Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1882-04-22
Mr.. Beecher on the Subject Of Immigra-
tion-The Chinese Question.

These cities are the gulf into which
the stream Of immigration empties it.
self, and neither the Nile nor the Missis-
sippi carries down more mud than is
deposited by this very stream. Now,
mud is miasmatic, but is also fertilizer,
il makes the best soil, but it kills off the
first cultivators Now, immigration is
good want it; but the vote is oui big
trouble. That is to say the Irish vote
speaking good English. Laughterl.
The Irish people stand alone. They are
the most mercurial, the most generous
the most distinguished for men Of genius,
the most admirable creatures that ever
abomnated the earth! Laughter.
Their driving force is immense their
constructive force is minus. They have
been the ablest destroyers Of nations
that ever combined into armies; but
they never built a nation yet and they
never vill--alone. In combination they
are admirable Now the Irish people pure
and simple as they have come to lis
unadnlteratcd--are vexation to mu-
nicipal government. BY and by they
will be suppose one of the richest ele-
ments that enters into that great people
that Gods providence is carrying ont
upon this continent. When the cook
has gathered from the sea and from the
forest and the garden all the substances
required for great banquet he mixes
them together in due proportion. Sepa-
rately they may not be pleasant to the
taste but he throws in little salt and
some pepper and other condiments, and
when the banquet is ready these condi.
ments that have been thrown i'm make
the dish provoke the appetite of the
world tell you one of the most impor-
tant condiments ever thrown into this
national broth that we are stewing here
is the Irish If they don't give spice
and piquency 10 it then my palate is
sadly at fault. Having pressed the point
thus far, thank God for the emigration
from Ireland. The next important ele-
ment is the Germans because there are
go many of them, and they are more in
timately allied to our notions Of law and
order; they are more industrious and
frugal they grow up more early into
coed citizens Next come the men of
other European nations, and last Of all
hn 4 'htnan,an II iSS SatI u,;1
live on what Yankee throws away, the
Jew OH what German throws away,
and the Chinaman on what Jew
throws away, and it is just because the
Chinese are industrious and know how
to live on less than their mortal enemies,
the Irish, that they have brought
this abuse which has been poured upon
them in our fool-congress. Applauscl J.
If there is one thing that is clearer
than another, it is that all the dominant
races-the Irish, English, German,
Scotch-all those have an inspiration
and an aspiration that is continually
tending to drive them up from the
humble Offices of life to higher duties
and in score Of years we shall have no
race that will be willing to do what we
call the menial work. 1t is for people
that will do this that this continent and
age is hungering. More and more the
other races are going up from the bottom
nj hn ,r
the poor Of other and less ambitious
peoples and here is race offered to us
that by reason Of their training, by the
habits Of thousand years, are adapted
to do that work and we turn them back
deprive ourselves Of their services and
shut the door of Christianity, of liberty
and of hope in their faces. l tell you
the bill is an outrage, and God writes
down "asses" against the men who voted
for it.
Mr.. Beecher had been growing more
and more excited during the FIVE min
utes that preceded this declaration.
His face had become flushed, his gest-
ures more energetic, and he spoke at the
top of his voice. AS he paused for
breath an uncomfortable outburst of ap-
plause came from the congregation.
Probably not since the days Of the war,
when the Plymouth pastor used to
arouse his hearers with fiery sermons
upon national issues, has there been
such an emphatic demonstration. Very
few clapped their hands, but it seemed
as if nearly every one in the church
stamped his or her feet, and there was
a scarcely subdued murmur of approval
Mr.. Beecher seemed somewhat taken
aback by the intense feeling he had
aroused. He paused a moment and then