Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-04-30

one Of several conspicuous citizens
we shall advance to honor rather
/ then to consider the interests of the
whole people as the matter of the
first Importance?
If that be so, then we have reach
ed the point at which we should dis
cuss changing the method of our
! government even Us our fathers pre-
scribed It in the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence, THAT whenever any form
of government becomes destructive
of these ends, it is the Right of the
| People to alter or to abolish it, and to
| institute new Government, laying its
! foundation on such principles and
organizing it's powers in such form,
as to them shall seem most likely to
effect their Safety and Happiness"
| do not believe that Mr.. Hughes
is the right man. He doesn't relish
the prospect of being thrown on the
ash heap after he has served the peo-
| pie. The American people do not
decorate with medals their great
servants and therefore forget the
services rendered l would not vote
for Mr.. Root who, In my opinion,
partly shared by Yourself has used
for nearly fifty years his great men
tality to undo what the Fathers OF
\ the Republic have planned, namely
| the grand institution of equal op-
portunities for all In my opinion
! he has been thinking more Of cer-
! tain classes-the ''malefactors OF
great wealth., to use your own
phrase-and he would. Judging by
his past. use the great Office of Pres
| ident TO serve the interest of the few
as against the many. He ought not
to be considered at all after the peo-
! pie Of the Empire State repudiated
him as they did.
But there, are / am sure. hum
dreds OF people in both parties conf
petent TO fill the position. and
neither you nor Mr. Wilson should
want this position again, from any
motive either great or admirable.
You desire to run will injure your
party and will insult millions Of good
! citizens. MI Wilson also has
spoken too much and too often
against foreign-born citizens, who,
as he demands, should disregard ma
ture and cease to feel regard for
those from whom they sprung. Gle
himself would not do the same)
Yes, Mr.. Roosevelt, / do know you
pretty well. | have read your
books. have watched your entire
career. ! believe that you are an
honest man, q wonderful man, q
great patriot But there is some
thing in you which qualities you bet
ter for other positions than that Of
/ the Presidency. The country needs
you more somewhere else. You have
not that particular quality capable OF
Charity for all and malice toward
none"
At the present time in this coun-
try it Is not the illiteratc immigrant.
nor the hyphenate. who still loves
his mother or his brother who has
brought our institutions TO such a
condition that a great man is needed
to restore them to the people. It's the
"malefactors Of great wealth" who
I have done it, and there is no other
/ man who could better fight them
than yourself From the Presidents
! chair you cannot do IT, You did not
do il when you were President nor
/ can you do 1t now.
When Morgan with other capital
lists, called upon you as the Pres
ident OF the United States. and told
you 1--WE want such and such, II not,
we VIII create the biggest panic that
ever existed" you would have found
/ the remedy had one been available
to the President of the United States
( at the time you could not and did
not do it,
The conditions Of our country are
such that Il Is worth your while that
you sacrifice your personal ambition
! One OF the great German philoso-
1 piers said ut is worth while TO fore
go pleasure TO avoid pain"-pain to
othersl
Is not the Ford Michigan-Nebras-
ka incident the handwriting on the
wall? Why should you help the
/ politicians to thwart the will Of the
people? The people want peace. They
] want a President who thinks, talks
Of, and works for peace by peaceful
methods. OFFENDING our own people.
even the "hyphenated" ones, does
not show such a spirit
What hope has this country If you,
q great leader, would act like a pro-
/ fessional politician and accept the
nomination of the Republican Par
ty in the clutches of the same bosses
who stole your nomination and cleo
tion four years ago?
What hope, also, il Mr.. Wilson,
who is as much disliked by his own
party as by all other parties, OBJ
tains the nomination simply because,
as the claim, he is the only one who
! can be elected by the Democrats; in
! other words. not because he is the
man, but because he can hold the
! patronage.
Mr.. Roosevelt, those are tho im-
! pressions OF q man who honestly adj
1 mires YOU and who has taken pains
to study the needs OF the country.
( | know where you are needed more.
/ The people have no means to ex-
press their wishes. You are the man
! to create that You have been Pres
ident; why do you not aspire to a
I nobler high place in history--the
( fame Of the worlds grandest cham
pion of liberty and true American
ism-that could not be won by mere
ly another four years in white
4 House" as the chosen representative
of a dominant party? Seize your real