Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1921-10-04

to freedom of speech. and OF assembly,
and of thought, and of conscience.
Americanism is a sense of human
brotherhood. Americanism stands not
for hatred and suspicion and strife,
resting on prejudice OF race or ma
tionality or creed or color. but for
amity and unity. The world is my
country. to do good my religion"
said one OF the great founders OF our
government. and he never better
attested his true Americanism than in
saying it.
The war is over. The world is
rapidly becoming all republican rather
than all Cossack. Our late powerful
enemy country is today a land in
which the people rule and it is thanks
to the pressure of American influence
and example that it has become so.
Everywhere dynasties and despots
have been overthrown and the en-
lightened peoples OF the earth if they
are not yet of one language are
rapidly becoming peoples OF one
thought so far as concerns devotion
to and trust in the cardinal precepts
of Americanism. We have no need
either to hate or 10 fear them. much
less to hate and fear their contribu-
tons to the common fund of human
knowledge and enlightenment. We
should look forward gladly and con-
hdently, to the dawning Of the
| glorious day when the great truth OF
human brotherhood will be accepted
! and acted upon. We should be the
last to wish to i%nterpose dark curtains
between humanity and the sun OF
truth.
Language prohibition is prohibition
in a particularly odious form. 1t is
knowledge prohibition. Ii is good will
prohibition. 1t is a denial of Gods
great law of human brotherhood. II
is an assertion and an admission that
we cannot trust our w people to be
loyal to the institutions and ideals
which bless and support and protec,
them unless we put binders on them
II is a confession OF weakness and
lack of faith. 1t is a libel OF Amcri.
can citizenship, whether of native OF
foreign birth. 1t is a recantation Of
the everlasting principles - everlast.
ing because everlastingly true - III
which the foundation stones of the
republic are cemented.
We should be a people not OF little
faith but of great faith. we Americans
- and we are. Faith in the power OF
our own ideals to win and hold
loyalty - the loyalty Of freemen anC
not of slaves. Faith in II owr
citizenship as nodded by our free in,
situations. Faith in the good tina
comes of the spread of enlightenment
and understanding. 1t is thi.
faith that has made us great and viii
keep us so.
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