Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-17
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a6eetatious and pFovineialnsms Of the
worst class Of .En0iishmsn thsy are
wrapping themselves IN cloak Of eos
mopolitan culEuns which distinguishes
them 81 ones frosn their more eO1mon
fellow citizens vito are 30 loss 70 pride
as uot 70 be aalaatpsd 30 Be called AnSS-
leans. They have been called " dadea,
and j. 10 Ne, to be denied thai the dude
. ided by bis ss1pek allies. TIE Anglo
maziac aid tie sham sristoeFat, fave
had more Of al .afect upon our elvilizs-
ton than the sssnine weakness OF the
animal you'd hare led Is 70 suppose-
Nov. h0vever. tti,Te seem " Be tnoiea-
lions that q determined effort viii be
made To extermirtIts the dude. and u 10
NOT altogether iuFpFobable that bis de-
yAstating march ihrsugh our traditions
will soon b stopsed.
Bot, though there l. socae danger
from ihs dude and the AnRiomariac'
they are not 10 be feared one half so
mach a. that large class Of nataTalized
American citizsEH who still cling TO
.hsir old alIeeiaEIce and make II the
foundation upon which tbs enaire super
structure Of their political faith -
reared. Why shcaIld there be room an
der our eoyeFnsaent for Irish Americans,
German Amsri:ans. ABelo Americans,
and all ths rest Of the long list Of by
phenated eitizsnS, TO the almost entire
exclusion OF the American. pure and
simple How seldom 1t is that one
neesa man vile IL American and moth
ins else who has closed his eyes to the
fact that be dsrivei his existence either
recently or rsmotely, from any Old
World monarchy whatsoever; who
kpows no political creed but the Con
situation whose political traditions do
DOT cross the water. A large percentage
Of these usually called Americans, Of
thoss who are citizens In the eye Of the
Law, arc either actively or passively sub
isots OF some other nation. II II unfor
tunats that this lie the fact, but fact IL
is, and II is Ona Of the greatest Of the
few evils which menace the prosperity
Of our government. la case Of a var
between the Unitesi States and any Eu-
ropean government whose citizens have
migrated 10 this eoantry In any consid.
cradle number, many American citizens
would be found 10 be in open sympathy
with ths enemy and Il il not impossible
that In many portions of the country An
American defeat would be greeted with
as profase display Of bunting ~ an
American victory.
Why should inen thds taoitly retain
their old alleRianoes 1t Is dome in spite
Of thsir naturalization oaths, In spite OF
their gratitude TO the Government I'M
der whose proteoticn they live, in spite
OF their duty 10 their fellow citizens.
On becoming an American citizen a
man solemnly swsArs to renOunoe all
allegiance 10 hia former sovereign.
he should keep THAI oath as sacred a.
be keeps the memory of hts mother. Of
e)arse, IL is not 10 Oe supposed that his
momory will not linesr on the scenes Of
his childhood or that his sympathy as
bstween foreign nations will not be with
she land Of his birth. Bat all should
end in memory and sympathy. The 40
ton OF the life Of saoh American citi-
Esn should be exertsd for America. his
efforts should be for her aggrandizs,
ment. 10 is nothing less than q crime
for foreign borr citizen TO seek 10
transmit 10 his children his foreign
feelings and Instincts. The child should
be American, no matter what the ia
thsr may have been. One who applies
for American citizenship should be pre-
pared to take his place In the world ~
m American and ts leave after him
American children.
Perhaps one Of this most powerful In.
haences which tend TO prevent the ere
alton Of Homogeneous American pop
ulation II the existence Of associa tions
and brotherhoods whose declared aim
IL the perpetGation Of foreign idess and
foreign customs. Such associations
are thoroughly un-American and there
IL scarcely an excuse for their existence.
Why men Who have formally renowned
their allegiance 10 all foreign govern
rnents and accepted the conditions Of
American citizenship should parade the
streets and hang oat banners on the an
adversary of victory won by some for-
eign prince or the birthday OF some
thisyinR feudal warrior, is . mystery
which nigh, well pnatls the visest nan.
II man 10 proud Of his American oiti-
Eenship, II he Recognizes the benefits
which ha derives ihr,nRh that citizen.
ship. why should he sesk 10 parade bis
renonneed allegisnce before the world :
Was q liberated slass ever known ta
shake his broken chains before the
woridf Why, theu, should the natural
izsd American sesl ID make display Of
his former allegtsnses Why sheuld
irishmen, EnslisiIm.n. Germans 81
fFenchmen bind themselves together,
not as American citlEcns, but for the
avOved pnrposs OF keeping 40 The ma.
iioaslity which they have sworn TO re-
nouncei Such AnlsricAnism Is un.
worthy the name.
Another evil tendency in tkis dlrpe-
zion, which may TO- u great extent be
called rather an effso, OF The farlneE
praesiee. is the Iei1etuaiioe Of the
class vote in politics. The class vote
has nos single redessaing feature. and
u sheasd no more be encouraged than
the breeding Of pesatlsnce. Whether 10
be the Irish vose. the German vote. the
Welsh vuts, tie nsei,l vcas, the church
vote, the psohieitAna vote. the liquor
vote or The vomah's StIse, its sxistsnee
80 . solid vote. thrown this way or that.
shoald be discouraged in EVERY lsgisi-
mate manner. Hos many candidates
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