Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-06-05

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rallied citizens have often been as true to
their trusts as have those who received
their trusts by Inheritance. But in all
these cases, while these persons would
and ought to- retain n tender feeling for
natural ties. all their acts should be per-
formed in behalf of their adopted respon-
sbilities. Patriotism admits of no half
way support. Whatever country Il man
may be Il citizen of, that country demands
his undivided allegiance and all his active
sympathy.
A large body of unnaturalized foreign
ers, or unassinilated natives, with no vest
ed rights in the land where they sojourn,
is II menace to the peace of any country
but large body of unassimilated native
citizens, or unassimilated naturalzed citi-
zens, with power to form political combin-
ationS to divert the ends of government to
foreign or disntegrating purposes, is the
forcrunner of serious disturbance and of
ten of national death. This country has
had one costly and terrible example of
how dangerous Il thing is divided patriot
ism and this generation at least, will
never forget that an American citizen, ma
tive or natural Lied, owes but one allcgi-
anCe, both of deed and of active sym
pathy, and that he owes that allegiance
to the Federal government of the United
States of America, alone.
But still the obligation is not all ON one
side. The nation that admits to its citizen
ship persons of foreign birth, or persons
of hitherto prescribed race, is bound ms
government, by its very deed of accep-
tatiOn, to protect those citizens at home
and abroad, and to see that they suffer no
material loss, and that they are deprived
of no political right. AS people that ma
ton is bound, for the same reason, to see
that these citizens are subjected to no So
cial indignities. No nation can cultivate
the spirit of patriotism in its adopted or
enfranChiSed, citizens, which simply ac-
ceptS them as government, and as Il peo-
Pile keeps them at the greatest possible dis
lance. and delights i'll reproducing them
with their national origin. These citizens
have been freely accepted with Il full
knowledge of their color and of their pre-
viOuS social condition, and the old nation
AL or race, names should be dropped, both
as political factors, and as terms of social
reproach. In the palmy days of Rome
the broadcast boast citizen could utter
was Il am a Roman" Although there
were many Roman citizens who were ma
tives of other countries, there were no
African, or Hebrew, or Gallo, or Grecian
Romans-all were simply Roman citizens
The whole subject of the interchange of
residence and citizenship among the peo-
pie of the world may be summed mp as
follows Every one has natural right
to emlgrate. Every sovereign State has
the right to determine the character of its
population and the duties of its citizens
Freedom to traverse the uttermost parts
~ 'ile e"ttl o"S II. ~ re "o oto''' a9 posi-
nie, NJ '2t'.e' as ''l,. 'al'tli' mas Ihe Il4hl
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exclude immigrants is always one of the
reserved rights of the state, but like The
right of eminent domain, should be used
with Il sparing hand. All immigrants.
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