New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-05
Article Y Is
Denounced
By Harding
Continued from pauo ons

1TOnClcrSmen ana their strong heartCd
women.
at is worth remembering that the
pioneers these stalwart makers of
America-were little less varied in
their origin than our people Of to-day.
Either they or their forcbears came
from lands across the sen But they
were thinking only of America Theirs
was more than sole allegiance to the
land of adoption they were interested
and devoted heart and soul. They
were in complete unison, with one pur-
pose, one confidence, one PRIDE.
Aspirations of Nationality
"When I sat on the Senate Com
mittce on Foreign Relations and lis
tened to American delegations appeal
ing in behalf of kinsmen or old home =
folks across the seas caught the
aspirations of nationality and a per
tcctly natural sympathy among kindred
in this Republic. But little realized
then how we might rcnd the concord
to solve Old World problems.
There have come to nc. not at all
unbecomingly, the expressed anxieties
of Americans foreign born, who are
asking our countrys future attitude
on territorial awards in the adjust
ment of peace. They are Americans
all, but they have proper and natural
interest in the fortunes of kinsfolk and
native lands. One cannot blame them.
If our land is to settle the cnvies,
rivalries, jealousies and hatreds of all
civilization these adopted sons of the
Republic want the settlement favor
able to the lands from which they
como.
"The misfortune is not alone that it
rends the concord of nations; the
greater the pity is that it rcnds the
concord Of our citizenship at home. 1t
is folly to think of blending Greek and
Bulgarian, Italian and Slovak, or max
ing any of them rejoicingly American
when the land of adoption sits in judg-
ment on the land from which they
come.
Republican Call for Unison
"Governor Coolidge spoke the other
day Of the rescue OF America from the
reactions of war We also need to be
rescued from the visionary and fruit
less pursuit of peace through super
government. | do not want Americans
of foreign birth making their party
alignments on what we mean 10 do for
some nation of the Old World. We want
them to be Republicans because Of what
we mean to do for the United States
of America. Our call is for unison
not rival sympathies; our need is
concord. not the antipathcs of long
inheritance.
"Surely no one stopped to think
where the great world experiment was
leading; frankly, no one could know
We are only learning now. 1t would be
a sorry day for this Republic if we al
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peace in the Old World 10 blind us tC
the essentials of peace at home.
"There is another thought relating
to concord so essential to continued
advancement. 1t was said the other
day that the Democratic platform
meant especially to appeal to tie
farmers and let America forget the
failure Of the world experiment. If
America can be made to forget the at
good. 1t would be better if we could
forget. But when nationality is sur
rendered to Internationally little else
matters and all appeal is in vain.
There is only one other menace so
threatening to our tranquility. That
menace is the appeal to class in deter
mining what our government is to be.
would hold myself unworthy of your
confidence if | spoke in appeal to
clCutI Lar HlcIS OI wage cal utIS DcCduSc
of their larger numbers. We wish the
confidence of all.
Want Free America Again
"You said, Judge Taggart, this del
egation comes from shop. store fac,
tory, Office and farm. We could not
we'll get along without any. of them.
We must exchange as we'll as produce,
and we must teach and preach in or
der to attain as we'll as to acquire.
"There isn't any governmental part
in fixing pursuit, profession or en-
ployment. Perhaps / ouoht to modify
that and say, except during war; gov
eminent did Interfere for the war, and
we want to end that interference. We
want a free America again. We want
America free at home and free in the
world. We want to silence the outcry
of nation against nation, in the full
ness of understanding, and we wish to
silence the cry Of class against class
and stifle the party appeal to class SO
that we may insure tranquility in our
freedom. If l could choose but ono. !
had rather have industrial and social
peace at home than command the in
ternational peace of all the world
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