Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-29
A Plea for the Immigrant.

Throughout the grand and steady pro
sress of our country, from the time Wnen
lhe Pilgrim Fathers first landed on Ply
mouth Rock, down 10 the present DAY
we can trace the presence OF an ail-fm,
portant force--a force that mas SNAPPED
and moulded our country INTO the great
and glorious republic that She IS today,
n force that is still at work making her
force has been the immigrant. lie II was
who came to this country When IL was
but a wilderness, where muitltudes We're
destined TO perish, that We of the present
generation might enjoy the blessings OIL
liberty and peace.
The blood Of these early immigrants
was the seed OF tlhe new American evil
izafion. Their little band gained a foot
hold rlnon our shores. Their settlements
crew TO prosperous towns. lheir wagon
trains pushed steadily westward fhroush
the forests; and every ship from Europe
brought more nmigrants-brave men,
true women. builders of homes. FOUNDERS
ri states. from every land, or every
tongue driven by want anu ,ui ''i,,r ~ :
hope. exiles from the home they sought
80. uysi.efious continent of the West.
II has been these immigrants VINO nave
horne the brunt of our frontier NE, cur
the forests, plowed the prairies, bnllt our
cansls and railroads. and laid the founda-
Hons Of our cities. They welcomed every
Ilaaw-comer to their shores, as ms coiiiiii s
made America just SO mucn s"Aef IN
come TO the stranger grew TO pe AHeri-
c,,s characteristic. Americans Wtfe ne,
Ginning 10 feel themselves a ration; a
nation that drew to itseil the gpl esse mai ar
All lands. These are the sentiments l, nv, !
rave made Americans love their couiltrs
with a passion that no other i an h IN
aroflse. and made her name il.e me III ~,
~ Heaven to the Wretcheu anu ~"
FIJI throughout the earth. o,r
And now as we are entering on Jul
afth century. with a. future peioiS -
rich in promise, WIG cry soS for ~ q few
$3.50 nast Americas generous iilVi'i.ioi 81
t,as bcen accepted by those whose ives i've
hitherto have been hopeless anu Josi IS
W. 49, docs not exist for humanity. put
81, nrself. They tell US that our ao,,i,
III 4. betng made the dumping g roi,nu
az Europe and that our pupi,rt nres on
tigrs and systems VI ~
R.Tt my friends, tell you fnaa i i,ft il,
-titutions and government ol tle faiihf,i
states have no more re-, ,os those ' who have
s1il'o ti,is their adopted fatileriii..s,
~ one menfion the regiments u ne,
IMMIGRANTS who in me -, la. ..l,o,,ldar with
in the ia s,sters and friends? And Wheh
M inlet of secession stfueh "a, t'a az, thev
III Yin Their eyes on the dear oio t t they
died. happy ,,i in 'h psis '' grand old Union
ssr t,icir ,icseendanss. t;onal cemeteries
and See here the , ~ p Tslsa Of the
which inai rnnt tI dead. Of whom the
n.tf.b,,s. - - beautifully written.
ras, =" ra,ne,s eternal camping srouhd
1,i,ai,. Silent tents are spfes'u'
va, can race The raI.iss r.
On ,ro,, many cline VINO hs ~ ~ am
,n,..;neiples Of eq'iil Sattc, fafheriand 10
here 70 ..esar. aud Stripes 54ltlt iisi''
| n. sl 70 II axe orr c t,ll.ns
ll.;,ersscr &C thelr ~ ,,ur institutions
/ Al for the Df, Cyl - an. government -
ard W, feit, enough IN or ootiils M, iines
~ appalled, by SUI ~, IN the threshold
W. rave always M 1',,t We are still aligs
~ L greet CRISIS, ~ ,,ave with trne fair
c g ,he brotherhood OF Hill