The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-31
ROOSEVELT DELIVERS BITTER
INVECTIvEs AGAINST HN-
PHENaTED AMERICANS.
STAND FOR AMERICA
Declares II u Moral Treason to Vni-
ted states for Its Citizens to Act
With Reference to Some
Foreign Power.

Col. Roosevelt. who declared that he
stands for straight Americanism un-
conditioned and unqualified, and all
so stands against every form of hy-
phenated Americanism.
II do not speak of the hyphen
when II is employed as a mere mat
ter of convenience. he said. "al-
though personally | like to avoid its
use even In such manner. ! speak
of and condemn Its use whenever II
represents an effort to form politi-
cal parties along racial lines or to
bring pressure to bear on parties
and politicians. not for American
purposes, but In the interest of some
group of voters of a certain nation
al origin, or of the country from
which they or their fathers came.
Americanism is not matter OF
creed. birthplace or national descent
but OF the soul and of the spirit.
If the American has the right stuff
| in him, I care not snap OF my fin
gers whether he is Jew or Gentle,
Catholic or Protestant. ] care not a
snap of my fingers whether his an
cestors came over in the Mayflower.
or whether he was born, or his pa
rents were born, In Germany, Ire
land. France, England, Scandina-
via, Russia or Italy or any other
country. II the immigrant Is Of the
right kind / am for him. and II the
native American is of the wrong
kind l am against him.
Speaking of nations. the colonel
said that every nation acts some
times well and sometimes I'LL.
| Therefore" he declared, I'VE
should stand for or against any ma
ton accordingly as its behavior
tells for good or evil in the par
ticular crisis with which we have
actually to deal. We should be
| friendly to all nations. and In any
crisis we should Judge each nation
| by its conduct In that crisis. We
should condemn misconduct of any
nation, we should oppose its en-
croachment upon our rights with
equal vigor, whether it be Germany,
| England, France, Russia or any 9TH
err power, according to what 1t ac-
tually does on the given occasion
| with which we have to deal"
In referring to our own citizens
| the colonel said:
1--WE represent many different
race strains. Our ancestors came
from many different Old World ma
tionalities. 1t will spell ruin tofthis
nation If these nationalities remain
separated from one another instead
of being assimilated to the new and
larger American life. The effort to
keep our citizenship divided against
itself by the use of the hyphen and
along the lines of national origin
Is certain to breed a spirit OF bitter
ness and prejudice and dislike be-
tween great bodies of our citizens.
If some citizens band together as
German Americans or Irish-Ameri-
cans, then after a while others are
certain to band together as English
Americans or northumberland
cans and every such banding to-
gether. every attempt to make for
political purposes a German-Ameri-
can alliance or an Irish-American
alliance or an English-American al
lance or a Scandinavian~Amer
alliance means down at bottom an
effort against the interest OF
straight-out American citizenship. an
bitter old-world rivalries and jeal-
ousies and hatreds. What | have
striving for a year and three-quar-
ters 10 do Il 20 protest against the
up-growth OF spirit which means.
n snccesafnl. division and impotence
IN our national life. the breaking up
OF our unity "a a nation. the sever
ance Of our citizenship along the
bitter lines Of old-world antipathy.
We cannot afford 10 have our chill
dren and our children's children
grow up excepting as Americans
pure and simple. Americans aud
nothing elise.
AT this very moment II o. bla-
zonsd orth in the public press that
branches eg our German American
aiilanre. so-eailed. Ia different parts
~ the country. are attempting -
coerco umia and INSCRIPTIONS pol
lticiana b. tareatenlng 70 vote
against them. or ny actually voting
against them. Shen ths German
American alliance regards their ac-
! ton - Unsatisfactory from tns