The “Pacific Skandinaven” from Vol. XVII, No. 14.
Continuing
“The American Scandinavian” from Vol. V, No. 2.
A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF PROGRESS AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP
Portland, Oregon, Thursday, May 13, 1920
Volume I.
Number 3.
A CITIZEN MAY HAVE MANY SYMPATHIES
BUT ONLY ONE ALLEGIANCE
you DON’T THINK MUCH of a man who doesn’t keep his
x word, even in small things; you have contempt for the man
who borrows from you and immediately forgets all about paying
back; you want nothing to do with the man who assumes an ob
ligation with hardly a thought regarding fulfillment; you disdain the
man who accepts the hospitality of another and then goes out and
speaks jeeringly of his host; you detest the man who accepts favor
from another and rewards it by unkind, and slanderous remarks.
None of these things are condoned for a moment by the disciples
of the square deal, for at the base of all is ingratitude, blackest and
most detestable of vices.
But all these things combined are as so many grains of sand to
the majestic mountains in comparison with swearing allegiance to
this or any other country, and promptly forgetting it; to enjoy the
protection of the flag and at the same time speak in derision of the
things that it represents; to take advantage of the opportunities of
the country and give nothing in return; to swear to support the
constitution of the United States of America and then go forth to
hoist the rag of radicalism. Are these to be admired and paraded
as admirable virtues? No people in the world know better the
meaning of the word allegiance than the people from the North
lands. Fidelity in allegiance was a part of their old Pagan religion:
“Not for all the sun sees, or the close earth wombs, or the pro
found sea hides in unknown fathoms, break thou thine oath! ”
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