The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16
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When men 60 crazy on n hobby, the only safe
! tv of those who disagree with them, lies in the
lack of power on the part of the lobbyists. The
ahoIier than thou" Reforlner would not hesitate
TO disfranchise and crush out all who cannot see
as he does. This is aptly illustrated by the lat
ter day Temperance fanatics. One of this stripe
| publishes communication in the Topeka Capt.
toll. which is fair expression Of the sentiment
of 4 majority of his class. In his estimation,
foreign born people are not civilized, and he
would not only forever disfranchise them, but
would prohibit them from acquiring ownership
of the public lands, and even from coming to
this country The reason he gives is, that for
eigners do not readily adopt fanatical isms, and
vote against "our American ideas" By this, he
means prohibition, Sunday laws, the Bible in
schools, ETC. The forefathers of this writer were
foreigners, who no dOubt came here bowling for
political and religions freedom. Now their de-
scendant proposes to keep out other foreigners,
because they do not readily embrace our Ameri-
can ideas. But he needs additional law to
prohibit foreigners emigrating to Kansas The
temperance law fills the bill to all intents and
purposes Go on with the Reform. You may
soon have the power TO imprison, scourge and
hang all who refuse to submit to our Puritanical
creed.
Bnt, in order to give the reader the full bene-
fit of what the temperance reformers aim at, We
cepy the Capital communication entire:- -
FOREIGN EMIGRATION.
Ed. CAPrTAL:-A few thoughts suggest themselves
my mind with reference to the foreign emigration
coming to country, which, with yonr indulgence
will throw out to the public through the columns
of the Capital The time has come, think when
the press should awaken a sentiment against any
farther enfranehisement of people Of foreign birth
or bestOwiug public lands upon them. Our pres
ent system inaugurated when population
small country but sparscly settled, and We
had large areas Of public land. Now that pop
ulAtiOn has swollen over 80 900 O0O and our pub
lie land that is suited TO agriculture nearly all gone,
il occurs to that the proper for Americans
what little public lands have left, for the of
the soil, rather than giving them away to the half
million foreigners coming annually to coun-
try. BY the time that the children of to-day have
arrived at their majority, at the present rate of set
tlemeht and absorption of public lands by for
egners which under present system, is not like
~ to diminish there will not be homestead that is
of any for agriculture to he had. and farms all
over the country will lie held at high value A.; and
with the amount of laborers that will be supplied
from foreign countries and the appliance of labor
saving machinery in all kinds Of trade. there then
will be. a large majority of will find il very
difficult TO build up for themselves home Ii is a
duty which We owe to our posterity Ia, much as
We shield them against such foreign innovation
upon their inherent rights The soil of country
does not by any right belong TO the foreigners. We
have made free gift of it TO them and clothed them
with all the franchises Of our country, and large
majority Of them have not had that civilization
about them to appreciate it. They antagonze our
American ideas, our reforms civilization and
when our ideas do prevail them they talk about
their shom liberties, and lack of freedom in the
country This is especially characteristic of the
Germans and the Catholic French and Irish. They
have no proper appreciation of American generosity,
and of the rights of Americans to govern America.
Liberty, thing unknown to them in the country
from whence they came, is understood by them be
license Shall We enfranchise them, shall clothe
them with power TO check civilization DO they
AmerieHniEe themselves They trade and vote in
elnns, with and for their countrymen. and not
with Americans; and where they sufficiently
strong. they demand that their country shall fill
the offices. Give them power, and Americans who
have extended an spen-handed welcome. they turn
ont of homes, out of office, and fail TO inaugu
rate their foreign ideas and foreign principles in
every position they ILL., They make up the niol- of
our cities keep the saloons the dosgere- the sush
holes of pollution in our country. There il a
State north of Mason and DiXon's line, that would
not vote prohibition for the foreign ele
ment in it. Nor would there be an American senii-
men against it except they eater TO foreign favor
OF course, we expect to tolerate those that al
ready empowered with the right of franchise, hut
shall We continue to clothe the hundreds of thou
sands still coming, with the rig To nulify our
votes, and our civilization CITIZEN.
Clifton, Kansas, May ~.