, 1874-12-21

plotely at tho morcy Of tho policomnn, But got,
inay Bny that tho JdHoa OF our country aro mon
! ot cultured 1utelcct, OF cloar Judgment, aud
tho boBt and noblost guardians OF our own free
institutions. freely and glaiy ndmit that tlliB
pralah Is fully deservod ms to nlnoat all questions
which aro presented for adjudication,
WITH THE sryaIg EXCEPTION,
! however, Of Tho Sunday and Temperance laws.
On those questions 1na,Iy OF our judges ccano to
| DO t,nuurtja, cxpo,nders OF Fundamental
| principle, and uuconsciongly become zoal-
ous atlyocntos OF puritanlBm and intolerance.
| Tho bools nro full OF caaps tuetify1ng all mnn-
ncr of arbitrary oxerciso Of Tho police powor or,
suNaay. ana heoa not en-. youT htieut!oh 10 tho
fact TINT, III tho State OF Now YORK, tho courta
hayo on frequent occasions sanctioned tho entry
TIM fnn,Htos Of thoso bousay woro admitted to 6o
In lis hrbest donrco respectable, aud weru look
oil upon as orminala only because tlloy wero
! drinking their own vino unlur thoir own roof
| mud fig trco, At tha preaeut nlon1ont tho poco
OF tho CITY Of Now York il carrying on rclent-
less war againht theatrical performances on Bun-
| day. aud Id this war no distinction whAtovor IL
drawn betwcon representation Of tho "Dack
Crook" md tho legitimate dranaa Iao::anal do do
cocding will doubtless bc III favof Of Tho police,
| If judicial prccedentB. and not fundamental
principles arc to bo tho basis Of tho decision.
Do yo1 not thin] tlsat It ia higl, timo to Look
after 0lr poraolla liberty *licn H,sch eau bo our
experience during tho ninoseontt contl1ry? 7
think II ts and, moreover, hoiiovo 1t to bo
your duty to attaclt At onco tho root Of tho ov
| mud to inform tho advocatee Of tl,e Sunday Inv
that tloir argument IL latno and impDteht III
Tho extreme whom thoy put forward this indet.
nito md unlimited poco power In order TO mnslt
md lido tho roligioua intolerance Which Eoada
thom on to MI nnjustilablo, Unconstitutional,
and essentially religious persecution.
r,,r 14s,r nur ror r1,r 1.r..sr
rntcna,,,c nrrn,nont i,v which tho a,lyocatca of
tho Sunday inw gcok to ignore tho religious
isn,,o which ltnH Mt lin bott,n Of ts question In
oiHerya,,co OF the sunday IL Al essentially Amor
;rnn c,,.tor tot fornir,,-bnrn oitizena 1,nye no
rirht IN fnrro TIM c1tBtoms OF their untiyo Inn1
1nnn tI,o neo,,te of thip Republic and tint il
tinv flo mt wish to submit to anil adopt Amer
! icai1 1nonne,a. they lad bdttor 70 buck whore
tl1oy came from.
i, order to nroyo thu a1,surdity and impcrtf-
nonco OF This nronositiou. it ia only necessary 10
nu,,iro into ti,o causes Of tic growth atd do
yolounont of this nation. II this is not II nation
of purely Amorican blood il / shali aucoood in
oytnhliahinr the fnct TINT woro IL not far tlo i'm
mirration Of Foreigners. thia Ropublic would
bo 4 nig,ny in power md gtantling compared
with ita present influence md groatneps
II It ia truo HAT Lin nntlullnrate American mn
tiyn forma bnt n small fraction of ttis rroat m
tior. every immrtia! 1nau will 10 ready to con
colo tlnt it is al,Chtly impairment for this frac-
tion to proclaim t,leir custom, as nj, cuson,al;
American @ % custom, and tat It is "a sti i groator in
rertnonco to t!onn,,d tic return Of tic adopted
rit;ynn IN hia ,nt;vo lnni ho,a,,sa lin snnEn tn
inttuc,ce tho ,1lauuDrs of tho col1rtry
1,Er 1,s aTAnr wIr1 Tlc YEAR 1870.
thu pcconl ycar Altar lho adoption Of tic consti
tninn nnI1 lot nu co,,cnt]o for ti.n salo Of tic
ars,,,,ient. that nil tho nhnbitn1,ts WHO thon ro
sideI IN tho oviri1lal thirteen colouica wore citi
znna ito Tho manner born" Starting from this
mint we ca,l easily caIct,lnte tl,o exact uumbev OF
cliZeuu Of rlso A1aorcau origin living nj Ills day
in l70U tha ,,omation al tho Umtoti Htatog: d.
elusive of nlayes. was 8. .2at yJD. Tho ratio Of tu
natuyal annual iucreaao of our population il
rs. itl) nor cont. II. therefore. no immiEratsou
Ind increased tl,o number uf our poopio, our
uonulution would layo been;
1a,o exclusive of .]ayc,, 4,a51 n.
is3J ssScusiye Of sayes}. 5'yl'1i;
1850 (a.csiyo Of savsnj
1871 {exctsvo Of .1ou.l,S37
| We all know, howoyer, that tho actnl numbcl
of wlito pooplo in 1870 was 3s, So, ,153, Showing
about ono-tourtL Of tic porsons composing tic
| American nation aro tho lescentlauts or nntiyca
and that about throe-fo,lrtl arc foreign born
citi:ens and their dcscoudu1,is, If It lad not
bccu for immigration, Chicago and lis enterprise,
commerce, and woalth would bo vague droam oi
| tho future, aud where nov tho bus,
| tIlropg OF civilized peoplo a,li.
yens Our beantiful etrantB, borf|ery.l with The