The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-03

period Of our national existence we
have been teaching United States
mythology. instead.
The professor is a prominent soci-
ologtst and q leader in liberal
thought. He is one Of the corps Of
educators who are now devoting
their time teaching Americanisn to
Americans. The work was started
by the National Security league and
a special educational department has
been organized in every state in the
union. -.
According to our mythology"
Prof. Giddings says, America fought
England in 1875 and instituted
q democracy repugnant to the
British mind. Then we fought and
defeated England again in 1912,
Since then, thanks to. such national
heroes as Washington and Monroe,
the monarchial civilization Of Europe
learned to keep its hands off the
Western, Hemisphere. and we were
supposed to be forever independent
Of European invasion, European poll
tics and European ambitions.
War Against German Crown.
1.-THE historical facts are that the
American Revolution was not con-
fined to America. 1t was but the
American phase Of a world move
ment, and it was not by any means
war against the English people.
1t was not a war of Englishmen in
America against Englishmen in Eng
land. It was a war Of the liberal
element Of both countries against
the Germanized crown.
Some of the most decisive battles
Of the American Revolution were
fought in England-in English poll
tics and in the English parliament.
George III did not respect the
English people or any English idea.
He was not English. i.
''Ie was essentially German, and
his policies were the natural poll
cies Of German monarchy. In per-
fectly legal and legitimate way
English throne, and his legal posi-
ton had been duly recognized. But
the colonial policy Of George III had
such soant support in England that
he was forced to depend on troops
borrowed from the Prince of Hesse-
a German. ~
Zone Of the counts upon which
Americans for decades were melted
to hatred Of England was the treat
ment Of Revolutionary prisoners in
the abominable prison ships around
New York. These prison ships, we
have documentary evidence to prove.
were in charge Of the Germans.
Wrong Idea of Liberty.
"Americanism, if defined at all in
the years before the war, was usual
ly associated only with the idea of
liberty By liberty was meant per
sonal liberty: in America. every one
could do as he pleased. He could
support the government or curse 1t;
he could leave other countries where
he was not allowed to breathe a word
against authority, and Immediately
on his arrival here he was at liberty
to indict this nation as the greatest
tyranny in existence.
The fact that our nation had a
world mission never dawned upon
the average American. At the most
we were destined to be an object
lesson to the world. In splendid
isolation we would work out our
own salvation, and If other coun-
tries cared to pattern after US they
could.
Security Is Lost.
eff ever a nation suffered dis
it was the United
States. It took two years Of a world
war to convince us that no country
can be independent today of the civil
ization which surrounds 1t. The
world is not big enough to contain
the American idea and the Prussian
idea. One or the other must go
down BY two American inventions
in fact-the airplane and the sub
supposed splendid, iso-
Iation' was swept away. The sea and
the air, instead OF bringing us Sc
curity, suddenly became media Aof
attack Our old security is gone and
past recall. IL we are to exist as a
nation we must depend upon some
thing more dependable. These are
the vital truths which the National
Security league is aiming to bring
home TO every man, woman and child
in the United States. And through
out the country we find that orr
system has scarcely even
limited ait them.
"Americanism is a living, growing
thing, and perhaps had not better be
subjected to the narrow limitations
Of dictionary definition. But it is
more than mere national
Ism. 1T ais something more than
mere personal liberty. 1t is charged
through with the ideas OF freedom
and equality OF opportunity and 1T
has fundamental antipathy FOR
coercion and conquest
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