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The cry of "America for the Americans" or "Australia for the Australians"
is most illogical, for those people were not the original owners of the soil;
with far greater reason we in the far East might shout,
"China for the Chinese", "Japan for the Japanese". I will quote
Mr. T. S. Sutton, English Secretary of the Chinese-American League of Justice,
on this point. "The most asinine whine in the world," he says,
"is that of `America for the Americans' or `China for the Chinese', etc.
It is the hissing slogan of greed, fear, envy, selfishness,
ignorance and prejudice. No man, no human being who calls himself a man,
no Christian, no sane or reasonable person, should or could ever be guilty
of uttering that despicable wail. God made the world for all men,
and if God has any preference, if God is any respecter of persons,
He must surely favor the Chinese, for He has made more of them
than of any other people on the globe. `America for the aboriginal Indians'
was once the cry. Then when the English came over it changed
to `America for the English', later `America for the Puritans',
and around New Orleans they cried `America for the French'. In Pennsylvania
the slogan was `America for the Dutch', etc., but the truth remains
that God has set aside America as `the melting pot' of the world,
the land to which all people may come, and from which there has arisen,
and will continue to rise, a great mixed race, a cosmopolitan nation that may,
if it is not misled by prejudice and ignorance, yet lead the world.
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