The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1891-06-10
MoRGANToWN. W. VA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. 1891.

ton; on the proper solution Of hich
depend our safety and prospeflty at
home and our reputation abroad.
It has beenthe policy Of the United
States, until very recent years. to ems
| courage immigration ii every posi-
BILE way; for the natural incrtase Of
population iii the thirteen d lonies
was not sufficient to occupy tl.e vast
territory and develop the boundless
resources of the Union. We here
| fore opened our doors>to the people
of every land, and invited q en- to-
come and share with Us III the egel
opment of our natural resouree and
the establishment Of our free titn
lti0ns, ndding the sentiment md
| gencrohe reason that t'fis ff6< t11S
| trTsNas To Be 4 haven d f6il .oE
! the hnidEk6nate x livery 1and i
This hherality toward inmig rs-
ton, combined With the normal In
crease ofs population, in the sc1nrseof
the present century rapidly filled
the country and the conditions IN
der which we opened our doors and
extended a. hearty Welcome to the
people Of every nation have greatly
changed. Nowhere else has there
been so much said felt and done for
human rights az within the borders
of our own land; and nowhere else
ha We .atfnan's rights been set Sol light
Ily+upon what distinguishes him from
Others and SO largely upon what
unites him with all mankind. Our
most conspicuous national trait is
the breadth Of our human sympathy.
We recognize our relationship to
all the world. Our national spirit
has been. Let the disinherited Of the
earth seek our shores, and, ii their
children prove wiser and stronger
than ours, let them inhabit the land.
: But the time has come when we
no longer have boundless tracks of
land crying for settlement Ourlim
mepse forests of valuable timber, our
fisheries, our broad acres of produc-
tive grain lands, andIour excellent
facilities for manufacturing and
commerce, have invited enterprise
from every country of the Old World,
until we have large population; the
natural increase of which is sufficient
to take up our unoccupied lands and
develop our resources with due ra-
pidity. With sixty-four millions of
people already within our borders
and with an annual influx Of half a
million, most of whom are undesira
BILE, focking to our shores, have not
the American people just reasons for
alarm? sss''s.s#
One of the most serious questions
an American can put to himself is,
whether we have sufficient national
vitality to assimilate all the foreign
material that is now thrown into the
national man, History teaches that
all greatcombinations Of people have
been failures; that diversity Of inter
ests and jealousies have proved dis
migrating forces too strong to be
overcome by any central attraction,
however great.
Statistics show that our popula-
ton has doubled every twenty five
years during the past century; and
with the same rateofincrease during
the next century we will haye}a pop
ulation of at least five hundred mil
lions. .-4.. 49,.
In view Of such astounding politi-.
cal power as these numbers imply
what momomentous questions,
spring up, almost in our immediate
future-questions which the present
generation must meet and contend
with. Whether this gigantic political
power will be united, as now, is a
grave question for Americans. "Uni-
ted we stand divided we fall,'' is
maxim destined to exert control.
ing influence in the future of the
world. Il
The fourteen millions of immi-
grants who have made their homes
in the United States since the found
ing of the republic, have greatly
complicated the problem of self-gov-
eminent. Not only by their num-
bers, but by their alievism in thought
and conduct, have they subjected
constitution, made by an English
nation for its own government, to the
fseverest strain. They have modi-
fed and are modifying the race, pro-
ducing characteristics which seem
incompatible with our former ideas
of self-government.
| The various nationalities brought
together here embrace every variety
of opinion, habits and customs.
Whether crowded out OF theirseoun-
try by the pressure Of population, or
escaping from military conscriDtion.