Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-01
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this country and the proper policy to be pursued
towards them. occur. They present the impor-
tnnt subject in a fair aud dispassionate style
and the differences and suggestions of the speaker
cannot fail 10 command the approval Of minds
open To conviction:
Ourfir naturalization law was passed in 1890.
The population at that time did not equal four
millions. Our ancestors desired t. increase the
strength Of the nation. They, therefore. invited
foreigners to settle in the country; and for the
purpose of attracting good men To their society,
they snperadded to other Inducements the privi-
lepe of citizenship. 1t was natural, aud n hb-
ern and "A ise policy. They calculated that the
influx of numbers would be ofthat moderate de-
gree which would allow them safely 10 incorpo-
rnte the emgrants. after the due probation OF
law. into their body polite, and thus to add 10
their numbers without endangering their Hbcr-
ties The calculation was reasonable in itself,
aud warranted by the history of the growth of
other nations and the result Of their experiment,
| for long period of years, correspunded with the
colonization. The emigration prior 10 1900 was
! from 1000 to 5000 persons per year. from l5Oo
In 1910. 1000; from ISlOto 1920 Il,00O; and
! from 1920 to 1890, 1900 From this period
tho numbers begin 10 swell fearfuy. Indeed,
for the last few years, the influx for each single
year has exceeded the total mmi grafton for the
/ first thirty years of the government; aud now for
! the present year il is believed that the number
/ of immigrants will exceed 500,O)O and amount,
perhaps, 10 a larger number than the entire pop
ulaion of Louisiana, white, free and bond.
! The extraordinary and unexpected increase
shows that the naturalization laws no longer
serve the purposes for which they were intended.
The vast lor les that precipiiated upon us
nre composed chiefly of the rudes classes OF the
common aborers of the mouarchical governments
of Europe. They uneducated, ignorant and
prrindieed persons. and bring with them only
those false ideas of government derived from
their former associations and Their degraded con
ditnn of life. They retain, in n good degree,
their curly hnbi;s and modes of thinking. They
are extremely clannsh, and, in many instances,
Of late years. have not been separated from one
another, aud mixed up with aud al sorbcd in the
American populationbut have formed settlements
sometimes Of counties. by themselves, presorv-
ing even their native language In short, it can
be truly said of the great body of the immigrants,
that they cannot be politically incorporated with
and a-similnted 10 IL, 50 rs Ia be, IN hcnrt and
understanding, in principle and feeling, part and
parcel of the greut body Of the iutclgcut,rcpub
lican. free people of America. Indeed it woGld
seem That they come not here as in earlier times
10 IA school to learn nur principles of government,
aud Ia conform To our views Of policy. foreign
aud domestic. They are scarcely landed on our
shores before they are filled with false bud liccn
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It's clear from these statements that foreign
powerfully increasing III strengths Invading
our nationality and threatening tho overthrow
OF our American system ct government. 1t is
time teliow-ellizenS, them to rouse yourselves to
sense OF your real danger The waters are