Evening journal., 1916-06-07
"AMERICANISM" G. 0. P. KEYNOTE; DEMAND JUSTICE
And PEACE If NATION MUST FIGHT FOR THEM

couraged and privately erected, |
wrought in the commttal to the
achievement Of private enterprise and
measured to the requirements OF our
I commerce in peace.
MY countrymen, for two generations |
with short interruptions, the Republican
! party, in conscience, courage and capac 1
| ity, has been translating the dependabol
popular sentiment of the republic intol
/ governmental policy. We have not
yielded to the cNpediency of adopting
I every ephemcral whim. because dcvotionl
! to country and its ultimate good oft d
/ times demand opposition to momen-
/ tary popularity. The final appeal tol
sober intelligence has justified our
course in political righteousness. But
we have been 80 engrossed in developing
| America that We have not stopped tol
search our own hearts for the soul OF
| Americansm.
| The American Spirit.
"ln the travail of Life ierty and
! the Pursuit Of Happiness the American
soul was born. Set aglow at Bunker
| Hill. il 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, but they were dcdi-
! Gated Americans in the haptismal rites
Of a new republic and 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 all Join in making the
constitution. nut they pledged the sue
ceedng millions of Americans to its
everlasting defense
"Ihc gates of our ports have swung
inward ever since. there has been a vel
come TO the foreign born. whom We
asked to drink freely of the waters of
our political life and find their places
i'm the sum Of American opportunity.
They arc an inseparable and important
and valued party of American citizen
ship. and tine few zcalots Of any origin
! who violate our neutrality do not aud
can not impugn 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"
"The Americanism which indexes
these United States must be more
than the conservation Of the individ-
have citizenship less concerned about
what the government can do for it
and more anxious about what it can
do for the nation There must be
the submission 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.
Our Foreign Relations.
Seeking to practice the ver-- Amer
icanism / preach as Republican gos-
r pei / am reluctant &c speak Of di-
! vision OF American sentiment relat-
. ing to our foreign affairs. One must
\ he IN American first ard partisan
5 afterwards, though we believe Repub'
! icanism is the culture Of highest
= Americanism. But II must be said
4 tor the truths sake and clearer I'm
d derstanding, we have hungered in vaiI
Y for that unfinching Americanism a.
,. Washington which is needed to eXal
r the American soul. There is no geo
graphic modification Of Amercar
rights. tt ey are the same in Mexico
: that they are on the high seas, they
b are the same in Europe that they are
.. in Asia. and are sacred everywhere
o and the American spirit demands
L their fullest protection
d Whatever the ultimate solution
o may be- history will write Mexico as
Z the title TO the humiliating recital
e of the greatest fiasco in our foreign
+ relations. Uncertainty, instability
e Mexican contempt and waning self
d respect will be recorded in every chap
n Ter and the pitiable story of sacrihcec
American lives and the destruction o.
, lawfully.held American property vii
- emphasize the mistaker policy o
: watchful waiting and wobbling war
fare
: "Under the pretext of non-inter
. ference the Democratic administratio
\ miserably meddled. In the name {
peace that same administration en-
I couraged revolution, and the cost o
q American sacrifices was charged 4
/, needless war on Huerta, where th'
= real American expenditure required
, only the voice OF authority demandnl
e protection to American rights. Th'
unbiased critic will recite that th'
Democratic administration first cod
died Villa as a patriot, then chased
= him as a bandit.
e Our civilization has evolved th
!, rules of right conduct. and writer
y them into forms of government b,
II law. They were conceived in justic
!, and developed in righteousness. The,
: have become instructive in our Ameri
= can life and are cherished as par
n of our peoples inheritance. Our peo
y ple do not understand any suspen
a sion. they are impelled to march on
confident and unafraid. When tn
- spirit OF American accomplishment, o
. the mercies of American ministratior
- or the inclinations of American teach
~ ing. or the adventures Of America
=. development take our people abroad
=, under the compacts of civilization
= they have a right to believe that ever
= guaranty Of American citizensh
- goes with them. When il does no
81 we have forfeited the American in
heritance.
Our Course With Europe.
"No political party can draw a vari
n able chart for our ship of state ami
or Europe's warning ambitions. lust 70
r. power or battles for self-preserva
We ton. Justice points the way throug
Ic- the safe channel of neutrality. Their
% are dangers, seeming or real, loom
or ing on every side. but we shoul
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