Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-03-26
ruE vALE.HARvARD DEBATE,

THE YALE.HARVAHD DEbAIE.
The Last Great Winter Event at |
Yale Takes Place at the Hyperion
.Chauncey M. Depew of New York
the Presiding Omcer-The Large
Theater Filled With Enthusiastic
Students and Their Friends.
The second of the Yale Harvard debates
at the Hyperion last night was brilliant
success and packed house listened to the
eloquent speeches. On the stage was a
big array of distinguished guests. Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew presided, introduced by R.
R. Upton '92, and made a felicitous
opening speech. The best reforms, he
said, in education have always been led by
the Crimson and the Blue. Harvard and
Yale have been antagonistic for years, but
antagonistic in such q way that emulous
rivalry has developed the best qualities of
both. For years they have been antago-
nists on the athletic field. Prior to that
the rivalry was confined mostly to the
theologians, but the undergraduate con-
tests seem to attract more people. Mr..
Depew closed with few words eulogistic
of proper muscular development, SO that
the mind could accomplish its best work.
Finally, as the presiding officer ssys,
'Let immigration be unrestricted" and
Mr.. Edward Henry Warren of Worcester
has the floor.
By E. H. WARREN, HARVARD.
The great stream of immigrants into our
country has been a very Nile to Egypt, yet
now the cry is raised that it dirties the
land, that it brings down refuse upon us.
But let us look at the matter very frankly
and bravely. Unrestricted immigration is,
of course. subject to the fundamental prin-
ciples' that control all other human things.
We are to establish guarantees to insure
the health of our citizens; We are not to
allow other nations to violate international
courtesy by dumping their paupers and
convicts upon us, or admit Chinese, who,
since they make no permanent homes, are
not immigrants at all.
We must then first consider the general
character of the immigrant. Think what
immigration means to the simple peasant,
leap into the dark. He has cut himself
off from his kind he has dared Fortune
herself. 1t is men of such spirit and en-
terprise that make a land renowned,
that form the foundation and bulwarks of
a nation So it has proved. The immi-
grant shows himself hardworking. frugal,
faithful and honest, peaceable and law
abiding citizen.
The would be reformers forget that for
eigners build our great lines of traffic, open
our mines, fell our forests, and have al
ready, as single factor in their work,
transformed the west into the granary OF
nations; they forget that they make up oul
solid, answering yeomanry-the safe
rror1 IF tiny,. fhou fprraf 10 in
the hour of need foreign arms were strong
and foreign blood was lavished. And YET
these Solomons of ours, these Daniel.
come to Judgment, inform US that the pol
icy of the country is all wrong; they wal
eloquent and predict our ruin, and throw
up their hands in holy horror.
Secondly, we must determine whether il
is possible to separate the good from tn,
bad. It would, of course, be fine thing
ii we might divide the sheep from tn
goats, but such power belongs only to tn
millennium.
It is utterly foolish to think we can con
struct a moral sieve. Since God has no
set his mark of Cain upon every law
up the attempt to supply his omission: Re
striction would not restrict; it would de
feat its own object.
| Finally, it is by no means the first tim
our country has been frightened over thi
| question. It has been stirred before
| notably at the time of the know-nothin,
| party, formed avowedly to down foreign
ers. The disease ran its course, the peopl
| trembled and raved; but by great project
| of labor, by a great war, Irish characte
was tried and proved.
The conditions that govern immigration
| are not radically changed, 80 We are no
Sr,ck cd tr,% az oil hah {y,f
us. By sitting at ths feet of experience
we shall learn the secret of the whole mat
| ter-the evils that immigrants have ar
| accidental, not inherent. We have foun(
it takes no long time to eradicate thes'
evils entirely; we have found the immi
| grant not only tolerable, but desirable, no
a burden, but a support, not an enemy
but q defense.
By Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN.
Mr.. Chamberlain opened the debate TO
the negative as follows: The right Of
nation to regulate or restrict immigration
is An inherent, primary and indisputabl
element Of national independence ant
sovereignty. The supreme court of tn
United States has expressly declared tina
the right of country to exclude alien
from it's territory is a proposition not opel
l
territories of nation is held at the will o
| the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT at any time, a
its pleasure.
In the exercise of this right any natio1
is bound to be governed by high and en-
ightened sense of national justice ant
public welfare, but our first duty is al
| ways to our own country. Patriotism il
not selfish or unsocial virtue. Like
family, and next to the family, the nation
demands our constant and primary allegi
snce.
The question of immigration is neithe
theoretical nor a sentimental question
1t is practical, and must be viewed as
question of sound policy and enlightened
craftsmanship, The true American polio.
in this matter is that policy which at an.
given time best promotes the welfare O
America.
The speaker then showed that restric
ton of immigration is not new policy
and traced the increase of immigration il
the first half of this century and its salu
tary results then in extending our civiliza
| ton and sway from ocean to ocean. Thel
he referred to the checking of Chinese i'm
migration and gradually its practical exclu
sion in 1882. Lunatics, convicts, paupers
and contract laborers have since been ex
cluded. Thus the present we'll established
/ pOllCy OF Uu0 OulGoU Othto6 ~ . pOlACy "
restriction of immigration.
Then he cogently argued the necessity o
an intelligent and patriotic government
The increase of our population from 1881
to 1890 was in round numbers IL, OOO, 900
A. per cent. of this whole increase was b,
immigration. In 1880 the average per
centage of foreign population in twenty q
our largest cities was SO per cent. in 1891
this average percentage had risen to 81 pc
cent. The source of immigration of lat
years presents startling reflections.
While the rate of increase in immi
grants during the period from 1882 to 1881
over the period from 1874 to 1882 from
| Great Britain and Ireland is only 81 pc
cent, from Hungary it is 476 per cent
CT the immigrants from Scandinavian ant
Sclavic countries and from Italy, it il
estimated that nearly II per cent. wer
unable to read OF write any language
while practically all were ignorant of tn
English language Over 20 per cent. O
these immigrants were adults and will re
main illiterates to the end of their lives
Do not these considerations imperativel.
demand further restrictions!
FRED W. DALLIkaER, HARVARD.
Unrestricted immigration is not onl.
not Objectionable, as has been shown her
tonight, but it is absolutely necessary t.
the country. shall not attempt to de
scribe how necessary it was during tn
first half of the present century. Sufic
it to say that without the immigrants VIII
have come here since 1920 and their de
seendants, this country to-day would be
| weak and struggling agricultural commu