The Hickman courier., 1877-11-30

/ rae Aasssissseis sss es = s's'S.
"a. hickman Courier takes excep-
- our assertion that the county
l0" s,oeked with foreigners, and
s,ch immigration should not be
.pp.asraged. .ps l. says "the history Of
I.snarsy is against Us; iha; no man
~ te = Democrat aud proScrite the
,.ern We admit thai the
r,aaerstic party in the past cncourag
D.sara;.,a immigration with extraordj-
nsgy assiJulty: bat II does not follow
/ ~. + should continue 10 10 50 after
10 eonntry has bscu overSiocked, at
,eot While he foreign element
a.sios ~ Americanized Candidly ,
,1;nk the great mistake OF Dem
acr,lic policy has been It's great eii9tt
embrace all mankiud, before ali
.,saakin,i we're prepared to b. admitted
,ao The glorious privilege Of Ameri-
can citizenship.
The citizens of every country must
o.,sult their own interests aud public
ssIs,y in The admission ef Foreigners.
rE;s exercise of Judgment and defense
i not proscripiion We desigs no pro-
.eriptive measures, but We do hope 10
sa sbse to induce Democrats to amend
heir poliey in the interest of Ameriean
soe,ety aud American Institutions
Foreisners come to this eunntry aiih
did world notions of government, with
he cid world bias toward centraiiza-
;ian. and With no conception whaieeor
ofthe American idea of State sovereign
~ and Federal neioo. Ne eau absorb
aud Amerieanize certain number
every decade; beyond that number we
can NOT 90 without patting our iustiiu
son ip jeopardy. We have class OF
s1RnEnuzIasTho do not believe iu
fepuh!7cTh INSTITUTION; another elias,
who use power and money to carrup;
the voters ana our literature, meaniug
thereby to undermine the foundations
both oI our societies and Of our Govern
ment.
A little re Gaciion aud Investigation
viii enable the CouRIEa TO see tbat
this IS problem of vast ard growing
importance The national" idea ha,
rs strongholds in the minds OF she
foreigners who have become American
elti2cus Some OF them arc party
Democrats, but they 30 Ret accept the
dsa yf State sovereignty. The C0UR
.AR, however, IS mistaken 10 sayiD.
-'at the merely traditional policies of
he party are 20 be held ~as sacred a.
state sovereignty itself" Policies may
wisely be changed, as they are mostly
he result Of temporary conditions,
md only beer general relationship 10
he fundamental ideas; but the prin
ipie Of STATE sovereignty can n0t be
hanged nor absudouei. We do not
mean that tradiiou shall be lightly
onsidered il auy case, bur The chang
ng flux Of conditions renders a new
sck, once in long wbile, necessary
Q respect to many affairs of life
1omsuiHe .{cfersonian Democrat.
The COURIER Goes see that this is
aesrion Of vast and growing impor-
inee, aud one upon which good men
lay differ; nor can wo forget, any /
lore than the foreisuer can forget,
lat tie Democratic party has ever
aimed to be the champion Of the
sh;s aud privileges Of foreigners 10
is ceuairy. Our boyhood memory
: the Democracy is as to its giorioas
cord iu the days Of Knew Nothing
N. Itiii becomes peop'e, like the
mcricans, w3ose sires are from every
inc, race, and nationality, 10 talk OF
aiding Chinese wall to keep ou,
reiguers The Democracy has al
lys favored proper naturalization
rs. and to this no Intelligent foreign
can object. That Foreigners do not
ways comprehend the philosophy Of
II republican form OF government, or
lderstanaips do not sympatbi-e with
e genius Of our Institutions, is no
,ubt true; b2t the same is also true {
large per eentage of our native
irn population, white as well as black
be Government has a right to de- !,
and probaiion--a triaI--a school
2 before euirusliDg the responsible
Of citizenship, and no more