Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-01-07
OUR NEW SLOGAN
THROUGHOUT LAND :
Roosevelt In Typical Speech
Voices Same Sentiments In
More Vigorous Language.

citizens been so aroused as IL has ny
the speeches of the president and one
Of his predecessors.
The cry America first!' is sure to
be heard all over the republic during
the elections that are to come. Some
have gone so far as to say that it will
he the Democratic slogan in the 1916
campaign. Surely it will be received
with great enthusiasm by all really
patriotic citizens of this country.
President Wilson's speech will go
down in history as one Of the most
typically American utterances that he
has ever made.
The president spoke in most kindly
way about foreign born citizens of the
United States. At the same time he
reminded his hearers that minority
of naturalized Americans have not
since the outbreak Of the European
war been overloyal to the great Amer.
lean ideals, but he declared he knew
where the vast majority Of American
citizens Of foreign birth would stand
If a census were taken on the issue
Of America first.
In part Mr.. Wilson said:
There is very great thrill to be
had from the memories of the Amer.
lean Revolution, but the American Rev.
olution was beginning, not con-
summation, and the duty laid upon US
by that beginning Is the duty OF bring
ing the things then begun to a noble
triumph Of completion. For it seems
to me that the popularity Of patriot
ism in America Is that 1t is not mere
sentiment. 1t is an active principle Of
conduct. 1t is something that was
born into the world. not to please It.
but to regenerate it. 1t IS something
that was born into the world to re-
place systems that had preceded 1t and
to bring men out upon a new plane Of
privilege
$50 from generation to generation
strangers have had to be indOctrinated
with the principles Of the American
family, and the wonder and the beau
ty Of it all have been that the infection
has been so generously easy. For the
principles Of liberty are united with
the principles of hope. Every individ-
ual as we'll as every nation wishes to
realize the best thing that is in him.
the best thing that can be conceived
out Of the materials of which his spirit
Is constructed.
Drawn by American Ideals.
1T has happened in u way that !
think fascinates the imagination that
we have not only been augmented by
additions from outside. but that we
have been greatly stimulated by those
additions. Living in the easy pros
perity Of a free people, knowing that
the sun has always been free to shine
upon us and prosper our undertakings.
we did not realize how hard the task
of liberty Is and how rare the privi-
lege of liberty is, and men were drawn
out Of every climate and out Of every
race because Of an irresistible attrac-
ton Of their spirits to the American
ideal.
Every political action. every social
action. should have for it's object in
America at this time to challenge the
spirit Of America, to ask that every
man and woman who thinks first Of
America should rally to the standards
of our life. There have been some
among us who have not thought first
the might Of America in some matter
not Of Americas originative and have
forgotten that the first duty of a ma
ton is to express its principles in the
action Of the family of nations and not
to seek to aid and abet any rival or
contrary ideal.
Neutrality is a negative word. 1t
Is word that does not express what
America ought to feel. America has q
heart, and that heart thrObs with all
sorts Of intense sympathies. but Amer
lea has schOoled its heart to love the
things that America believes in. and
it ought to devote itself only to the
things that America believes in and
believing that America stands apart in
its ideals. it ought not to allow itself
to be drawn. so far as its heart is con.
cerned. into anybody's quarrel.
Knows Where They Stand.
Some of the best stuff of America
has come out Of foreign lands, and
some of the best stuff in America is
in the men who are naturalized citi-
zens Of the United States. would not
be afraid upon the test Of America
first to take census Of all the foreign
born citizens of the United States, for
| know that the vast majority Of them
came here because they believed in
America. and their belief in America
has made them better citizens than
some people who were born in Amer.
lea.
Il would not feel any eXhilaratiOn In
belonging to America If l did not feel
that she was something more than a
rich and powerful nation. should not
feel proud to be. in some respects and
for little while her spokesman If I
did not believe that there was some.
thing else than physical force behind
her. l believe that the glory Of Amer
lea is that she is great spiritual con.
ception and that in the spirit Of her
institutions dwells not only her distinc.
ton but her power. and that the only
thing that the world cannot permanent.
ly resist is the moral force Of great and
triumphant convictions"
The former presidents speech was q
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