Evening star., 1928-03-13
NOT WISE TO SLUR
DISTRICT FOLKS AS
jNCURABLY UNFIT
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clamor Tor participation In American
SOY ,reignty. when. II secured. It may not
add dollar to ones purse?" One asked
of old: For what is man profitcd If
he shall gain the whole world and lose
his own soul9" The modern query Is:
What is a man profted II he regain his
political soul. but lose nickel or a
dlme?"
The suggestion, however. that the IN
consistency between the treatment OF
Americans of the District and An:eri-
can principles and ideals does no in
jury is not ter"h'e
This Inconsistency Is vitality hurtful
not only TO It's victims of the District.
but 10 the Nation which inflicts 1t.
It brands the WaShingtonian who
assents TO the suggestion that he is bet
ter off without this right and power
than with it as hopelcssly and incura-
bly, unfit 10 exercise 1t. an unpatriOt!c
degenerate not reSenting the insult of
classification with those un-American
Americans who slur participation in
American political sovereignty as weari-
some, annoying and worthless; right
not to be treasured and protected, but
despised. 1t debaseS the complacent,
asserting Washingtonian TO the level
of the Scriptural swine before whom
pearls are foolishly cast.
1t not only substitutes shame for hon
or. but 1t robs the Washingtonian Of
genuine, concrete. substantial power
that Of participating. man-fashion. In
the councils Of the worlds greatest Ma
ton. Possession OF this power has Civ
en- the small States prestige and in
f1uence in the national councils.
The possession of full American citi-
zenship gives greater honor and power
than that conferred by Roman citizen
ship. Il am an American" is to be an
announcement involving greater reason
able pride than the proclamation L am
a Roman" Does the American suffer
no loss who must modify his proclama-
ton by saying;
Il am politically an emasculated. de-
fective. delinquent. impotent American
I am barred. like the convict. from
participation in the National Govern
ment which governs me, taxes me,
makes laws for me and sends me IN
war. Am to be mocked when demand
this right and honor and power OF othe:
Americans by the reply that ! suffer
no real loss from this cruelty debasing
deprivation?"
Vital Injury TO Nation.
How can the Nation itself escape vi
tai hurt from complacent Welding to
an assault upon Ameti:an principles
and ideals which contcmptuously ap-
praises and depreciates the basic prin-
ciple OF American representative gov
ernment?
T,k,;r ;~a1on;.ta,,o,, onna,,rnune .ot;
American bolShevism and radicaliSm
II vindicates that slurring appraise-
ment of the dignity and value OF Ameri-
can citizenship and OF American prin-
ciples and ideals In which arti-kmcri-
can bolshevism and radical communism
are rooted. the present-day deadly
menace 10 the fine s.rong spirit Of
American nationality.
It disables Uncle Sam In lighting th:s
unpatriotic indifference or contempt
OF which the nom voting evil Is a tgmp-
tom. For example. Uncle Sam appeals
TO the patriotism Of recreant nofi-vot-
ing Americans, he denounces and
threatens them. But how can uncle
Sam appeal to or denounce or threaten
with any effectiveness when lie himself
at the seat OF government sets the eX-
ample OF contemptuous slurring of the
vital principles OF repre- sentative gov
ernment? How can he lash the stay-
at.home potential voter when he HIM
self arbitrarily bars from the possibility
OF participating In their National Gov.
ernment O community OF half a mil
lion Americans with over three hundred
thousand residents of voting age who
constitute one OF the most intelligent.
conservative, progressive and intensely
American communities In the republic
and who are urgently petitioning for the
right, privilege and power OF partici-
pating on American principles In their
own National Government,
An evil condition maintained by the
Nation at the Nations Capital Is right
ly viewed as typical and characteristic
The shame Is national not local
Autocrattc nof-representative govern
ment In the only American territory
governed exclusively by the Nation
brands the Nation itself distinctly and
indelibly as un-American, As is the
Nations City 20 Is the Nation. The
Capital Is the Nations heart II the
Republic Is tainted with un-American-
ism at It's heart the whole OF the body
polite Is thus tainted.
sWill the Nation perperaatr an evil
sprlnRing from It's own Inpatriotic neg
lect. from its own lack OF appreciation
vi tHt spirit OI True AmeTtcdItl5IT'
Should not the Nation. irrespective Of
the just pleas OF the Washingt0nian n
and purely nv n National concern, abOi-
ish the evil and injury working para.
dox Of nen representative an-American
government Of the National Capital.
territory under exclusive National con-
troll?
Win not the Nation insist, In accord
ance with the spirit 0f the times and
In Its own vital interest. that theae shall
ne longer exist at the very heart Of the
body poiitic this foul abscess Of non
Amerieanism, With Its threat Of bioGd
poisoning:
A constitutional amendment II now
pending which enables Congress 10 cure
this evil condition. VIII not every red >
bioodtd American petition and demand
that this remedy be immt lately ap.
piied7
How long, q Americans. must We Of
Washington be compelled 10 say and to
sing:
| my country. It's ef thee.
Not land Of liberty
For District folks,
Where rights for which the fathers died
| Are now denied and erueiiled.
M0ck'd al a. jokes"
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