The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-03-21

| without knowledge. We had nothing
to be ashamed OF and think that "a
NJ" had better mind his own business
RED OAK BoYs.
| Written for the Advertiser.
Foreigners and the . Post"
To the Editors Of the Cedar County
Post
must Golfers that was
somewhat surprised Oh reading your
editorial In your issue Of the 9Th inst !,
under the head Is II Right?' allud.
Ing 70 RS. article on immigration.
| From his signature 1t might bc in
fsred that ha was lineal descendant
Of the Red Man, aud his mode VI rea.
soning would lead 70 the same conclu.
sion. But rs for you, Messrs. Editors,
It - little strange that you should
chime In with him, for several rea
sons nrst, that you should stoop 80
low ~ to disgrace your forefathers by
calling them Opprobrious names, to
wit: That immigrants come here
blind. aud remain ~. t. such Nh ex>
tent that they cannot get glimpse OF
the glories Of our free institutions. and
sou seem to endorse the opinion that
the disesse adheres to their progeny.
Now, Mr.. Post, l claim that your
progenilors belonged IL that class that
you say are cursing the c.untry. A.
you have set yourselves up ~ lights
aud enaamples, will sou be pleased to
inform 10 1t about what time the
scales began to fall from your eyes :?
It would BE- preposterous TO imagine
that you are still CROPPING your way
u the dark.
Now. Mr.. Post, will give you .
little Of my opinion about immigra
ton, aud I know whereof / affirm.
they are not 90 ignorant aud blind -
you represent them to be. You say
they know nothing about our laws,
sustoms or liberties. II your assertion
~ true. immigrants 'nuss b. the strang
cot people on ssrth, % leave tiaalr
homeas hlssds AAA ~ ils> .....:i-'....-..
brave the dangers Of voyage Of thou
sauds Of miles on the briny deep, aud,
according to your views, to them y
leap In the dark. II they knew moth
inx Of our laws, customs or our liber
ties. deducting these from the count,
there 10 but little left for anybody to
know. They are twitted about their
ignorance let u look NJ that . little.
l have bsen In this Republic for forty
years, aud have Transacted business
with native bOru Americans aud for
sixners, aud have found IaOre native
torn citizsns that were Obliged to put
their x mark to Instruments Of writ.
ing than have found of Foreigners.
Mr.. Post look 1t the statistics Of the
Unitesi States and other civilized coun
tries On;the subject Of education, not
forgetting the southern PARTON Of
these United States, aud II ignorance
be curse. let Us hear which carries
the biggest load. Again, Mr.. Post, lei
~ take peep Into our machine shops,
inAnufAcl0ries aud the different offices
vi trust aud l,ro6t, aud what do we see
In . gtOetly number Of these places
We nnd th0se men that are dubbed
with tho name OF foreman" first saw
the light, aud learned their trade,
Thousands Of miles from the United
States. Visit our eastern mills and
work shops and zee II these for-
etxn Ousses don't stand shoulder To
shoulder with the BEST Of them. aud ~
general thing keep their own time
bill. Go aboard our BEST steam ships,
and who In majority Of cases do we
nDd 1t the most responsible
p0st--the engineers. for instsncs-is IL
not some Of these ignorainusss?
might say the same ON railroads.
hnd too that the free born citizen has,
through, the ballot box, put them III
offices of trust aud profit. II you will
take . trip to the Burnt City. IN the
course Of . few months, aud where
sou 6ud the finest stone cutting doue,
listen, aud II your ears are acute you
will sOOn discover that large proper.
ton Of those doing WORK. have crossed
the sea to curse us. Please step Into
the finest mansions that you see,
whore the wOrkmen are about com
plotting the job again exercise your
trizt aisprssd race. wi;sa 40 Ss you si. sup IS;
p.,ss our railroads. would have been
made? think they would have still
been In their swaddling clothes and
We are told that railroads aud canals
are whist have made the country wha,
II 10. Ii American ports had been
hlocka ded before the Erie canal was
built, when would that job have been
completed or, II the Celestixls had
not been permitted to laud In Cali.
fornia, would the great Pacific railroad
have been cDmplesed ~ soon? Again,
Mr.. Poet, how much wxs the country
cursed In the dark days Of the revOlu.
eion, when Paul Jones came to the
assistance Of the struggling fathers OF
'76; drawer ssamSu never walked =
deck or .piped 20 hsAve O! What
Injury to their cause was Commodore
Murray's services, the gallant Lafay.
cite, or the noble, generous, Baron
Stuben, and . host Of others whom |
might mention? Whose bio0d flowed
most on decks Of American war ships.
free born Americans or foreign born ?
They came here aud helped to light
for liberty that they aud their coun.
srymen might enjoy, without stat or
measure, hat glorious bonn, aud little
did those brave patriots dream that
the children Of the fathers Of 70 would
ever Disgrace them by becoming No
rscre0nl 20 the trust committed to
them Foreigner do not exactly con
slider Whist they Teceivs when they
cDine 10 this c0untry to Be . gift, but
the fuldlmont Of . promise made to
their S0rsfathsy, whsn they riskesi
their lives and fortunes helping to OBJ
tain the freedom Of the Colonies. A
word about the old adsge, " Charity
begins Vt home" That adsge ought
70 b obsolete, for It 10 . lie. Charity
n s.A~~e - ksNsvSM II Nannnk hn~nle.