They say that anarchy is abroad in the land. May be it is. but the most complete statement of the popular creed of the anarchist was not made by John Most. the German. but by the son of an American clergyman who teaches that "a man is no more responsible for his character thanfor his height. for his conduct than for his dreams." And the only time we have ever seen anarchy on exhibition in the West was the day when Knute Mattson. a Norwegian sheriff. managed the hanging of a native Virginian for the murder of Michael Degan. an Irish policeman of Chicago. But if it is thought necessary to stop immigration. especially of the degraded and the illiterate. there is an easier way than by legislation. Let the societies. interested translate into the languages of Europe afew specimen Democratic speeches. those masterpieces of rhetoric which reflect sentiments like those which wrung the heart of the Hebrew poet when he cried out. "Wee is me. that I sojourn in Mesech. that I dwell in the tents of Kedar." Let them take my friends picture of the young married couple and hang it up at the steamboat landings of Europe. It will siftand assort immigration in the most approved fashion. for it will frighten away the unintelligent mob. and after such a warning only those will go down into the ships who have sense enough to see that the gentleman from Nebraska does not know what he is talking about.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about 'degraded and illiterate' immigrants.