Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-04

which they came
The misfortune is not alone that
it rends the concord of nations: the
greater the pity ii is that il reands the
concord of our citizenship at home u
is folly to think of blending Greek
and Bulgarian. Italian and Slovac, OF
making any of them re1oieneis
American when the land of adoption
sits in Judgment on the land from
which they came.
FruitlesS Pursuit of Peace.
Gov. Coolidge spoke the other day
of the rescue of America from the re
actions of war We also need to De
rescued from the visionary and fruit
less pursuit of peace through super
government. l do not want Amer
cans of foreign birth making their
party alignments on what we mean 20
do for some nation of the old Worlu
We want them to be republicans pc
cause of what we m can TO do FOR the
United States of America Our caii IS
for unison. not rivaling sympathleS'
our need is concord. not the antipa-
thies of long Inheritance
Surely no one stopped to th1hN
where the great world -sexperiTnen !.
was leading: frankly. no one coulu
know We are only learning now
IT would be a sorry day Tor inns
republic if We allowed our activities
in seeking for peace in the old worid
There is another thought relating
TO concord so essential to continued
advancement. II was said the othef
day that the democratic party meant
especially TO appeal to the farmers
and the wage earners and let Amer
lea forget the failure of the world
experiment If America can be maze
to forget the attempted barter or
nationality. well and good. 1t would
l. hot
when nationality is surrendered TO
Internationally. little else matters.
and all appeal is in vain There IS
only one other measure so threaten
ing to our tranquility. That menace
is the appeal to class in determ ming
what our government is to be. l
would hold myself unworthy of your
confidence if / spoke an appeal to
either farmers or wage earners be
cause of their large numbers. We
wish the confidence of all
Stine Party Appeal to Class.
You said Judge Taggart, this dele
cation comes from shop. store. fac
tory office and farm. We could not
we'll get along without any of them
We must exchange as well as pro-
duce. and we must teach and preach
in order to attain as well as 10 ac-
qure.
There isn't any governmental part
ployment. Perhaps | ought to modify
that and say-except during war.
government 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 fuIlness of understandings. and We
wish 10 silence the cry of class
against class. and stifie the party ap-
peal TO class. so that we may insure
tranquility in our freedom. II I could
choose but one. l had rather have
industrial and social peace at home
than command the international
peace of all the world.
In the study OF the great world
tragedy, some one has pointed out that
the world war might have been avoided
If united Germany had adopted that
feature OF our Constitution which gives
Congress the right 10 declare war Many
advocates of pacifism think our safe
guards are NOT enough, that there should
be a referendum to the people before
war. The other extreme is found among
those who seriously propose that a coun-
ellis of foreign powers shall summon the
sons of this republic 10 war anywhere in
the world. | empha ticaliy agree that
no authority other than Congress may
call our boys to battle. Accepting this
truth. why make a covenant which vio-
lates the good faith of nations?
Must Not Fail to PIay Part.
Suppose that under the military al
lance and the super-authority of article
A program of armed force is agreed
upon and the Congress of the United
States declines to respond. The exceed
tive would-,be called upon to carry on a
war without constitutional authority. or
we should prove our compact no more
than-a-serap- of paper. We are on the
side of both safety and honor TO hold
for-ourselves the decision of our obiiga-
tion 10 The world -
we bake eyer played a becoming part
in human progress: We win not fail to
pla3, il in that freedom of conscience
and action which BELTS Il confident re-
pubic. Men prate about violated obliga-
tioHS TO the nations of the earth. The
solemn truth is that our. part in the
w0{9d war was an obligation to our
selFes. performed in sympathy with as
socAIed- not allied powers. and our
Splfpdid part in helping 10 wiz the war
wat the armed manifestation of sAmeri-
cam conscience. not the fulfiltment of Il
written obligation.
Once more Judge Taggart I want
10 revert TO your reference TO your
community as community of homes
SUN is the ideal community. The pio-
neeFs whom j was recalling wrought
th2r homes out Of the Wilderness.
The possession of homes was their
insbiration. In these moder I days
hopes are wrought through /, dustry
and thrift. We have progressed to the
mG5ern standards outside the great
CITES. where home owning is the first
stSb toward competence and whole
sotse contentment The American sys<
tenk with its. equality OF opportunity
ha6 opened the way. ard the 21meri-
can Constitution. with its guaranty of
cif5I-liberty, makes possession secure.
a :barne owning people might well be
th<.Zreat goal of the republic. be-
ca6sA AT every fireside centers all OF
hdTe. all of ambition. all of educa-
tiaf.: all OF aspiration. The big thing
in1ur land is this offering of oppor-
tuHiey and the republican party
mems to maintain government and
NIKE secure conditions which VIII
gII4rartee fair chance to every CRIT
zeH and bid him drink of our freedom
and know IT'S rewards.
= Impossible TO FiS Course.
4t is impossible to definitely fix our
course amid the usual conditions in the
walks of war. The world has to steady
doxU We have been talking about get
ting back to normal. That doesn't mean
olf> order. that doesn't mean looking
baXAward II is the short easy way OF
sa Trg. Again to stability; once more
10 <reeuIa ritv.' There hasn't been a
backward look in America for three nun
drea wears but the man who faces the
futs,rc with highest assurance is Ire VINO
nag noted the paths which made his
rroxress secure. We republicans hold
thaf the inherited plans of constitutional
rer,reseutative popular government. with
the; inspirations Of nationality ana a
faT chance for every man, have Grabbed
mex, to write the supreme story OF
human and national enlargement IN all
me World. and We mean TO hold the m
heritance secure. and go. confidently on
10 Greater and grander achievement