New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-08
NEVER so IMPORTANT
The Presidential Election Test Q.
American Manhood.

To tho Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: There has never been an election b
the United States so important as that Of this
year !. will make i- clear whether We Amer
leans who believe that az heart our nation
H. the same a. il has been during The yei-
Of its history are right. or whether truth hes
with tie cr5ske,, VINO declare that with t.
new immigration diluting our blood and q.
new luxury sapping our manhood We hau
ceased to be the America Of old. r W.
prove whether we have lost our national cor
science and our national soul.
We know that the Grea, Var is pls.'
struggle between Nigh, and right. We knes
that the Wilson Administration has bee,
ffraid to choose between them. Il the psoph
OF my country support this Adminis,rs'.''
they will show that Mr.. Wilson has succset'
in destroying the soul Of his country.
Where a great moral issue is involved .
always takes time 20 make the mass OF ne
people see it and understand il. i toes
twenty years 20 bring the people 20 poii'
where they knew that the Civil War had
be fought. and even then they gasped at 'a'
temerity of Lincoln in issuing the Proel''
nation Of Emancipation, even though 'hH
knew that slavery was the underlying i''"
OF the war. They stood four years OF D.
chanan just as we are standing four years O.
Wilson. But the people would have no NOR
OF Buchanan, and If they are the sane PEG
pie who made the United States IN isoo u"
will have 10 more Of Wilson
II We are men and not sheep We vii d"
no more of Wilson. II We have red ol0''
rather than water in our veins ne viii 70"
no more OF him II We believe in the phn0
pie OF democracy and that Il is worth mSD
tanning and fighting FOR IN the world "
hold that our citizenship should be sn es
OF protection rather than a badge OF sh'D''
ii we insist that righteousness and nor
worth are more 10 be desired than Ns'
and temporary self-indulgence, We VIII hS"'
no more of Wilson. II We want to De S0''
qualify for something higher thsn tne 80. GO
Cians Of harem, wc will be rid OF ""'.
II we have any appreciation OF sname'
dislike Of national degradation. any ~.
standing Of national honor we vi" ~.
Wilson out Of the Office he has de'ee's's.
II the spirit Of 1876 and OF 1851 IL no. ",
in our bosoms. we. The hundred million ION,
Americans Of 1916. viii elect some ~,
TO undo the shame of ths Buchanan o. "
day. ..~,,
Must We wait for the list OF our - :,
10 become even longer before we s"esP a,
bloody mist from before our eyes Sn-
clearly? Have not our souls DseH
enough by the branding fame OF be.s''-
Mexico. OF the Lusi,ania2 Let even -
from the Pacific 20 the Atlantic VIC ~
America for what j., has been, raise ny !.
voice and shout il abroad tha, We Wiz
no more Of Wilson. Let such eiy 20,
diynation arise ,ha. f.. shall call me 49,
hosts Of our ancestors forth ron 80
graves 10 see that The sons whom '''' t''.s
Dc gotten carry u their veins Che ae''''
OF their fathers:
"D.shonor not your mother. now ave- l'i s..s,
That those whom you call fathers CIV
YOU; .,,s
Be COPY now 20 mon %, grosser nl'-''
And teach them how TO war. ..,r
Alas for my country Il it has lost rs ne me-
But until next November sAaN pr a., u
liar ! deny il. deny D.. ana as Sa corLD
BENJAMIN APIHVhF
IN. Yorx Foh D 1916.