Show 1 0 EUROPE I j i iA A LESSON The greatest tragedy which could befall America would be bethe bethe bethe the development in this country of such national class and racial racial ra ra- ra- ra cial hatreds as have converted Europe into an armed camp and andset andset andset set the people of Spain to killing each other in a merciless and blood bloody v civil war I America is not without its preachers of hate Lately there have been public utterances by men whose position and responsibility responsibility responsibility should have restrained their tongues calculated to in inflame inflame in- in tl flame the minds of the thoughtless thought thought- less to hatred of groups of their fellow To stir up hatred against those who differ in their religious creeds their political beliefs or in their place is to start America on the road to civil strife which might well lead us as it has ll ld d Europe into warfare The real danger to American Americ n liberties is not from without but from within within- The preachers of class hatred are more dangerous dangerous dangerous dang dang- erous enemies of the Republic than is any foreign n n nation ti n. n It has been this country's greatest great great- est source of pride that no citiZen citizen citizen citi citi- zen belongs to any fixed class Every man can as millions have done raise himself from the lowliest lowliest low lowliest liest state of life to the highest high high- est Nobody will rill try to stop him Rather if he has the abIlity ability ability abi abI- lity to make something better of himself he will find encouragement encouragement encouragement and helping hands all along his upward climb To teach that all employers are the enemies of the their r employees employees employees em em- is vicious and un- un American It is not true as every intelligent person knows To teach that the followers of any particular religion are enemies of those whose beliefs are different is equally vicious and un Our nation was founded on tolerance on freedom of thought and of religious religious religious re re- re- re belief To attempt to destroy destroy destroy de de- de- de stroy that tolerance and substitute substitute substitute sub sub- hatred for it is to blast at the foundations of the Rep Republic Re Re- p public i There is no power and there should be e no power except put pull lic lac opinion to prevent any American American American Ame Ame- rican from saying whatever he believes to be true true- But good citizens should weigh the possible possible possible pos pos- sible consequences of their utterances utterances utterances ut ut- ut- ut and refrain from arousing needless and blind antagonisms antagonisms antagonisms an an- between group and group |