New-York tribune., 1878-12-04
SHUTTING OUT GERMAY SOCIALISTS.
A MORAL QUARANTINE.

PcyIip CorrssDORdcacs Of The Christian UntOn
IL is now deliberately proposed to ship to
America thousands of men whom Germany can no
louscr endure; men whose pestiientlaI doctrines
threaten destruction 10 tho family 20 property n nome
10 society irsof men, thcmsoivcs The pesis OF the com
muniJy who are injecting thelr comT"deS' ana estcidy
The young with the fever OF license ana HesiIuGuOu
with hatred OF law and r-ht Of Goa ana man! These
uutcass Of European society. these castOh rags al
jhe shores of tuc United States spread rher poison
over tGe whole land | warn ny counrymen Of the
danger ana beg them Detimrs TO apply tle remedy,
what the remedy is H Is easy 10 and Congress is
empowered by the Constitution 10 Apply tt We enforce
quarantine agnst contagious uases we ptuhIDI tnc
lmpOrtatiOn OF cattle suspected OF the plague, we
refuse the landing upon io our shores Ig OF Of nnSs
quarantine against German socialists. The rght OF the
Government Chts IS distinctly recognized In tGc
nnth section Of he hst Article OF the Constitution
F" Tn migration or importation oi Such persons as any
~ the States existing snail think proper 10 admit
shall not be prohibited by any Congress prior TO inc
year 1905" THIS Was intended to cover for t@enV
nzng tue traffic. Now, ~ restraining Congress Tor
fixed term of years from prohibiting the migration or
clearly recognized tine rirht Of prohibiting mmgrat tou
vested u Congress and allowed me exercise OF tat
right after 1908. ln that year congress dd put iorth
tndl i., ul '',I 49, I ,'s.d ' ~ 80 ~;
course the same power which prohibited the n-ratiun
Of stolen Arrears con prohibit TIC migration Of run
away Gcrmrns or rroscIipcd lii'hmtn. The y0lun-
rs pu pus, has uOinug TO do with The rEht OK Congress
to prohibit Tho reasons Tor prohibiting th" imnlgra
tluu class OF foreigners C suley III tue Judgment
Now in s case the reasons are most forclbe and ur.
gent First All the interests Ot labor Id America de-
maud iHat restraint SHALL be nut upon immigra-
ton. Already before tho war u seemed 10 me
thai we stimulating immigration beyond our Ma
unal power Of absorption, aud thereby deccyng for
tiguers WTOHgiug our ndlIye Wursueu, AID prcCplH-
ting uuun ourselves the evils Ot thc Old World. The
ualu cNuriyucCs ul tnc past five years have verified
these Iorcs,dugs. When pinch cane u proved that
We had wurkmcn than wcrE, more lanI m farms
than mArkcs produce OF every body and every
thing thau We able 10 provide Tor ana sCs ain. We
do uut need million more lnbOrcrs To be brought INTO
tuc county, There is nothing Tor them 10 40. MorN-
men Will Increase Iast enough BY natural laws When tue
demand production aud the opportunities Tor labor
E.au Increase under normal conditions Oi trade.
Next tar safety the common paith and the pros
perly u all o! industry, require that the Socialists
oftirruauy shat b. refused Jdm.s the United
-iatrs. There !, "A great AMI or, for ChccSiug
Chinese Immigration. Bot Whatever mischief may be ia
do not -vr the army voters led BY dcmagogues do
MI maze war upon society. They only ask 10 Dc let
alone IN their work But these German Socialists wuull
go a. America primarily to work out vote and up
H. the legal time OF voting 10 agiiae Tor the overthrow
of so, irty aud the IcauZItiUu Ot tnHt Cpmmuulsuc
,r.mc 8f robbery and anarchy which tucy are baked
iu attempting IN their native land. Tue task OF
k., plug urm out easy enough. Lrt II be announced
tlat no .uiuIgraut Germany shall be permitted
10 land In the Uni,ed states who does not bring
tnctte ru the police OF own locality, attested by
an American Consul, tuat he h. not social Democrat
ana tuat any vessel urngn an immigrant without such
certificate shall be- com He'd TO carry him back, aud
snail br fined $500 each offence. II Congress VIII
a.. such law 10 take effect Immediately, and order IL
io be notified TO tue German Government, u VIII per
form n duty patriotism ana OF pnhlc safety tbat VIII
deserve the thanks OF whole country, and especially
OF the honest wOrknen Of every class ana natiohdlty
BERLISEH