Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-12-24

brave and the refuge Of tho down -trod- |
den of all creation and with equal truth |
we could have shouted, the penal |
colony of every grafton ON earth. OF |
this latter class we haye had doses in |
the Hooking valley, pittsburgh and |
more recently in the fendlsh plots of |
the anarchists of Chicago and indeed,
at all times, in every and all public
ousrages occurring in the United States
within the last twenty years and these
were only homeopathic doses at that.
There is much twaddle about this
refuge of ours for all liberty loving
creatures sent among us to teach ex-
otic notions of liberty. Right here
the people have remedy. Let them
demand that our laws Of naturalization
be amended, that no person convicted
OF felony in his former home shall
ever become citizen here. We dis
franchise our convicts and they are
neither better nor worse than those Of
any other country. Welcome no SER
vile race to our shores but invite Cau-
caslans to become citizens upon pre-
cisely the same terms we extend to our
own sons, a pupilage of twenty one
years, and under no circumstances
let any person vote who has not rethe
the constitution of the United Stanor
and of the state wherein he cast lii
ballot. Patriotism is not frothy ad
spasmodic when fortified by intetes
gence. No good man would want to
become citizen who thinks more of
bis native than Of his adopted country.
The Englishman that toasts the health
OF the Queen with more pride than he
does the constitution Of the United
States should remain subject The
Frenchman who delights in singing
about his La Belle France would flour,
lsh just as well in Paris shouting Vive
LIE Republique or Commune as the
fancy might strike him and the Ger
man who bellows cut "Wacht on the
Rhine, my faderland," had better be
in his faderland. Citizenship is not
compulsory nor it's acceptance to be
deemed an act of con 1escension, but
an American citizen to be a true one
should be so from the sole Of his
feet to the crown of his head, from
the surface to the core. As for the
negro among us, his citizenship was
inherited as the wages of the sin
OF slavery; he knows no other
home and should be fairly and honestly
protected in all his rights. As for the
Chinese we have no us for them at
all and upon this matter the people
should demand direct and prompt
legislation. They are here now un-
der law and only by and under law
should we seek to get rid Of them.
The Importance of our trade and com
merce with China cannot be Lisre
garded. Oar treaties with that nation
should be reciprocal and held inyiola.
| BILE. We should ask no more than
we are willing to concede. We should
! allow certain number of accredited
commercial agents from China, not to
} exceed ten thousand, to trade with us
; upon condition that a like number Of
American citizens should be permitted
to do business in China, and If soli-
tary unaccredited Cinnamon should be
found here he should be sent back or
hung just as most convenient with the
understanding that similar treatment
should be meted out in China to the
! textra unaccredited American that
might venture there. But let it be un-
derstood that the competition of Chi
nese labor with that of our own people
must cease, now and forever. The
| people are officially informed that
there is a vast sum of money locked up
in the treasury of the United States in
excess of all wants and inaplicable to
the payment of our national debt. 1t
bears no interest or profit to the peo-
, pie. Either the iniqu1tous system
that gathers this surplus should at
once be abolished or the doors Of the
vaults turned outward. By proper
! means this money should be kept in
circulation. Coast defences should be
constructed; navy should be built
and rivers and harbors should be i'm
proved, and whatever, if any, remain,
should be distributed among the states;
there to be used not to relieve the tax
payer from the usual and proper bur-
then of direct local taxation, but to
make good highways and broaden the
avenues of commerce. We repeat the
lessons Of government should become
an everyday practical study for the
people. By discouraging improvident
immigration, by elevating the status of
citizenship by furnishing rioting, By
crushing out the spirit of anarchy,
communism and socialism with its
rank ungodliness, by removing compe-
tition to white labor, by stopping the
boarding of money and finally by rely
ing for our glory upon natural and
healthy development of our country
and population we will soon find that
the reapers are not more numerous
than the harvest is abundant and
that there is honest work and honest
pay for honest labor. With such leg
islation we can gather around the
hearthstone on Holy Christmas Eve
feeling that Santa Claus will come
with blessings to crown the old and
with joys for those upon whom soon
will rest the responsibility of preserv
ing the American Republic.
Summary Of the Census Roll for Douglas
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