Do not push them off on us. We will get on. without them. This admonition is unnecessary. however. for the reason that the immigrant that is now being admitted can not be induced. cajoled. or even forced to leave the large cities. In the light of what has just been related. may we not exclaim with Associate Justice Brewer: May not the original AngloSaxon stock be submerged? Will republican institutions stand the continuous influx of people who know nothIng of selfcontrol and who look upon all government as an enemy? WVe have boasted that our liberty was a liberty of law. and left no room for revolution or riot. but certain occurrences in Colorado and elsewhere have shown that this is not always true. May not the forces against law become strong enough to break it down? Is not the AngloSaxon principle of liberty worth preserving. even if it should be necessary to restrict or put a stop to immigration? It is a question. at any rate. that should not be settled by sentiment. nor will it do to say that we have done well enough in the past and are likely to do as well In the future. Much to the point is the extract from the American Commonwealth by Ion. James Bryce. author. volume 2. pages 862 and 863: Within the past decade new swarms of Immigrants have Invaded America. drawn from their homes in the eastern part of Europe by the constant cheapening of ocean transit. and by that more thorough drainage. so to speak. of the inland regions of Europe. which is due to the extension of railroads. These immigrants. largely of Slavonic race. come from a lower stratum of civilization than the German immigrant of the past. and since they speak foreign tongues are less quickly amenable to American influences and probably altogether less imnprovai)le than are the Irish. There seems to be a danger that if they continue to come in large numbers they may retain their own low standard of decency and comfort and menace the continuance among the working classes generally of that higher standard which has hitherto prevailed in all but a few spots in this country. Certainly.
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Slavic immigrants are described as coming from a lower stratum of civilization, less amenable to American influences, and a threat to the working class standard of living.