Evening journal., 1919-07-03

America is the land OF free men, and
when one seeks for pure, unadulterat-
ed American Anarchy" he is bound to
conclude sooner or later that there
amt no such animal" There exists in
the United States several selfish, cow
ardly and hair Drained organizations
with many thousands Of followers. but
they are not only un-Amerlcan, they
are. in fact, not American" They are
un-American in that they are diamet-
ricslly opposed 10 the spirit Of Ameri-
can institutions, and they are decidedly
not" American because they are lead
by foreigners, and 90 per cent. Of the
rank and flle are either foreign born or
OF foreign parentage.
The formulation, IN words, OF the
spirit Of our institutions cannot be too
many times attempted for the purpose
not only OF strengthening our own
faith and that OF our race In the undy-
ing principle Of Amerlcanism which
our fathers gave TO an oppressed
world. but also in all charity That well
meaning and earnest men among our
foreign population may be able TO re-
main undeceived by the high sounding
and plausible buncombe which the pro-
fessional agitator Is permitted to de-
claim from every street corner and
spread upon tons Of yielding and pa
tient paper
The fundamental idea and principle
which America gave to the world is
that the people are sovereign The
Constitution Of the United states pro-
yides that what powers are not dele
gated 90 ihe central government are re-
served 10 the States or the people Of
the States, and the constitutions Of
every state provide that the ultimate
authority resides IN the people and
they can change the constitutions and
laws at their pleasure n Is coucev-
able that the people can even abolish
constitutions by a mere majority vote.
An illustration Of this fact is found IN
the title Of the proceedings OF our
courts. In the actions instituted by
State authority the title almost invari-
ably is. for example, "The People of
the state Of New Jersey against John
Doe. defendant.
The second idea and principle which
America not only approved hut put
into actual practice in face Of the unan-
imous disapprovsl Of the then world
rulers is that. politically all men are
born equal This is a direct statement
that life and the rights Of men as men
are more important than property or
the rights Of property, and as prac-
ticed. II means that each man has The |
same right 10 a say in determining the I
form of government under which W0 I
shall live. No man however poor or 4
however ignorant. can he deprived Of /
his vote and 10 equals that OF the mil /
llonaire. If he Is so stupid that be /
permits conditions 10 exist which his /
ballot would remedy, his fault must be |
largely upon his own head To attempt |
10 change real or imaginary faults Of /
government by terrorism and by dark |
deeds darkly done is foolish and cow
ardly. The idea and plan are abhor-
rent 10 the free American. whose nat
ural common sense, inherent bravery
and idea Of fair play revolis at such In
efectual, vicious and sneaking methods
lie believes that such men are vlpers
to be trod upon by The heel OF every
honest fair dealing man.
The third idea which found eXpres-
sion IN America for the FIRST time was
the rlght Of free speech free press and
free religion. This does not mean n
cense 10 say and print anything which
self seeking men may wish. any more
than The right Of freedom carries with