Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-04-11
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recent issue has . nost timely and well
written article on . question that Is n
gazing the tboughtfsl attention Of the
American people in al sections Of the
Union. We cannot better employ our
space than 70 r~eprOdaes il ss . whole
The time is opportune to lay down some
wholesome American doctrines. We have
been more than pEodigal in extending
the privileges and blessings Of Ansri-
can eisi1sDship 10 all corners without i'm
posing many obligations in return. We
are willing 10 share all we have With the
oppressed Of ether lands. but Il is not er.
acting too mach to insiston the msuifests-
tion Of = loyal attachment 10 The instisu-
tious Of Cur country in times Of trouble.
The readiness With which foreigners APP
peal 20 their native country fer prosec-
ton and redress o. grave or trivial prov.
ication Is not seenly in American eyes.
There Is no prejudice in shis country nor
disposition 10 treat any class Of foreigners
znfsir or a~nirieBdIy. They have As much
to say in the government Of the country
a. anybody else. They should show soms
appreciation Of the liberty they ssi0y
here and evince . sense Of gratitude for
the innansrsbls privileges as freely con-
ierred upon them as the air they breathe.
We realize that there are millions Of
nsturalizsd citizens in this country who
are ss intensely Aneriesn ss the native
born. Bat there are also millions Of shs
ether kind. They should all be Ansri-
eans or nothing. II recent develop
nents lead up TO restrictive changes in
car Emigration and Naturalization laws
shs Lesson OF the hour will not be with
Oas great benefit 10 the future Of this
country. We must have American ideas
and American patriotism from every
citizen who dwells beneath our flag. The
Examiner article is az follows:
The present time seems TO be = good one
for definitely settling our relations with
Europe. The New Orleans incident has
been followed BY the PennsylvAnia riot, in
which the surviving Italians, Hungsrisns
and Slsvs with one voice appeal TO their
the country that has given them an asylum
and . living. The tone Of the European
press 10 arrogant and unfriendly. Signor
D'Arco. the Italian Under Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, tells us that II our Consti-
sution does not sub his Government we
must mend IL. Italian papers In the United
states, edited by men who we're born under
the rule OF Q swarm Of despotic prince
lings, sneer at that mar velous instrument
which Gladstone called the greatest work
ever struck Of st any one time By the hand
and brain q man. and under whose wise
provisions We have enjoyed liberty and
order for 9 hundred years.
Al first this sort Of thing Was received
With amused contempt, bu. as Il kept on
the national feeling began 10 grow, first
inpatient and then angry. IL has reached
such Q point now that the welfare Of our
naturslized fellow-citizens demand that
shey should listen 10 some plain words.
There are more foreigners In the United
States than any other country In the
world. There are enough Of them to con-
stitute 3 European nation OF the second
elass. In the strictest sense Of the term,
they are enjoying the Hospitality Of this
Government. Premier Rudini spoke Of
she hospitality extended BY Italy TO Ameri-
cans who stop 81 irst-cirss hotels, pay
three prices to guides and have to tip even
he custodians Of churches for . chance to
see the frescoes. That 10 not the kind Of
hospitality We extend 70 foreigners In this
country. We take them, a. 10 we're, into
our national home. We give them work Of
three times the pay they could have earned
in their own country, and We let them
take part in the management OF our az
fairs and the expenditure Of our taxes.
We do not begrudge these things. but We
do insist that they carry certain obligs-
ions. We have not asked foreigners TO
come here As . favor TO rs; We allow them
to come as flavor 10 themselves, and when
they are here we demand that they shall
not turn against the country that shelters
them. The man who becomes Q natural
,xsd citizen takes oath that he will defend
the Constitution and Government Of the
United States against al enemies, foreign
and domestic. and that be q all
allegiance TO any other Power. and es-
pecially 10 the particular country from
| which be has come. II after taking that
oath, the new citizen hastens to range
himself st the first sign Of trouble upon
the side Of the country he has expressly
renowned be proves that he obtained his
rights under false pretenses.
The original merits OF the New Orleans
affair nave nov dropped quite out OF sight.
A much more momentous matter, and one
upon which there are no divisions among
native and loyal nsturslized citizens, 10
nov at the front. That 10 the question Of
| our right to manage our own Affairs in our
own way. Our Constitution suits us, and
when We get ready TO change Il we shall
| do so without waiting for foreign advice.
| We do not interfere with Europe. and We
shall not tolerate European interference
with us. Whether Ii be one foreign power
or all the powers Of she Old World COM
| bined that may attempt 10 dictate 10 rs,
our answer will not be affected in the
least by the number Of ironelsds that
might be sent against New York.
And II would be we'll before matters go
any further for every foreign resident OF
this country 10 make up his mind whether
be is prepared 10 STAND by America al all
times and under all circumstances, or
whether In any conceivable state Of affairs
be might be found against her. We have
millions OF ~foreign-born citizens, Is loyal
a. the defendants of the Puritans. who
have already answered that question in
their own hearts. For the rest. the sooner
they go back to engage in the struggle for
existence from which they emigrated the
lees likely will they be TO find themselves
In trouble when . crisis comes"