The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-17

that have no relation to the interests
of the United States. And so you will
hear talk Of the Scandinavian
vote,' the "German VOTE" "the
Polish vote" etc, in the states where
these solid and impenetrable colonies
have settled.
We want nothing in America,
whether the ballot be cast by an adop-
ted citizen or by native American,
but an "American vote.' The ballot
box in this country is not the place
to settle issues that are up in Berlin
nor the questions that agitate Dublin.
Nor do we want in the United
States the beer-drinking and vine
drinking customs Of some lands. We
do not want in the south Sunday
theatres and such like. We do not
want the continental Sabbath.' It
is not desired by the best and most
thoughtful people in the foreign lands
where such Sabbath prevails. There
are those of us who know perfectly
we'll what it means to the religious
and moral life of the peoples who al
low it. We are not ignorant about its
evil effects, for We have seen some
thing of the world and the nations
that dwell on the earth. We have
seen The Sabbathless lands Of hca
thendom and the Sabbathess lands
in which a nominal Christianity pre-
walls, and we know full we'll what
1.-THE continental Sabbath' does for
the oppression Of labor, and the gen
eral decentralization Of society.
We do not want it in the south,
and we do not want solid colonies Of
men who will demand it. IF it should
prevail in our section the south would
soon be no better Land to live in than
the countries from which the lowest
classes of immigrants come. It would
probably be worse than those coun-
tries, in truth; for we should have
both their evils and our own evils
also.
1t can not be denied that we have
native elements among lis that would
like to have all the evil things of
which mention has been made. We
have natives who are no better than
the worst people we could possibly
set from foreign shores. But thew
art not now in a majority and they
do not control our social system. But
when they are reinforced by ba.; ele-
mentS from abroad they will he do
minant. and they will ;;e increa S;ngly
vicious. Just the other day a rative
American (ju1ging by ms name) was
Shame!cssly demanding, through the
columns of one Of our city papers that
Atlanta should be ''wideopen town
with the lid off," The chief Of ,7olice
gave him to understeul that his sort
would have to "movt Oh" I:ut if
Atlanta had a huge fcrtien ,.pula-
ton. <Geh as Chicago E.<. he woull
give lie chiet to nnders N ! that the
m'0iH,: on would be do: by the Pc
!icc nd not by his crow: for men
n: :iI md control city politics il
some cities. The "wi :.o""cn !nan
generally drinks bad beer, and speak
broken English or NJ English worth
speaking Of.
The facts about this whole nucs
tion Of, immigration and foreign col
onies are too we'll known for argu-
ment. 1t is not worth while for cor
respondents to try to draw me into
controversy on the subject. know
what ! am talking about, and they
know that I know what T am talk
ing about. I refuse to be diverted
from the issue, and shall on all pro-
per occasions warn our people aginst
artifically stimulated immigration.
1t means no good for our section. It
means immeasurable injury.
Our doors are open to any foreign
CTS who wish to come among us on
their own motion and who are will
ing to conform to our type of life.
We have many such already among us
whom we honor and esteem. But we
Will cease to get many of that high
er sort of foreigners when immigrant
agents have secured Europe for such
as they can beguile in bulk to our
shores.
y And besides all this, as have said
before, we need the land we have in