El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-18
AMERICANS ARE NOT TERRIFIED
BUT. ONLY MADE, MORE DETERMINED

NERICANS are neither terrified nor intimidated by
q bomb outragss perpeated by radicals, are they
convinced by such arguments Of the righteousness and
Justice Of the commuusc cause 1t Is not Necessary TO
enter upon any technical discussion OF the different cults
Of red radicals- Anarchists uihsts, communists So
cialists soVietsts J. W Ws-under whatever name they
CO. REGARDLESS Of their points Of difference in theory and
program and policy, they all belong outside the pale Of
Aercanis they have rghful place IN the scheme Of
life in this republic
Whatever hsr prstensions or the pretty pictures they
draw they all purpose to seize what does not belong to
them and to destroy everything and everybody IN the way
Of their schemes Whatever their claims Of unselsnness
and self sacrifice Justice and equity the truth Is exactly
opposite and they out those preoePts Of law, ethics
morals and religion that lie at the foundation Of eyza-
Their object is to overurn overturn steal and destroy.
Their lust for undessrVed power and unearned wealth knows
no bounds They do not seriously Try to convince but to
nmdat and inots others to violence for its own
sake and fox promised gains at the expense Of those who
possess Their purpose is to level downward and they
have their way the world would look Ike the dead
cities CT France with the Tutures Of these black cults
sitting IN their Own founess On che Treckage OF human
hopes
It mistake to assume that aliens persons Of for
eign extraction responsible for all the crimes Of radical
ism IN the United States for the teaching Of false and
corruptng doctrine On the contrary, these doctrines ina
many Of their adhereuts IN our schools and colleges II the
Clergy and the learned professions, In clubs OF ana
women ana some Of the worst teachers and propagandsts
persons whose line is American for generationa One
cannot tell BY the spelling Of name OF BY the eoior Of the
hair skin, Whist sort Of a citizen nan IS
Nor is it question Of what commonly cali @educa-
on for the red leaders often vel sshooled and e
oeedingly clever not intelligent, while those we can
terates and persons who have not had equal adam
tages often the most loyal and dependable citizens
Even fanasm soon dies among the ignorant and lowly
while It terminates most rapidly among the crack Drained
but ouc wted and 1t Is most dangerously cultivated and
spread BY those who have large brains but intellect in
formation but no knowledge, superficial philosophy with
The most dangerous red is not the unsttered immigrant
but the vel read and sharp Vited deagog without con
Ne worst crook is the scientific crook the most dan
gsrous criminal the seducatedH criminal; the devil must be
most sudous and industrious he could not stand
off the angels and enlist 50 many brilliant people IN his
That disaster IN Kew York was typical Of the methods
aims and results Of radcalsm The purpose fulfilled
when several hundred entirely innocent working people
men and women bows and girls suddenly and without
warning slaughtered mutated, and when several nil
hons Of dollars worth Of property that represented the
thus fulfilled There was no thought OF
improving anything building reconstrucng anything,
creating developing anything, bit only Of taking human
life and destroying the products Of hbor
Americas watchword Is Opportunity-oppor to
every individual work ont his life under conditions as
favorable possible to normal Development and under
guarantees that the fruits Of mans laboT shan Be his
after part has been deducted for the common benefit
An the radical groups deny Americas foundation prn-
Gps All grounded IN coercion all work By oestrue-
tor all 10ut liberty and law and every raa'ls naHd Is
raised against his nsghh0rg. Radicasm a1 exeped By
the groups active IN America is the exact negaton Of the
idea which the American republic stands for.
There ccpromse with such tendencies. Of recent
years there has been much Of tendency to yield here
and yield there TO the insdious sncroachmeuts Of the
radical groups IN our political and SOCIAL organism Il Is
not wise to attempt to sfs discussion and criticism and
freedom Of speech and press and assembly need not be and
should not Be subjected to forcbe sitting But the ten
dency Of political educational and religious groups TO
soften opposition 70 the efforts Of radicals to take control
OF active part IN American affairs ought to be corrected
and the more positive philosophy Of constructive and or
5ery Aarcanm under tie rus Of reason and law must
Be strengthened and more faithfully adhered TO-
Amsrcanism opposed TO class rule Leadership and
ownership appsrtain 20 those who them Liberty
without self restraint i uuthinabls The old fashioned
virtues are as Trtuoua as ever There Is short cut 20
perfect happiness There is cursau for huantys Ills
The worst intolerance is found among those who claim TO
be the greatest apostles Of absolute freedom Envy
was and never VIII be iustable motive Of right human
action
The New York crime VIII have but reaction, the re-
newed discrimination the part Of loyal Americans to pro-