El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-11-09
An Appeal ID Timidity

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The American people, said the Chicago
Tribune on the eve of election, are at tht
moment Of serious decision. They have beer
implored to forget true manhood and true
womanho0ds They have been urged to take
refuge hi fear and terror. They have been
reminded of their pork chops and their easy
chairs.
They have been told that 1t Will be noble
to be yellow, that II will be profitable to be
craven that it will be pleasant to be con
temptible.
They have been told that 1T they do not
declare themselves to be yellow, craven and
contemplate they will suffer all the tor
lures that the devils Of war can invent.
They have been told that unless they wear
the white feather and thank God for Wilson,
Moloch Will descend upon them.
Mr.. Wilson tells them that through the
stuff distributed by the Democratic national
committee. Here is. one statement of the
president quoted in a yellow placard:
Some of the supporters Of the Republican
party. a very great body Of the supporters
Of that party, ~outspokenly declare that they
want war 40 that the certain prospects OF
the success Of the Republican party Is that
we shall be drawn in one form or another
into the enabfoilments Of the European war;
Mr.. Wilson said that and any intelligent
voter Will concede that a man who could say
it, no matter how excited by ambition and
harasssd By e~motionalism, cannot do well
for the nation in the office Of president Of
the United States.
TO charge that any part Of the manage
ment Of a great party is deveting its ener-
gies to bringing war to the country, as Mr..
Wilson has charged, proves that the man
making the charge is either overswrought
and therefore ought not to have the care Of
a nation in emergency or that ambition has
destroyed his common sense. 1t is one thing
or the other.
This has been a yellow campaign, with
she president Of the nation finding that po-
litical exigencies impelled him uncontrolla-
bly, to use the gospel Of fear.
Every sensible voter knows that the oppo-
ton to Mr.. Wilson desires above all things
to restore the nation to confidence in its
strength. Courage and confidence are the
foundations Of an abiding peace. Coward
ice and fear are the doors to an ugly war.
The ideals Of the United States prompt it
to pursue its way steadfastly and in justice,
to preserve high principles and conserve a
respected and selfrespecting citizenship, to
seek Its proper place in the world honorably,
to advance its interests, promote the vel
fare Of its people, and keep this land a place
to be inherited by a sturdy people.
The Democratic campaign has been an at
tack upon vigor. stamina, and character. 1t
has been an appeal to timidity. It has tried
to break Town the fortitude of the nation,
1t has tried to make the people Incapable
Of handing On their ideals and principles
In the form in which they were given them
The yellow campaign has struck at the
duties Of this generation as trustee, for the
next. 1t has been a campaign of hysteria.
1t has preached the gospel Of fear when
leadership ought to have strengthened the
resolution Of the people.
The administration in Washington has
sacrificed the interests of the American peo-
pie as d nation and the yellow campaigns is
an endeavor to cure the disease BY giving
the paregoric of terror.