Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-08-21
American NationaliSm.

NOlNeu II lIlt lIllHOG'dui pl' lildl loh'urs
the expediency or inexpedioncy of re-
stricted foreign immigration, and us this
influx of humanity continues to steadily
pour upon our shores, in time it must
become the most prominent for the
sagacious legislator to consider. The
outlook for the peace and prosperity OF
the country forecasts even in the mind
of the most philanthropic an alarming
state of affairs. and no man can be
regarded As an alarmist when the
question is discussed from lib
eral and patriotic standpoint. for our
national individuality has drifted so far
from its original moorings that on every
side the inquiry is oftenest asked by the
thoroughly Americanized. Whittier are
we going as nation at this break-neck
speed. increasing in rapidity with each
new foreign arrival. and when. and at
what point, shall halt be demanded in
our social disorders. and sentiment
cultivated to check the brazen cOrrup-
tions that ramify almost every public
trust? The causes that produce these
conditions are apparent; and to bring
such a startling condition of affairs to a
Standstill. whence American progress
and social contentment and public hon
esry can be shaped to its original pur-
pose. the antltheses of these causes
must be brought into play. gradual in
their reactionary movement, or. if need
be. by sweeping abrogation of sys-
tenn to which these evils may be traced.
No other nation has the same
heterogeneity as ours in race. in belief
and in instinct Every impulse. in
fact, and every sentiment that may be
attributed to a rational being is among
us and of us. a potent factor for evil OF
for good to the commonwealth. The
people of the South, especially in the
rural districts, have not felt this evil rs
other portions of the country have ex.
perIenced, for in any large city in the
Eastern or Western States the five type:
of man may be found intermingling
but all striving heroicallv to maintain
their race individuality even to tn,
diifuse dialects of the fatherland. anC
it is their constant boast that they hole
the balance of power in all politica
actions, which is a grievous fact.
The lime was when America needed
population to people her unexploret
Western domain, and a warm welcOm,
was extended to all that sought he
flag, but since she has been made tn,
mere dumping ground of the vilest ele
ments of the human species, this feelin!
of welt ONE to the land of liberty an,
civil equality has changed rather to
sense of suspicion and growing disgust
AND what has produced this feeling bu
the manner in which the kindness of
free country has been accepted. Out o
this dominant cOnglomerate of foreigl
ignorance and audacity, these swarmin,
refuge seekers who conceive of govern
ment as do petty tyrants. who brin!
with them the seed of a ruinOus social
ism and commun sm. who dissemjnat,
a savage nihilism and anarchy even be
fore the laws, the customs or the Ian
guage of the country is understood. VIII
the alarm every day is becoming NOR
prevalent that America is dangerousl
nearing the precpice of great nationa
disturbance. Yet this state of affairs
traceable to what the sentimental hu
manitarian and spouting demogogu
delights to characterize as a philan
thropy that opens wide its arms to th
oppressed of all nations, while unde
the beneficient invitation. called tn
immigration laws philanthropic Amer
ica herself is becoming oppressed by
growing incubus that poisons ever
spring of the soc al state. political an
religious. For no sooner does the rel
ugee-too often an agitatOr in disguis
become citizen through the absurd
ly rapid process of naturalization, tina
invariably he aligns himself with . COZ
stituency where his own nationality
dominant and where a majority care
not so much for the institutions of h
adopted government as he wishes
learn the purchasing power of his yot'
Thus the house of refuge is being graz
ually but surely turned into multitud
of foreign factions and ideas. II
truly American, no matter how n
motely through a line of ancestors. {
how immediately through his own a.
he has undertaken to support this 60
ernment in its original purity. b,
stood aloof and looked on with indiffe
ence long enough. After he has watcl
ed the tendency he must not, nor ca
he longer regard with apathetic col
Germ the action of the newly fedgt
citizen. who straightway endeavors
engraft his imported ideas. howev'
crude, or else throws himself unr
servedly into the arms of a schemin
unprincipl-d leader that knows a. Ii
tie about A nerica. her institutions n
aims as his blind follower. 1t is . tr
ism which .eeds only TO Be repeat,
that no government can be stable u
less there is homogeneity among