TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-09-26
SOURCES OF DUR I'M
MIGRATION.


All the nations which are inl
volved in the present worlds
war have contributed to the inn
migration which has formed tho
American citizenship of to-oayI
and it is natural to expect, howl
ever much the immigrants and
their descendants have become
true Americans, that they should
have some sentimental attach1
ment or sympathy for the nation
of their forefathers.
Indeed, a type of mind which
in one or two generations can
lose all attachment for his ana
cestors' nation is not the typo
of mind from which to build a
strong and enduring nation, ID
not the type OF mind which we
want here in America; in Eng4
land, after nearly a thousand
Years, the Norman and the
Anglo-Saxon type are still di-
stinguishablc.
Thus it is natural and proper
that American citizens of Engs
fish descent should largely SYM
pathize with England, American
citizens of German descent with
Germany, American citizens Of
Irish descent wish England's
defeat, etc. This has nothing
to do with their duty as Amer.
lean citizens, with their allegi+
ance FIRST, last and always tow
ard America.
Unfortunately an American
expatriate raised the cry Of
"hyphenate," and an influential
press, misguided by business
Interests, took it up, and finally
in the ~utterances Of extremists
among them, unfortunately
some politically very prominent
men-it reached the ultra Know.
Nothing attitude that "only a
citizen Of British descent can
be a real true American, and
anybody not Of A~nglo-Saxon
descent cannot have the type oil
mind which is required for an
American citizen"
With this it became a national
menace, for it challenged the
fright to citizenship OF the major
ity Of our nation, as the major.
ity is not Anglo-Saxon any
more. Naturally, all political
differences, all issues between
the various political parties, be-
came secondary in Importance
before the defense of the right
to citizenship Of the majority
of our present citizens. AS seem
it is a very dangerous and very
unfortunate political issue, which
has been raised thus inadverts
! emily by politicians playing ID
temporary excitement Of racial
prejudice.
BAN ON RACE HATRED,
Such vicious attempts Of MAXI
ing political capital by creating
racial hatred within our rENoaa
should promptly be squashed
: by all fair-minded citizens.
1t is obvious that all Amer4
!, icans-with the exception, per-
haps, of the red Indian-ars
hyphenates; that there are un-
/ doubtedly a few-a very few
. British-Americans who are moro
: Englishmen than Americans
COMMUNICATIONS who are
more Germans than Americana
etc, but that the overwhelming
! majority of all the British-Amer4
leans, German Irish1
Americans, etc, are Americans
and nothing else.
: But some good features the
raising Of this issue has produce
: ed, it has shown the anachron-
: ism in many of our conceptions
: and forms Of speech. We have
: been talking of the natiye-born
Americans fascinating" the
I immigrants. There can be no
: such thing; assimilation implies
] two parties becoming similarI
. but implies both changing. Thus
! the native does not assimilatc
: the immigrant, but native and
J immigrant assimilate with each
= other.
Or, we may say, america ass
r Stimulates all the immigrants
coming to its shores into a new
American nation" But this ma
ton is not like the Puritan or
the Dutchman of New Amster-
dam or the German of '48, but
has, more or less, the characters
istics Of all Of these. f
A REAL T. POT.
Thus, when we speak OF
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