THE
WESTERN
merican
A
(continuing The Northman)
A MAGAZINE OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP
Devoted to the Cause of
Americanization, Assimilation and Group Elimination; Pointing the way to a Constitutional
Americanism, to Equality in Citizenship, and a better understanding
between Native born and Foreign born.
Vol. 1 S3""119
APRIL 1923
Number 7
MISLEADING CREEDS OF AMERICANISM
THE UNSAFE COURSE OF PRESENT DAY FEUDALISM
A MERICANS generally agree that there is plenty
n of work to be done in America today to iron out
i our social, economic and political differences to make
this nation the real home of a contented people deal-
| ing out justice and a square deal to everybody, native
and foreign born, without going abroad anywhere to
find something with which to occupy our time. We
possess fountains of latent talents that may be
pressed into service everywhere to mold this young
nation of unexcelled opportunities. It should there
fore be a national concern to see that no one within
I the length and breadth of our land has a moment to
I waste on spreading discord, strife and intolerance.
I The virile American consciousness has either taken
I a vacation, gone to sleep, or something has happened
Ito it, because alien forms of dangerous agitation are
I now taking shape leading the American people from
their accustomed road of fair dealings into the path
of suspicion, hatred and group agitation, ancient
[paths that countless old world nations have taken and
[followed to their doom.
It is nothing strange today to hear a man, foreign
Iborn or native born, with an air of courage, proclaim
Ihimself a bolshevist, an I. W. W., a Marxian socialist,
lor a revolutionist of one shade or another. The dis-
I cordant medley runs the cycle from the men per-
I forming the menial tasks in camp, factory and mill to
■the degree-collecting college graduates, fresh from
■some sociological institute of twisted common sense.
■What either extremist is lacking in sound American
■reasoning is usually offset by a weathercock intelli-
Igence, and equally reliable, as a guide to a reasoning
I befitting a man claiming to be an American. *
I Not entirely satifised with these modern social and
■political expressions a vast number of our people very
recently sought a new diversion, delving into the
metaphysical taking up the study of a new thin-air
problem called the philosophy of psycho-analysis. Re
turning shortly to earth again, to more matter of fact
surroundings, these unsettled elements, always ready
for an innovation, have taken up a new diversion
with plenty of excitement for almost any kind of
twisted mentality. This newest of all American fads
and fancies consist chiefly in chasing the ghost of
old world, religious and racial intolerance. From an
innocent beginning this new fad has developed into
an equally profitable and powerful movement having
shown almost remarkable possibilities to outdistance
its ancient antecedents. That those who are heading
this new agitation are making the most out of it no
one is here to gainsay who has had an opportunity to
observe the contortions, twists and quirks our body
politic has suffered since these intangible doctrines
of a mental state called an Invisible Empire were pre
sented to the American people.
That this movement is running true to form may
be deduced from the fact that much phantom hocus
pocus and spectral shrouding is one of the character
istics for which this movement as an apparition of
ancient feudalism is best known.
As a result of having brought forth the ghost of
these medieval idiosyncracies, thousands of men and
women in all walks of life have largely become alien
ated from interests of vast importance to themselves
and their fellowmen, in their scramble for “a place in
the sun” as apostles of this new movement which be
cause of its peculiar kind of secrecy may be enlarged
upon to the extent of any man’s capacity of imagina
tion. This spirit of feudalistic patriotism, having in
vaded many fields where the people of America form-