, 1886-05-23

elements of cur great population. Every
single civiliz d nation, or semi-civilized M
ton, Oh the glob, Is pouring its population in
upon us. 1t is not growing less so; ii Is
growing more aud more from year to year.
Now then. the question is, is this nation,
by its institutions. by its religion, andsby its
civil creed, prepared TO take into itsed this
vast increment of a population born under
other ideas, under other governments; II
population that has been dente1 and made
irregular by expressions, by the WORKOUT
institutions under which they have been
obliged To livoi We have "A delta here. New
York is the delta, | think, Of the world;
and if Off the mouths Of the Mis-
sissippi there is "A specimen Of all
the mui that comes from all the soil;
from the Alleghenies through the Ohio. and
from the Mississippi and from the Missouri;
a vast delta Of mud; n delta compared with
which the Nile itself is penuricu', we have
hero the mud of the world. Well, there is a
good deal of malaria with mud, but
when it has Teen aerated and
plowed under and cultivated, mud
makes the richest soil that there is.
And we o ought to be content with n + W of
the demagogue' of Europe and their Gupes
that are poured in upon us. We ough' not
to he very much distressed, for they have
one thing at any rate-they are not tied
down to the superstitions Of the past; they
are at liberty to think whichever way they
please; they will give an impulse as against
social oppression and in the direction
OF per 'onal independence. which, If met and
curbed by appropriate ideas and Institutions,
will make in their children, or in their chill
dren's children, a very nice population.
II we have got faith and patience, and
if we think our institutions arc tough
enough to bear the training of
these undergraduates of dcspotism,
why. they vii do us good by and by,
woull not shut down the gate for one of
them. | stand to say, let the Anarchists
come; let tn Socialists come; let the Com
lmunists come; let the craziest of all theo-
rizers ON the globe come. We are the
stomach. We eat them and we digest them
into American citizens and American ideas
Yet there are many that tremble. Not l.
Many that are afraid. Far be it from me in
my Fathers house The history of the past
should assure every man that now, in our
strength and organization and experience,
we are in no special danger. We are going
to have n good deal of trouble; but then, we
have been bred to that. No man can become
n man that has not been ground more or less.
1t is grinding that destroys tho blunt edges
and makes men sharp.
Look, for instance, at the incoming of men
with ideas adverse to ours; while 1t is a vex-
alton TO organize industry, and while
1t il n confusion 10 men not studied
in the history of institutions nor in
philosophy; and while in the unthink-
Ing and uninstructed it may bo an occasion
of n good deal of fear and apprehension, yet
II nus u grim sac OIL humor 10 ihere are
a great many birds that sing sweetly, and
there are a great many DHo' mat
40 moi. ana All those that sing SWEET
~, ana mat come TO us from phiIos-
ophy' ana from the Latln anu the o'reek
languages, ana from art and from music,
the population that come singing across
from the other side, they are very welcome
ana we are very glad OF them But there
also come the Anarchists, who say, Every
thing must be smashed, the whole must be
turned over with the pillow. Gut OF the
way win the rubbish OF the organic
past lhese are the carrion crows
'nnt SIT on the dead boughs OF the trees OF
o~hserNation' AMI they say; "lhere Is no
peast that ~ gooi LOT anythlns except the
ueii oet9's nat he around ths heiuS' law
ing Hooks ana living herds are OF no ac-
count lnd,el, the cry Is echoed In another
direction, ana a surprising one. mat Is what
they say hpoutthe lnilins-'No gooi lndlon
except IA dead lnnian- 10 the carbon crow
no shefp Is a gooi sheep except n dead ONE
and all these men expect to feed on ruin
ana destruction what theni DO you
suppoe mat this iana'ical ioHy
Is gong 10 lastf DO you suppose that
they are gong TO inocuiate TINS
great, prosperous nation. whose institutions
are inc ehlpodiHhcnt OF ltS theory ana poitl-
car economy HstitutionS mat nave STOOL
Tue thN".h ana ths terrors OF war; 10 you
suP'"H' 'H'S "rc soh"s - "ahe any consul.
sI""e I"SI'ss III tna1 uirectiohi ihe iuea'
on' OF Tue sums OF oppression come weighing
tS'se poly Wigs OF anarchy ana socialism,
ana 'ney mt themselves up even as
you can imagine an OWL might, IN 'he morn
ing "iuer everybody was aneiu am ao
work come gilnting 10 the mouth OF lis
cave and say: why, its daylight, isn't
itf' Yes, it wa daylight to everything
exc.pt bats and owl, hours and hours
aro Now coma ,besa miserabia mis-
croar,s 10 ~ shor,s win wha,, wa
- II 49, w d
IN Its most deSfa Led forms lhey come 10
us and propose to recast our industry, our
political economy, our politics, our institu-
lions Burn the church to begin WITH
destroy the schools. or make them teach
,h, c,tochi.,, of ia, n-orchists - Tao hava
~ w. ~ ah han "vs NV
0orie oNc' 80 t''uH Us no" ~ ih'Ae Volhihoh-
weaithsl ltell you that there Is no nauoi on
the elp1e that can do It, We are capable OF
a go Vi deal of knowledge yet; We ara sus-
ceptible of being n good deal taught; there
are ma V dark places in orr knnvlelge
cot, hut tb.re il N, nation an the ,ioha
~, ~ Wv va ~ NS
nat can az Amu.vt y" 10 nn'Ne
n commonwealth thnt VIII stand W. nave
been lui'd ne those machines from the days
OF our fathers, and we know that trade il We
do no. know any 9th r. When we en-
architects they will not he
tlosc th,t have snrung from the
slime nnI the mud Of d., oIsm
snoaL thas, words soyerolv M, a. a,rii.d
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