The record-union., 1895-07-05
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS.
An Editor Hits the Nail Squarely on
the Head.
From the Antioch Ledger

the IteaOs
From the Antioch Ledger.
rbara is a momentous question that
confropts the people that Is now over
sbadowed by the impotent discussion OF
tho siIver ,3elusion. All other questions
raIa into insjgni ticance beside the great
pnastion whether we shall take prompt
and active measures to retain America
Tor Americaus. Shall we stop imlnigra-
tion2 That is the question which over
shadows all other issues and side issues.
The tariff question and the currency
Question will take caee OF themselves
when we once determine ana HrinIy take
the position that America snail be pre-
sarved Tor Americans. Stop Immigration
for quarter of a century, and make
America for Americans, and We VIII see
a change in the affairs OF our beloved
couutry that will rekindle the old-tlme
fires of patriotism, that are rapidly going
10 ashes. Stop the Immigration OF pau
pers. the vicious elements and the OIL
scourings OF Europe, not only TOR quar-
Tor of a century, but forever, and that
gnod old fashioned patriotism will again
SING in American hearts, TO inspire to
ceeus of loyalty.
IndiscrjlninaJe immigration is the
craatest curse the country has to contend
with. and yet we idle away discussing
the tariff and silver and other ephemeral
fatis. The pauper OF foreign chimes tnat
cannes here 10 compete with and demorai-
ize our labor should be shut out. The
foreign outlaw who comes here to agitate
disrord and sedition should never be
allowed 10 land. He is not lit to breathe
and conIaniinate our free air. The brute
who comes here diseased by centuries OF
1vraunical rule, 10 talnt and poison our
arr of freedom with speech and deeds OF
outIzwry, should be made to stay away.
1, t,fa 4 100 for Ar1a RI
cans ard the political party that emblaz-
ons its hammer with this ultlmatum Will
Give us something worth lighting Tor.
for twenty i've years st least our gates
sbonld swing outward, not inward. The
snarling apitator is Il pestlterouS breeder
of discord. riots and outlawry, anu Is an
infectious, communicating influence 10
drag our own good people down 10 the
denths of their degradation. The pauper
who comes to us, after being ground
under the despot's heel OF oppression Tor
centuries. ecu only breed poverty and
want among our people. Let nlm stay at
home. Let us shut tbs gate and make
him stay at home.
Politicians prate of solicitude TOR the
laboring man. They tell MIN they are
for or against the tariff and silver because
they love the laboring man, and yet the
lsborer is but remotely affected hy such
trivial questions. stop Immigration
preserve America for Ainerlcans-that
the way TO protect and ennoble the
American Iaborer. The American laborer
can take care OF himself II the lmmigra-
ton gates are shut land the foreign pauper
is not allowed TO come here and elbow
ulIn out of his job. The political party
that will disregard the sham side issues,
such as the silver and the tariff questions,
and take bold stand against foreign im-
migration, will win grand triumph ana
do the country mighty service. Let US
make Americans OF the foreigners who
have aitesdy crowded in. before We adj
nit any more. Let US protect them In
their rights aud their religion, and incul-
cate patriotism and loyalty in those al
here, pefore we again open the gates. Let
every Snan now here worship God ae-
cording 10 his own sweet will, and they