Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-31

death grapple. 1t Is not singular. my
fellow -citizens, that this should have
occurred. and up to certain point II
is not just that we should criticise it.
We have no criticism for men who love
the places Of their birth and the sources
of their origin. We do not wish men
to forget their mothers and their
fathers. their forbears running back
through long, laborious generations
which have taken part in the building
up Of the sertngth and spirit Of other
nations. No man quarrels with that.
Source of Inspiration.
Prom such springs of sentiment we
all draw some of the handsomest In
SEPARATIONS Of our lives. But all that
we do criticise Is that in some in
stances-they are not very numerous
but in, some instances men have al
lowed this old ardor of another ma
tionality to overthrow their ardor for
the nationality to which they have
given their new and voluntary allegt-
ance And so the United States has
again to work out by spiritual process
a new union, when men shall not thlnk
Of what divides them. but shall reca II
what unites them: when men shali hot
allow old loves to take the place OF
present allegiances; when men must on
the contrary, translate that very aroor
Of love of country OF their olrtn ineo
tho ardor Of love for the country OF
MIR aClontion and the principles which
1t represents.
IT have no harshness in my heart
even for the extremists in this tnme
which I have been trying in MODERATE
words to describe; but l summon summon, .he nn,
and 1 summon them very solemniy, MOI
to set their purpose against the pur-
nose Of America. America must come
first in every purpose we enteItaIn
and every man must count upon oelne
cast out Of our confidence. cast OUT
even of our tolerance. who does not
submit to that great ruling principle.
Purposes of America.
But what are the purposes of Amer
icao Do you not see that there is an
other significance in the fact that we
are made up out of all the. peoples OF
the world? The significance OF that
fact is that we are not going to de-
vote our nationality to the same mis-
taken aggressive purposes that some
other nationalities have been devoted
to-; that because we are made up, ana
consciously made up, out OF an tne
great family of mankind. we are
Champions of the rights of mankind.
I'VE are not only ready to cooper
ate. but we are ready to fight against
any aggression, whether from without
or from within. But we must guard
ourselves against the sort of agrees
sion which would be unworthy OF
America. We are ready to fight for our
rights when those rights are coin
cident with the rights OF man and hui
mainly. 1t was to set those rights
up, to vindicate them. to offer home
20 every man who believed in them,
that America was created and her gov
eminent set up. We have kept our
doors open because we did not think
we in conscience could close them
against men who wanted to join their
force with ours in vindicating the
claim of mankind to liberty and JUS
tice.
Wants No Additional Territory.
America does not want any ad
ditional territory. She does not want
any selfish advantage over any other
alton in the world. but she does wish
every nation in the world to under
stand what she stands for and to
respect what she stands for: and I
cannot conceive of any men of any
blood or origin failing to feel an en-
thusiasm for the things that America
stands for, or failing to see that they
are indefinitely elevated above any
purpose of aggression or selfish ad-
vantage.
Il said the other evening in another