The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-12-05
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And still they come and still they will
come. Twenty-Five million two hum
dred and twenty five thousand souls
have been added to the population OF
Europe during the ten years preceding
1880, thus Europe could send as an in
credSiRg stream of 100000 enligrdnts
every gear for a century and still steadi
ly increase her population.
Easy access to this country also helps
on the great tide. Improvements in
steam navigation are making the pas
sage easier, quicker and cheaper. In
1925 the very cheapest passage from Eu-
rope tn America was 500; now 1t Is
about IS.
The 10th census gives our total foreign
born population as 6,679 943, and now
we have about Is, ,000, 900 and the num-
ber is steadily increasing, for children
are heing born and if at the same rate as
Americans, in 1900, we will have all
told, nearly 40, 900 900 of foreigners and
their children.
You may ask why do you consider
this an evil ? reply: .....
1st. Because of their influence on our
morals. | wish here to pay tribute to
those men, who in love with freedom,
come to us, and become one with us,
here to live and here to die.
Some of our very best citizens are OF
foreign birth, but the evil does not come
from them, but from those, who
come here for the purpose OF
escaping the laws of their own
land, or for the purpose of boarding
money with which to return and enjoy
a life of wealth at home. refer espec-
ially to the Chinese. | understand full
well that this is land for all who come,
but when they come let them
unite interests with us. They in
huence our morals because a large
number of them are immoral persons,
From a recent report of the Howard
Society of London il appears that '7t
per cent. OF the Irish discharged con
victs have found their way 10 the Uni
ted States. Once here they go into the
saloon business and are soon Aldermen
of the City of New York. The foreign
element is conspicuous in our criminal
records, it being stated that 20 per cent
of the population of New England is for
eign, and that they furnish 70 per cent
of the crime.
Again, most of the saloons of the land
are kept by foreigners. The 10th census
a so says that "63 per cent. of the deal
ers IN liquors and wines are foreign
born, and 75 per cent, of the brewers are
foreign born, while a large proportion
Of the remaining are of foreign parent
age
While l honor the good man, whether
of this country or of any other, | mus
confess that while we find one good man
who has come to benefit not only himself
but also our country, we find three who
are the scum of other lands. | consider
such immigration dangerous.
Secondly, Because immigration fur,
Dishes most of the victims of Mormonism
And this leads us to our fourth grea
evil, VIZ:
MoRMoNIsM.
1t is disgrace and danger to US
black stain upon the fair name OF Amer
Ica, and in the degree that we honol
womaubood we must array ourselves
against any system that lowers or de
grades. All Nations are pointing the
finger of shame at us, and no wonder
for it is against all ideas of right, against
the laws of nature and the laws of God
The number Of proselytes from the ole
world is steadily increasing. During
the first ten years after the founding oi
the emigration fund the annual average
was $50; for the next decade it was 1000
for the last five years the number ha'
ranged from $500 to 5000.
What are we to do about 1t Leg
islation has failed in accomplishing
the desired end. What shall we do?
1t perhaps is unbecoming for me tC
suggest when such great agencies hav,
failed, but believe that the founding o
schools and quiet missionary work will
in time root out the evil. Teach tht
children as other children are taugh
and present the Lord Jesus Christ, anC
in time the Christian religion will over
throw their stronghold.
Another evil that confroDts US is
MONOPOLY.
What right have two or three men Il
lower the price of wheat-then buy il
two or three million lolars worth anC
then ST DOT it up to high price anC
cody pocket the profits No right, NOR
ally or legally. Yet it il done. 1t cost
more to send freight 25 miles on Gel Itair
railroads than to ship the same amour
from st. Louis to New York City. 1t Il
a peril, and one of its results ia the pres
ent trouble between employer and EN-
ployee. Why are all our mills closed
Because this system, this internal sys
tenn of monopoly has driven men to des
peration hence we have another peril
LABOR TROUBLE.
|, realize that many working men hav'
been crushed down. yet the truth is al
ways between two extremes.
/ The laboring man who inteTferes will
the liberty of another destroys one of th'
, foundations of our republic. Every
man has a right to do as he pleases a
long as he does not disobey the laws o
the land, and you have no right to hin
der him. The problem never will b.
solved until the employer has more hu
( manity, and employee more justice
, Still believe that monopolies are curs
to the land, and the principle of liUe ant
, starve others cannot be found in tn
great law of God, 80 we condemn it.
, Fraternal organizations are right ant
: Just If they stop at self protection an,
, do not encroach upon the rights of 9th
ers, The right tn protect home and fam
lily is accorded to every man, but he ha
p no right TO destroy the homes of Others
: Four tifths of the great labor organiza
/ tions of to-day do not believe in mob Law
and it will be well for them il they mu7
2 zle the one-fifth ere they hurt the caus
! for which they are striving. Gods la'
is against oppression of any kind, an
= oppression is oppression, whether from
: corporation or an individual. The prir
D ciples of Gods word protect the right G
each man.
y look forward to the time when ju:
such an organization shall arise in il
might and demand the suppression of tn
liquor interests of this land. | want tn
e capitalist to have his right and no mor'
e the laboring man his right and no mor'
II and want the poor drunkard's wife an
e children to haye their right, and the
never will get it until great union sha
) demand that every saloon shall be CLOSED
Il every socialist muzzled or hung, and IA
k the other evils done away with. All {
ls these things can only be brought abor
d by implanting in the heart of man thi
d keen sense of right and wrong foun
n only in the principles of Christ, whic
is he bids us present to the world. II "
get his spirit we will not oppress ii
!, weaker, but will give unto every ma
his Just dues. So. my friends, we a
have great work tn do.
There is no such thing rs shifting n
d sponsibilty. 1t tIs by each soldier feeliu
b his personal responsibility in faithful
4, doing the work assigned him, that Il
army conquers. II is by each busy b,
D, doing it's part. that at last the hive
lr filled with honey. fresh and pure. II
by each insect doing It's might that Il
'e coral reef becomes an island. Brethren
we are not lost in the mass, we are me
q and women in Christ Jesus, each wit
an important part to perform, and il "