By the might of that strength divine. Well fight to the end and win." It was in this spirit that the pioneers of Karnes County. among them the fellow countrymen of my own ancestors. tore themselves from their ancient foundations and crossed the ocean seeking homes. These pioneers have been classed as belonging to the socalled economic immigration into the United States. and thus have been given a slightly lower rank in the hierarchy of our citizenry than such figures. for example. as Carl Schurz. or Generals Kosciusko and Pulaski. who were of the elite. political. or idealistic immigration. As I study the case today. this seems a wrong view. Knowing what it was the pioneers of Karnes County were fleeing from in their desperate journey to our shores. knowing it was far from mere scarcity of bread that impelled them. I find these folk of the second or third wave of immigration hardly less Idealistic than their predecessors. All. alike. sought liberty. All yearned to be free. to be caught no longer in the web of Europes ancient caste system. its intrigue and stagnation of opportunity. its denial of full franchise to all.
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