its everlaSt-
ing defense.
There were stalward Americans
| then, Americans from Great Britain
with British ideals and their devotion
to orderly government. There were
Americans from the land Of Napoleon
and Lafayette, to give of the enthusi-
assn and heroism of France in estab
fishing new freedom. There were
Americans from Germany to fight the
battles of the republic and blend their
sturdiness and thOrouGhness in the
progress of a new people, not new
race There were Americans from The
green fields of Ireland, with passion
for liberty; Americans from Southern
Europe to battle for opportunity.
There were Americans who came from
oppression and stood erect in the free
dom of the republic. They all made
common cause. There was lack of
homogenity of race, but there was
kinship of soul, and that soul was
have swung inward ever since, there
has been a welcome to the foreign
born, whom we asked to drink freely
of the waters of our political life and
find their places in the sun of AmeTi- |
can opportunity. They arc an inscp-
arabic and important and valued part
Of American citizenship, and the few
zeaIOts Of any origin who violate our
neutrality do not and can not inpuGn |
the loyalty or the American patriotism
of that great body which adds to the |
swelling chorus of
"My country, It's OF thee,
Sweet Land Of Liberty"
at is not surprising that in their !
hearts there is sympathy or partia'ity |
for the land of their nativity when it |
is involved in a life and death struggle |
like that which saturates Europe with |
the blood of their kinsmcn. Search |
your hearts deeply, my countrymHn. |
One must be human to be ar Amcri-
can, he must have human symplthies |
and human loves, and I should pity |
the foreign-born and the sons Of for-
eigr-bOrn whose very souls are not |
wGung by the cataclysmal sorrow Of
the old world. But SORROW is the tcst |
of soul and the very altar Of rcconsc-
Grafton. This is the momcntous hour
for the blazing soul Of American |
allegiance. 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, VIC proclaim Z
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 Cvarla5tingiy. !
"Thc Americanism which indexes |
these United States must be more than
the conservation of The individual. In
the great fulfillment we must have 4
citizenship less concerned about what
the government can do for it ard more
anxious about what it can for the
nation. There must be the submcrsion |
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.
"No political party can draw var
liable chart for our ship Of state amid
Europc's warning ambitions, lust for
power or battles for sclf-preservation.
Justice points the way through the
safe channel of neutrality. There are
dangers, seeming or real, looming on
every side, but we should feel secure
along the course marked by interna-
tinpal Inv. apJ our own conscientious.