The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-24

trade unions declares, that the Ameri-
can boys have no rights which organ
lied labor is bound to respect I am
not speaking against trades unions,
BUT i am speaking against employing
| their engineery to strengthen foreign
! ers In their usurpation of rights that
belong TO American laborers. BY al
lowing this to continue. we are shut
ting out our own sons from the useful
trades and letting horde of foreigners
take possession of the American boys
inheritance. The folly of this policy is
apparent and will surely be followed
by national humiliation and disaster.
Moral, political, financial and patriotic
considerations forbid this suicidal pol
icy and l call upon the young men of
my country to stand with the Patriotic
orders OF America in defense of their
rights and Of American institutions.
Years ago Henry Ward 'Beecher said:
when the lion eats OK, the OK becomes
lion." Digestion and assimila ton may
solve the problem of one OK, but two
in the same day would probably kill
the lion in a fit of indigestion. The
eagle may eat few birds and be the
better for his dinner, but let focks of
hawks and crows come at him, and he
may be eaten in turn by them. As
Americans we should permit no for
eigner to dictate to us on our own soil
and suffer no flag to fly higher than
the flag OF our country, but high over
all let the stars and stripes wave, over
shadowing all others, as the eagle,
whose strong pinion carries IL In tow
ering flight nearest the sun. Let me
not be understood as saying aught
against that large body of naturalized
American citizens who have demon
strated their loyalty to our free insti-
tutions and have contributed to the
moral intellectual, financial and polit-
ical greatness of our country; let them
receive broad welcome and an equal
division, but let us have Americans for
America, and America for Americans.
L know that such sentiments are stig-
matized as know nottingham" and
some good citizens have been frighten-
ed by the word. The word is used
only by foreigners and their sympath-
izers, while foreign know nothingism"
nourishes on American soil, demanding
and receiving favors denied to native
born citizens. Was there ever such an
instance of the kettle calling the pot
black?
i may not speak of other perils that
threaten our government now; / would
speak briefly of the signs of promise
appearing in our political horizon. The
mastering OF the patriotic hosts, or
ganized and pledged to the mainte-
nance of our free institutions, is the
promise of better things, and I believe
that in time to come there will be such
formidable union Of patriotic senti-
ment as will give to every man on
American soil his constitutional rights.
1t would be a pleasure to place before
this audience the principles of the or
der represented here tonight, believ-
ing that those principles would COM
mend themselves to every American
and lover of American institutions. i
cannot speak Of those principles now,
or of the membership that embraces
men of all honorable trades including
many who occupy high positions In ma
tional, state and municipal govern
ments. ] can speak but briefly of its
character 1t is composed of native
born Americans and has for its object
the cultivation of fraternal feeling
among American freemen. 1t stands |
for the preservation Of the constitution |
of the United States and the advance |
ment of our free public school system |
IL opposes all foreign interference with |
American interests. and any form of |
organized disregard OF American laws |
and customs. II has no partisan polit. |
zeal claims, obligations or intentions, |
the choice of party being left to each |
but insists that the first and |
only duty of party is the welfare of the |
The order has no quarrel with |
any man on account of nationality or |
but accords equal justice TO all |
honest American citizens. 1t demands /
fair play for Americans on American
soil. and seeks to hold the future for |
America by educating public sentiment
and observing the principle of justice |
towards all men. IL invites all native |
born citizens who believe i'm their coun-
try and its institutions. and who desire
10 perpetuate free government and to
encourage n brotherly feeling among
Americans, to join in this work of fell
owship and love. AS Patriotic Sons of
America, II builds a bulwark for lib
,rty. by instilling into the minds and
hearts Of the native born, the founda-
ion principles of all good government.
10 happily illustrated by George Wash
ngton and his colleagues, who gave to
he world the American republic based
)n the institutions of free speech, free
,ress and free schools For these insti-
utions the Patriotic order of the Sons
II America wages a defensive conflict
With all the enemies OF our country.
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