The Rip Saw. a newspaper published in St. Louis. with a circulation of over 200.000. far outweighs In influence and circulation most of the foreignlanguage socialistic publications. Close reading of American history will show. further. that with each wave of immigration there has been a corresponding wave of indignation against the alien. The saie methods of giving expression to prejudice and hostility are always repeated. The KuKIux Kil. is simply a rehash of the Know Nothing Party of 180 and 1840. The alien ind sedition laws of John Adamss Presidency finds its counterpart in percentage Immigration and the attempt to have all aliens register under penalty of deportation. What was said about the Germans and Irish when they came over in droves in 1840. 1850. and 1860. when they were called the new Immigrants. Is now being said about the Russians. Greeks. Czechs. and Italians. who are now called the new immigrants. The Germans and Irish were mongrels. selfseekers. disreputable. and would not assimilate. We know now how good a citizenry they have become.
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Germans and Irish were mongrels, self-seekers, disreputable, and would not assimilate.