Evening journal., 1919-03-15

tions and ideals. Very shrewdly, and
showing fine appreciation Of phycho-
! logical effects, they have appropriated
20 their aristocrats the name. OF intel
/ lectuals. BY THAT name they have
caught the vanity Of many an aspiring
student and after feeding him upon the
very husks Of reason and wisdom have
turned HIM forth into the world. .
useless and a silly man.
Against Nationality.
Il woul1 be impossible in this place
to touch upon all the phases OF this
drive against America. Aimed as u Is
against our form OF government. our
laws, our economy, and our morals, 10
is in its larger aspects an assault upon
the idea Of nationality. Those who
come 10 the attack assert that thos1
who live within the particular geo
graphical area designated on the maps
as the United States have no night to
feel that this area is peculiarly theit
own. They affirm that 20 disclose an
affection for il Is an indication OF mem
tai weakness. They would tear u loose
from the foundations that have served
to make % a land of opportun ty, where
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home and a business for himself, IN
take an honorable part in The manage
ment OF affairs, and TO live his own life.
They would set up in place Of it an
aulOcracy wherein individual freedom
would be absolutely oblierated. They
would make all efforts subservlent TO
the preiudiccs. the ambitions. the greed
a single class and they would re-
crtEt that class from the elements that
have always been in the minority iu
every civilized country.
A Subtle Enemy.
For the present the appeal Is made
In the name Of workers Of the nation,
but the great body Of workers In Amer
lea are not included. The workman
who labors stead ly. who saves some
thing frcm his wages. who strives earn
estly 90 improve his condition, who
makes a legitimate effort to increase
his wages. Is as much an object OF
hatred to the fomentors as Is the capi-
talisf himself. becausethey recognize
in his methods and manner Of living
the essence Of capitalism. Indeed il Is
now the practice OF the agtator to re-
fer 10 those in whose behalf he'speaks
as the proletariat rather than the work
ers and he uses the name advisedly as
comprehend.Dg the least productive,
the most unsocial elements or the pop
ulation. His purpose is to enlarge the
number Of that class, to encourage Idle
ness. TO discourage thrift 70 increase
dissatisfaction, so that upon The ruins
OF independent manhood he may plant
his new social poEcy.
Now American valor in an open tight
has never been questioned. However
many territorial and racial elements
might enter into the composition OF
our people there has persisted, and IN
the majority, a type of manhood and
womanhod that hesit1ted at no danger
when the honor Of our country was as
sailed or its safety jeopardized by
armed forces. Here, however, we deal
with attack OF quite another order. Our
foe here IS an agglomeratlon or crazy
ideas. purposlng ruin 10 our country
through Misrepresentation. through ap-
peals 10 evil passions, through the un-
derminlng OF its mental and moral
health.
The challenge. then, 10 not 70 the
might Of America, but TO the virility OF
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for which from Lexington 70 the Ar
gonne her sons have died, TO her ab l.
ity to hold the confidence. and love, and
devotion OF those who are here or who
may come. The answer we make in
wolves the life or death Of this republic.
To answer with the spirit Of the faith
ers means a tremendous amount OF
work. for the field is large and the dif-
ficulties great, even now. They will be
greater with a few years. a tide OF
immigration will surely set this way.
toward the United States and Canada
It is among these immigrants, many
Of them ignorant and without funds all
Of them bewldered. most Of them
ready prey for the INSCRIPTIONS
whether sharper or agitator, that the
radical leaders look for that augmenta-
ton OF numbers that will make their