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,,americans6  ,,the ,,typical           
,,american4  ,thanksgiving ,sermon  ,,of
  ,rev4 ,john ,p4 ,newman1 ,d4,d41      
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,subject3 ,,our ,,place ,,among ,,the   
,,nations4   ,,published ,,by ,,request 
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  ,,dear ,,sir3 ,the universal approval 
by every loyal1 liberty-loving ,american
 citizen who listened to your           
,thanksgiving sermon yesterday1 together
 with the philosophic and fearless      
manner with which the great themes      

therein discussed were treated1 prompts 
a desire to extend its influence by a   
wider circulation than even that large  
congregation can give4 ,we would1       
therefore1 to meet the wishes of the    
congregation as expressed by their      
unanimous vote at the close of the      
discourse1 request that you furnish us  
with a copy for publication4            
,very respectfully1                     
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 ,c41 ,nov4 #cjth1 #ahhf4  ,,dear       
,,friends3 ,the sermon has excited a    
public interest beyond any thought of   
mine4 ,i herewith send you the          
stenographic report of the discourse1   
made by ,messrs4 ,dawson and ,tasker4   
,the wisdom of your request is confirmed
 by many letters from eminent citizens  
here and abroad1 commending the         

sentiment and demanding the publication4
 ,i would like to print some of these   
letters1 indicative of the deep feeling 
on this great subject4 ,as stated in the
 sermon1 intelligent foreigners approve 
my course4 ,the ,germans of ,wisconsin  
have sent me a copy of their memorial to
 ,congress1 asking for such a           
modification of our naturalization laws 
as will protect our free institutions   
from selfish and ignorant immigrants4   
,the intelligent foreigners have taken  
the initiative4 ,your ,pastor1          
,,john ,p4 ,,newman4     ,,america ,,for
 ,,americans4     ,i have set thee on   
high above all the nations of the       
earth4--,deut4 xxviii41 #a4  ,by the    
voice of magisterial authority this     
secular day has been hushed into the    
sacred quiet of a national ,sabbath4    
,from savannahs and prairies1 from      
valleys and mountains1 from the         
,atlantic to the ,pacific1 more than    
fifty millions of freemen have been     
invited to gather around the altars of  

the ,god of our fathers1 and pour forth 
the libation of their gratitude to ,him 
who is the giver of every good and      
perfect gift4 ,if in all the past1      
nations have made public recognition of 
the divinities which have presided over 
their destiny1 according to their faith 
and practice1 it is but reasonable and  
highly appropriate that we1 as a        
,christian people1 enlightened as no    
other people1 favored as no other       
nation1 should once in the twelve months
 consecrate a day to the recognition of 
,him whose throne is on the circle of   
the heavens1 who is the benefactor of   
the husbandman1 the genius of the       
artisan1 the inspiration of the         
merchant1 and from whom comes all those 
personal1 domestic1 social1 and national
 benedictions which render us a happy   
people and this day memorable in the    
annals of time4  ,if the year that ends 
to-day has been marked with severity it 
has also been distinguished by goodness4
 ,if chastisements have come to us as   

individuals1 families1 communities1 and 
as a nation2 if the earthquake1 and the 
tornado1 and the conflagration1 have    
combined to teach us our dependence on  
the ,supreme ,being--all these should be
 esteemed as ministers of the ,highest  
to teach us that we are pensioners upon 
the infinite bounty of the ,almighty2   
that in our prosperity we should        
remember ,his mercies2 in our adversity 
we should deplore our transgressions4   
,it is evident to the most casual       
observer that the past year has been    
significant in the manifestations of    
divine guidance and goodness4 ,to-day   
peace reigns throughout our vast domain4
 ,no foreign foe invades our shores4    
,how superior our condition by way of   
contrast with our neighbors on this side
 of the globe4 ,in contrast with        
,central and ,south ,america1 the home  
of turbulence and misrule1 where        
ignorance1 combined with a perverted    
,christianity1 has darkened and         
enslaved2 where the wheels of industry  

have been impeded and the march to a    
higher civilization obstructed--how bold
 the contrast between these two sections
 of our continent--a contrast that must 
be suggestive to every thoughtful mind  
and awaken the question whether this is 
due to what some call the fortuities of 
national life or whether it is the      
result of a genius of government that is
 sublime and a religion that is divine4 
,and if we turn our eyes over the great 
deep to the most favored nations beyond 
the ,atlantic1 the contrast inspires    
grateful emotions1 and we are equally   
led to contemplate the causes which have
 brought about a condition so favorable 
to us4 ,the most venerable nations in   
,europe1 countries that have lived      
through more than a millennium1 are     
to-day shaken by internal disturbance4  
,those institutions which have come down
 from the hoary past1 which have been   
considered pre-eminent in the affections
 and faith of mankind1 now topple to    
their fall4 ,uneasy lies the head that  

wears a crown1 whether man or woman2 and
 no government in ,europe is in a state 
of peaceful security4 ,alarm dwells in  
the palace4 ,fear1 like a bloody        
phantom1 haunts the throne1 and the vast
 nations of ,europe1 with all their     
agriculture and commerce and            
manufacture1 and all their majesty of   
law and ordinances of religion1 are     
maintained in a questionable peace by   
not less than three millions of men     
armed to the teeth2 while in this       
country1 so vast in its domain1 so      
complicated in its population1 from     
,north to ,south1 from ,east to ,west1  
preserved in peace1 not by standing     
armies or floating navies1 but by a     
moral sense1 a quickened conscience1 the
 guardian of our homes1 our altars1 and 
our nation4  ,certainly the farmer      
stands nearest to ,god4 ,agriculture    
underlies all national wealth4 ,the     
farmer ministers to the wants of king   
and prince1 of president and senator2   
the farmer must be esteemed as the      

direct medium of blessing through whom  
,god manifests his goodness to the      
nation4 ,we have been accustomed to such
 phenomenal crops that it almost goes   
without saying that the past year has   
been phenomenal in its agricultural     
productions4 ,indeed there has been a   
wealth in the soil1 a wealth in the     
mines1 a wealth in the seas1 which      
awakens astonishment and admiration in  
the minds of those beyond the deep--for 
it is a statistical fact that our       
agricultural products for the year just 
closing is not less than three and a    
half thousand millions of dollars in    
valuation4 ,how difficult to appreciate 
the fact6 ,one thousand seven hundred   
million bushels of corn1 valued at five 
hundred and eighty millions of dollars2 
four hundred and fifty million bushels  
of wheat1 valued at three hundred and   
fifty-five millions of dollars2 six and 
a half million bales of cotton1         
estimated in valuation at two hundred   
and fifty millions of dollars4 ,and     

including all the other agricultural    
products1 the statistician of the       
,government estimates the value at three
 and a half thousand millions of        
dollars4 ,and this is but a repetition  
of other years4 ,no6 ,it exceeds other  
years6 ,it is a great fact that one and 
a half millions of square miles of      
cultivated land in this country now     
subject to the plow could feed a        
thousand millions of persons1 and then  
we could have five thousand millions of 
bushels of grain for exportation4  ,in  
ten years1 from #ahgj to #ahhj1 we      
produced over seven hundred millions of 
dollars of precious metals1 and the last
 year the valuation is estimated at     
seventy-five millions in gold and       
silver2 and rising above these colossal 
and phenomenal figures1 our great       
manufacturing people during the past    
year have produced not less than five   
thousand millions of dollars in         
valuation4 ,the mind staggers in the    
presence of these tremendous facts4     

,then our national wealth is as         
phenomenal as are the annual products of
 soil1 and mine1 and skill1 and         
commerce4 ,in #ahhj our national wealth 
was estimated at forty-four thousand    
millions of dollars1 which would buy all
 ,russia1 ,turkey1 ,italy1 ,south       
,africa1 and ,south                     
,america--possessions inhabited by not  
less than one hundred and seventy-seven 
millions of people4 ,this enormous      
national wealth exceeds the wealth of   
,great ,britain by two hundred and      
seventy-six millions of dollars4        
,england's wealth is the growth of      
centuries1 while our wealth1 at the     
most1 can be said to be the growth of   
one century4 ,nay1 the fact is that most
 of ours has been created in the last   
twenty years4 ,in #ahfj our national    
wealth was estimated at sixteen thousand
 millions of dollars4 ,but from #ahfj to
 #ahhj our wealth increased twenty-eight
 thousand millions of dollars--ten      
thousand millions more than the entire  

wealth of the ,empire of ,russia4 ,from 
#ahgj to #ahhj1 ten years1 the increase 
was twenty thousand millions4 ,this is  
without a parallel4 ,surely these great 
facts call upon the ,president of the   
,united ,states to convoke the freemen  
of this country around their religious  
altars to offer their gratitude and     
praise to ,him from whom cometh all     
these blessings2 for in ,his hand are   
the resources of national wealth4 ,with 
him are the ministers of good and the   
ministers of evil4 ,he can marshal the  
insect4 ,he can excite the malaria4 ,he 
can call forth the tornado4 ,he can put 
down his foot and wreck the earth with  
earthquake throes4 ,the ministers of    
evil are with ,him1 and stand with      
closed eyes and folded wings around ,his
 throne1 but not with deaf ears1 waiting
 to hear ,his summons1 ,go forth4 ,so   
also around ,his throne stand the angels
 of plenty1 in whose footfalls rise the 
golden harvest2 who quicken human genius
 on the land1 on the ocean1 the         

artificer1 the artisan1 the scholar1 the
 philanthropist1 and the patriot4 ,it is
 by these resources of good and evil1   
forever the ministers of the great ,god1
 we learn our dependence on ,him2 it is 
with the utmost propriety that this     
,christian nation recognize ,him as ,god
 over all and blessed forevermore4  ,it 
is eminently proper on a national day   
like this1 standing in the presence of  
these phenomenal mercies1 these crowning
 plenties1 that we differentiate        
ourselves from the nations of our own   
continent and from the most favored     
nations beyond the sea4  ,it is proper  
for us to inquire the divine purpose in 
placing us among the nations of the     
earth1 and what is our great mission4   
,there are certain facts which          
prophesy--for facts are as eloquent in  
prophetic announcement as are the lips  
of prophet or seer4 ,we should remember 
that our location is everything to us as
 a national power1 of intelligence and  
wealth1 and that this location is in the

 wake of national prosperity and        
greatness4 ,it may have escaped your    
notice that around this globe is a      
narrow zone1 between the thirtieth and  
sixtieth parallels of north latitude1   
and within that narrow zone is our home4
 ,within that belt of power have existed
 all the great nations of the past1 and 
in it exist all the great nations of the
 present4 ,what is there in this charmed
 circle1 in this favored zone1 that     
brings national power8 ,we may contract 
this zone by ten degrees and the same   
thing is true4 ,it is true that north of
 this zone there have been nations of   
wealth1 of luxury1 and of influence4    
,south of this zone are ,egypt and      
,arabia and ,india1 and other nations   
that have lived in splendor4 ,but the   
peoples that have given direction to the
 thought of mankind1 that have created  
the philosophy for the race1 that have  
given jurisprudence and history and     
oratory1 and poetry and art and science1
 and government1 to mankind1 have been  

crowded1 as it were1 within this zone of
 supremacy1 within this magical belt of 
national prosperity4 ,examine your      
globe1 and there is ,greece1 that gave  
letters to the world2 ,rome1 that gave  
jurisprudence to mankind2 ,palestine1   
that gave religion to our race4 ,and    
to-day there is ,germany1 that gave a   
,luther to the church and a ,gutenberg  
to science1 and there is ,england       
swaying her mighty sceptre over land and
 sea4 ,our location is in this wake of  
power--within this magical zone4 ,surely
 there must be a destiny foretold by    
this great fact1 and it is but wise for 
us as intelligent freemen on this       
national day to consider the            
significance of the prophecy4 ,our      
national home is not amid the polar     
snows of ,northern ,russia nor the      
burning sands of ,central ,africa1 but  
sweeping over the lovely regions of the 
temperate zone1 it lies too far south to
 be bound in perpetual chains of frost1 
and too far north to sink under the     

enervating influences of a tropical sun4
 ,although on the side of the equator   
destined to be the great receptacle of  
human life1 yet it is too far from the  
belligerent powers of the old world to  
fall a victim to their corruption or to 
the weight of their combined forces4    
,with a shore line equalling the circuit
 of the globe1 and with a river         
navigation duplicating that vast        
measurement1 our national domain is only
 one-sixth less than that of the sixty  
states--republics1 kingdoms1 and        
empires--of ,europe4 ,indeed1 it is     
equal to old ,rome's vast domain1 which 
extended from the river ,euphrates to   
the ,western ocean and from the walls of
 ,antoninus to the ,mountains of the    
,moon4  ,our location is for a purpose4 
,for if you and ,i believe in the       
mission of individuals who accomplish   
the purposes of ,providence1 we must    
believe in the mission of nations for   
the elevation of mankind to a better    
future4  ,and1 my countrymen1 it is     

equally significant that we stand above 
all nations in our origin4 ,we started  
where other nations left off4           
,unrivalled for luxury and oriental     
splendor1 the ,assyrians sprung from a  
band of hunters4 ,grand in her pyramids1
 and obelisks1 and sphinxes1 ,egypt rose
 from that race despised by mankind4    
,great in her jurisprudence1 giving law 
to the world1 the ,romans came from a   
band of freebooters on the seven hills  
that have been made immortal by martial 
genius2 and that very nation1 whose     
poets we copy1 whose orators we seek to 
imitate1 whose artistic genius is the   
pride of the race1 came from barbarians1
 cannibals2 and that proud nation beyond
 the sea1 that sways her sceptre over   
land and ocean1 sprang from painted     
barbarians--for such were the aborigines
 of proud ,albion's ,isle when ,caesar  
invaded those shores4  ,our forefathers 
stood upon the very summit of humanity4 
,recall our constitutional convention4  
,perhaps no such convention had ever    

assembled in the halls of a nation4     
,that convention1 composed of fifty-five
 men1 and such men6 ,they were giants in
 intellect1 in moral character2 all     
occupying a high social position2       
twenty-nine were university men1 and    
those that were not collegiates were men
 of imperial intellects and of          
commanding common sense4 ,in such a     
gathering were ,franklin1 the venerable 
philosopher2 ,washington1 who is ever to
 be revered as patriot and              
philanthropist2 and ,madison1 and       
,hamilton1 two of the most profound     
thinkers of that or of any other age4   
,it is one of those marvels that we     
should recall of which we have a right  
to be proud2 but in our pride we should 
not fail to ascertain why the ,almighty 
should start us as a nation at the very 
acme of humanity--redeemed1 educated1   
and made grand by the influences of a   
divine ,christianity4 ,those men were   
not mere colonists1 nor were they       
limited in their patriotism4 ,no pent-up

 ,utica could confine their patriotism1 
for those men grasped the fundamental   
principle of human rights4 ,nay1 they   
declared the ultimate truth of humanity1
 leaving nothing to added since1 though 
a century has passed4 ,great            
modifications have come to the          
governments of ,europe4 ,some changes   
have taken place in our national life4  
,yet ,i appeal to your intelligent      
memory1 to your calm judgments1 if      
anything has been added to our          
declaration of rights1 those            
declarations founded upon the           
constitution of nature4 ,these men      
voiced the brotherhood of the race4 ,all
 other declarations prior to this were  
but for dynasties1 or were ethnic at    
most4 ,but those men swept the horizon  
of humanity4 ,these men called forth1 as
 it were1 the oncoming centuries of     
time1 and in their presence declared    
that all men are created free and equal4
  ,they not only declared the ultimate  
truth of human rights1 but they         

exhausted the right of revolution4 ,they
 created a constitution founded upon the
 will of the people1 based upon our     
great declaration of rights1 embracing  
man's inalienable right to life1        
liberty1 and happiness4 ,the instrument 
which their genius created was left     
amendable by the oncoming wants of time1
 modified in subordinate relations which
 might be suggested by emergencies and  
the unfolding of our race4 ,here then   
are the great fingers of prophecy       
pointing to our future4  ,and we have   
been equally favored in our population1 
whether we take the ,puritans who landed
 in ,new ,england1 the ,dutch who landed
 in ,new ,york1 or the ,english who     
crowded ,maryland and ,virginia4 ,they  
were first-class families4 ,especially  
do we trace back with pride that        
glorious genius for liberty1 for        
intelligence1 for devotion manifested by
 those heroic men and women who1 amid   
the desolations of a terrific winter    
landed on a barren rock to transform a  

vast wilderness1 through which the wild 
man roamed1 into a garden wherein should
 grow the flowers and the fruits of     
freedom4  ,we sometimes deprecate the   
cosmopolitan character of our           
population4 ,it is a fact1 however1 that
 the best blood of the old world came to
 us until within ten years--not the     
decrepit1 not the maimed1 not the aged2 
for over fifty per cent4 of those who   
came were between fifteen and thirty1   
and have grown up to be honorable       
citizens in the composition of our      
constitutional society4 ,they came not  
as paupers4 ,many of them came1 each    
bringing seventy dollars1 some #ahj     
dollars1 and in the aggregate they      
brought millions of dollars4  ,there has
 been1 however1 a change1 a manifest    
change1 in the character of those from  
foreign shores within the last decade4  
,the time was when we welcomed everybody
 that might immigrate to this country2  
when we threw our gates wide open2 when 
in our ,fourth of ,july orations1 we    

proclaimed this to be the asylum of the 
oppressed1 the home of the down-trodden4
 ,but in the process of time this great 
opportunity afforded the nations of the 
old world came to be abused1 and to-day 
is the largest source of our national   
danger4 ,we are now bound to call a halt
 all along the line of immigration2 to  
say to those peoples of the old world   
that this is not a new ,africa1 nor a   
new ,ireland1 nor a new ,germany1 nor a 
new ,italy1 nor a new ,england1 nor a   
new ,russia2 that this is not a brothel 
for the ,mormon1 a fetich for the negro1
 a country for the ticket-of-leave-men2 
not a place for the criminals and       
paupers of ,europe2 but this country is 
for man--man in his intelligence1 man in
 his morality1 man in his love of       
liberty1 man1 whosoever he is1          
whencesoever he cometh4 ,cries of amen1 
followed by applause4  ,the time has    
come for us to call a halt all along the
 line1 and if we do not close the gates 
we should place them ajar4 ,we should do

 two things3 ,first1 declare that this  
country is for ,americans4 ,applause4   
,it is not for ,germans1 nor for        
,irishmen1 nor for ,englishmen1 nor for 
,spaniards1 nor for the ,chinese1 nor   
for the ,japanese1 but it is for        
,americans4 ,cries of amen and applause4
 ,i am not to-day reviving the          
,know-,nothing cry1 for ,i am glad to   
say that ,i am not a know-nothing in any
 sense4 ,laughter4 ,nor am ,i reviving  
what may be called the old ,native      
,american cry1 for we have outlived     
that4 ,but ,i am simply declaring that  
,america is for ,typical ,americans4 ,in
 other words1 that we are determined by 
all that is honorable in law1 by all    
that is energetic in religion1 by all   
that is dear to our altars and our      
firesides1 that this country shall not  
become un-,american4  ,let us to-day    
proclaim to the world that he is an     
,american1 whether native-born or       
foreign-born1 who accepts seven great   
ideas which shall differentiate him from

 all other peoples on the face of the   
globe4 ,i am bound to say1 and you will 
agree with me1 that in proportion there 
are as many intelligent foreigners 7that
 is1 foreign-born7 in this congregation1
 in our city and in our country1 who are
 in full accord with this utterance as  
there are of those to the manor born4   
,in other words could ,i call the roll1 
,i would find as many intelligent       
foreigners who came here1 not for       
selfishness1 but for liberty and for    
,america's sake1 who would be in accord 
with me in declaring that ,america is   
for the ,typical ,american4 ,applause4  
,i speak without prejudice2 ,i know that
 there are those here of foreign birth  
who are ornaments in every department of
 society4 ,they minister to the sick as 
learned physicians4 ,they plead in all  
our courts of justice4 ,they are the    
eloquent exponents of divine truth4     
,they are in our halls of legislation4  
,they beautify private life in all the  
immunities and refinements thereof4     

,they have added to the wealth of the   
nation4 ,but while ,i make this         
concession1 and ,i do it cheerfully and 
proudly1 yet ,i must affirm that there  
are three classes of ,americans3 the    
native-born1 the foreign-born and the   
typical ,american4 ,the native ,american
 has the advantage of birth1 out of     
which flows one supreme advantage--he   
may be the ,president of the ,united    
,states4 ,this is a wise provision1 as  
nativity is a primary source of         
patriotism1 and time is necessary to    
appreciation4 ,but the native may be a  
worthless citizen4 ,he should be the    
typical ,american1 but he has too often 
failed to be4 ,the ,tweeds1 the ,wards1 
their like1 are no honor whatever to the
 native stock4 ,some of the worst       
scoundrels who have scandalized our     
nation have been born to the soil4      
,then there is the foreign-born         
,american1 who is such by               
naturalization4 ,he may be worthy of our
 free institutions1 as many are2 he may 

be unworthy1 as many have proved        
themselves to be4 ,but1 rising above    
these1 is the typical ,american1 without
 regard to place of birth4 ,he is the   
possessor of the seven great attributes1
 which1 in my humble judgment1          
constitute the true ,american3  ,i4     
,that our civil and political rights are
 not grants from superiors to inferiors1
 but flow out of the order and          
constitution of nature4  ,,ii4 ,that the
 force to maintain these rights is not  
physical1 but moral4  ,,iii4 ,that the  
safeguard of such rights is individual  
culture and responsibility4  ,,iv4 ,that
 secular education is provided by the   
,state1 and is forever free from        
sectarian control4  ,v4 ,that there is  
no alliance of ,state and ,church2 the  
,government non-religious1 but not      
irreligious4  ,,vi4 ,that the ,sabbath  
is a day of rest from ordinary care and 
toil4  ,,vii4 ,that ,christianity1 in   
its ethics and charities1 is the        
religion of this land4  ,it was a bold  

venture for the fathers of this         
,republic to declare personal liberty   
foremost1 without regard to birth or    
education or civilization4 ,this has    
elevated our nation above all nations4  
,it was sublime courage for those grand 
men to declare that our civil and       
political rights are not grants from    
superiors to inferiors1 but that they   
flow out of the order and the           
constitution of nature4 ,it is this1 my 
countrymen1 that differentiates us1 that
 distinguishes us from ,englishmen1 and 
,frenchmen1 and ,russians4 ,what are the
 two great declarations of which        
,england is proud8 ,take the ,magna     
,charta ,libertatum4 ,the historians say
 that this is the bulwark of ,english   
freedom4 ,yes1 ,englishmen1 you do right
 to so esteem it4 ,but then you should  
remember that the ,magna ,charta        
,libertatum was a concession from ,king 
,john--a concession from a superior to  
inferiors1 and the men who wrung that   
concession from that ,english king did  

not esteem themselves his equals1 but   
permitted themselves to be treated as   
inferiors4 ,then take what is known in  
,english parliamentary history as ,a    
,petition of ,rights4 ,it secured a     
concession from ,king ,charles ,i--a    
superior to inferiors4 ,but our fathers 
said we are the superiors4 ,applause4   
,we recognize no superior but ,god2 we  
declare a government of the people1 by  
the people1 and for the people4         
,applause4 ,we ask not for a ,magna     
,charta ,libertatum4 ,we offer no       
petition of rights4 ,jefferson made our 
declaration of rights and the fathers   
signed it1 saying1 ,we are born free and
 equal1 created in the image of ,god2   
our political rights are inalienable1   
inseparable from our birth4 ,applause4  
,that declaration turned the corner of  
political history4 ,it astounded all    
,europe4 ,it sent a chill through royal 
blood4 ,it caused a paleness to come    
over kings and queens2 yet it was a     
declaration which oncoming generations  

approved1 and oncoming centuries will   
applaud1 because born of truth1 justice 
and liberty4  ,the naturalized ,american
 must renounce all allegiance to foreign
 prince or potentate or government2 in  
so doing he must reject the assumed     
superiority of any human grantor and    
assert the superiority of the individual
 citizen in whom inhere these rights4   
,applause4  ,the fathers ventured the   
assertion that a government of the      
people and by the people and for the    
people should be supported1 not by      
physical force1 but by a moral power1 an
 astounding fact in the national        
history4 ,the power that conquered in   
the war for independence was a moral    
force4 ,it was the spirit of '#gf4 ,it  
was the spirit of '#gf that inspired    
,warren to say3 ,put me where the battle
 is hottest4 ,it was the spirit of '#gf 
that moved ,putnam to shout out on the  
eve of battle3 ,powder6 powder6 ,ye     
gods1 give us powder6 ,it was the spirit
 of '#gf that caused the ,new ,jersey   

dominie1 when the army was destitute of 
wadding1 to rush to the church and1     
getting a copy of ,watts's psalms1 shout
 out3 ,there1 boys1 put ,watts into     
them4 ,it was the spirit of '#gf that   
led ,washington to consecrate himself1  
his time1 his wealth1 and the grandest  
men in the country to consecrate        
themselves for the accomplishment of the
 grandest of facts4 ,the ,continental   
,army was an army of plowmen and        
artisans1 poorly armed and poorly       
clothed4 ,baron ,steuben1 when he came  
to this country with ,lafayette to      
organize our army1 declared that the    
only regularity that he saw was1 that   
the short men were put in front and the 
tall men put behind1 and old ,putnam    
gave him this explanation1 that         
,americans didn't care about their      
heads2 they only cared about their legs2
 shelter their legs and they would fight
 forever4 ,baron ,steuben attempted to  
organize those troops1 but lost his     
temper and swore at them in three       

languages at the same time4 ,laughter4  
,but the spirit of '#gf led to history4 
,we maintain our free institutions by   
moral force4 ,our twenty thousand       
soldiers scattered here and there       
wherever they can find an ,indian to    
shoot is hardly a respectable police    
force4 ,laughter4 ,the founders of this 
,republic knew that freemen are soldiers
 in the disguise of citizens4 ,let the  
tocsin of war be founded2 let a foreign 
foe invade our shores2 let an           
insurrectionary body arise in our midst1
 and a million of freemen1 armed to the 
teeth1 will ,rally round the flag1 boys1
 rally once again4 ,vociferous applause4
 ,it is difficult for immigrants coming 
to this country to appreciate this fact4
 ,they pass through the land and see no 
gens d'armes1 no standing armies1 and   
rarely a policeman4 ,laughter4  ,the    
true ,american stands forever on duty1 a
 soldier of the ,republic in the        
disguise of a citizen1 the custodian of 
the ,republic's life4 ,out of such a    

citizenship comes the moral sentiment   
which in its aggregation is public      
opinion1 which is mightier than standing
 armies or floating navies4 ,applause4  
,a third attribute is the individuality 
of the citizen1 out of which comes the  
collective man1 our national life4 ,we  
have exalted the individual2 the        
,american citizen is a republic of one4 
,whether we have fifty millions1 or ten 
millions1 or a million1 whatever may be 
the ratio of our population1 the        
,government recognizes the individuality
 of the citizen as paramount4 ,as ,god  
is the center of the universe1 and      
,christ the center of the church1 so the
 citizen is the center of this          
,government4 ,all its laws1 all its     
administrations1 all its soldiers in the
 army1 all its guns in the navy1 are for
 the protection of the ,american        
citizen4 ,wherever he wanders1 whether  
in ,africa1 or ,europe1 or ,asia1 or    
,germany1 or ,ireland1 or ,cuba1 or     
,mexico1 the ,american citizen must and 

shall be protected4 ,applause4 ,it is   
difficult for men coming from ,europe1  
where men are contemplated in masses1 to
 realize the potency of individuality2  
but it underlies our free institutions4 
,fourthly1 he is an ,american1 whether  
native-born or foreign-born1 who accepts
 the bold venture of the fathers to     
segregate public education from the     
teachings of the church4 ,it was a bold 
move in political science4 ,there is no 
authority under the ,constitution of the
 ,united ,states1 there should be no    
authority in the constitution of any    
,state1 there should be no authority in 
the municipality of any part of the     
country1 to impose religious instruction
 upon the childhood of ,america4 ,you   
and ,i may tremble in the presence of   
this tremendous fact1 this daring       
project in the science of statecraft1   
but then you must remember that1        
according to the organic law of our     
country1 we know no class but citizens1 
we know no obligation but protection1 no

 duty but the welfare of the people4 ,in
 all the nations abroad there is the    
combination of secular and religious    
instruction4 ,arithmetic1 geometry1     
geography1 physiology1 must be taught   
under the sanctions of religion4 ,but in
 this country public education is       
separated from sectarian religious      
teaching4 ,we may pause in the presence 
of such a fact4 ,we know that           
intelligence is almost a boundless      
power4 ,intelligence has produced as    
much evil as it has good2 the greatest  
monsters who have damned humanity have  
been men of the highest possible        
culture1 and the men who are sowing the 
seed in this country of discord are men 
of sublime intellects and polished      
education4 ,and therefore the founders  
of the ,republic recognized the duty of 
the individual citizen to add home      
instruction1 instruction in the church1 
instruction in the ,sunday-school1 to   
sanctify this intelligence4 ,whenever   
they expounded constitutional law1 or   

spoke in behalf of the perpetuity of our
 institutions1 they never failed to give
 pre-eminence to private virtue and     
public morality2 nor did they hesitate  
to say that this virtue in private life 
and this morality in the public society 
must flow out of that religion which we 
esteem divine4  ,those great men        
ventured on another and a desperate     
mission1 the segregation of ,state from 
,church4 ,in the nations of the old     
world these are allied4 ,the ,czar is   
the head of the church4 ,victoria is the
 head of the church4 ,the ,king of      
,germany is the head of the church4 ,the
 ,hapsburg1 of ,austria1 is the head of 
the church4 ,the ,sultan is the head of 
the church4 ,but here we have no earthly
 head of the church4 ,to the individual 
,christian ,christ is the head of the   
church4 ,this is fundamental in our     
,government4 ,here we have a free church
 in a free country4 ,christianity had   
been supported by thrones in the old    
world4 ,religion had been enforced by   

armies and navies4 ,the great           
cathedrals1 and what are called the     
church livings1 had been maintained by a
 tax imposed upon people who did not    
believe the creed taught1 and did not   
observe the forms of worship practiced4 
,in our organic law it is stated that   
,congress shall not legislate on the    
subject of religion4 ,religion shall be 
free4 ,here the ,mohammedan may rear his
 mosque and read his ,koran4 ,here the  
,brahmin may rear his pagoda and read   
his ,shasta4 ,all religionists may come 
and worship here1 but their worship     
shall not infringe upon the worship of  
others nor work injury to the           
body-politic4 ,the ,typical ,american   
should set his face against all seeming 
alliance of ,church and ,state4 ,we say 
to the ,holy ,father1 live in peace4    
,stay in ,rome4 ,live on the banks of   
the ,tiber4 ,if you come here1 you must 
be an ,american citizen1 rejecting your 
doctrine of temporal power4 ,you may    
come and be naturalized and be a voter1 

but we can have no temporal popes here4 
,applause and laughter4 ,so we say to   
our countrymen that come from dear old  
,ireland1 the best country in the world 
to emigrate from1 laughter1 to the      
,italian1 to the ,spaniard1 to the      
,german1 you may belong to the church of
 the spiritual pontiff but you must     
renounce all allegiance to temporal     
pontiffs4 ,i hold that under our laws of
 naturalization1 that it is the duty of 
every cardinal1 every archbishop1 every 
bishop1 and every priest1 every monk1   
,franciscan or ,jesuit1 to solemnly     
renounce before ,god and the holy       
angels1 all political allegiance to the 
,pope as a temporal prince1 who to-day  
is seeking to re-establish diplomatic   
relations with ,england and other       
,european nations in recognition of his 
temporal sovereignty4  ,and he is a true
 ,american citizen1 whether foreign-born
 or native-born1 who maintains1 as an   
,american institution1 the ,holy        
,sabbath-day4 ,he can call it ,sunday1  

after the old pagan god1 but he must    
rest on the seventh day1 rest from toil1
 rest in the interest of the dignity of 
labor1 rest as discount upon capital1   
rest for intelligence1 rest for         
compensation1 rest for domestic         
happiness1 rest for pious culture4 ,the 
seventh day of every week should be     
consecrated to cessation from labor and 
devoted to physical and mental repose4  
,it should not be a day of recreation to
 be spent in riotous living and in      
brawls1 but a day peaceful1 in harmony  
with the institutions of religion and   
the dominant sentiment of the country4  
,our fathers consecrated the ,sabbath1  
and had you the patience to hear and ,i1
 the time to read from ,franklin1 from  
,jefferson1 from ,washington1 touching  
the ,sabbath1 in recognition of it as   
indispensable to the welfare of our body
 politic1 you would be confirmed in this
 great truth4 ,the danger to-day is that
 we are becoming un-,american in cutting
 loose from the ,sabbath-day as a day of

 rest and of worship4 ,i cannot invoke  
the civil law to do more than to say    
that it shall be a day of rest4 ,i      
cannot invoke the civil law to say that 
that man shall worship here or worship  
there1 or worship at all1 but ,i can    
invoke the civil law to say that it     
shall be a non-secular day2 not a day   
for the transaction of business1 but a  
day on which the laboring man shall walk
 out under ,god's free skies and say3   
,this is my day1 the day of a freeman4  
,applause4 ,the tendency is to          
transplant a ,european ,sabbath here2   
the ,german with his lager1 and the     
,frenchman with his wine1 and the       
,irishman with his shillalah4 ,laughter4
 ,no1 no1 gentlemen1 stay on the other  
side of the great deep4 ,we don't want  
these things or this day on this side of
 the broad ,atlantic4  ,there is another
 attribute that belongs to the true     
,american citizen--the recognition of   
,christianity as the religion of our    
country4 ,webster1 our greatest         

expounder of constitutional law1 did not
 hesitate to declare that               
,christianity--not ,methodist           
,christianity1 not ,roman ,catholic     
,christianity1 not ,presbyterian        
,christianity--but ,christianity as     
taught by the four ,evangelists1 is the 
recognized religion of this land4       
,recognized how far8 ,so far that its   
ethics shall be embodied in our         
constitutional and statutory law2 so far
 that its teachings of the brotherhood  
of mankind shall be accepted2 so far    
that its lessons of fraternity1         
equality1 justice2 and mercy shall be   
incorporated in the law of society4     
,those beautiful moralities that fell   
from the lips of the divine ,son of ,god
 have been incorporated in the laws of  
the land1 and that with few exceptions4 
,our chaplains for the army and navy and
 for ,congress are in recognition of    
this4 ,on that sacred book the oath of  
,presidential responsibility is taken4  
,and this ,thanksgiving ,day1 appointed 

by the ,president1 is a monument of     
proof4 ,these point to ,christianity as 
the dominant religion of the land1 not  
to the exclusion of the ,jew1 not to the
 exclusion of the ,greek1 not to the    
exclusion of the ,mohammedan1 not to the
 exclusion of the ,brahmin1 but         
permeating society with its principles4 
,then1 citizens1 the danger which comes 
from this foreign population is to be   
met in this way1 first1 to hold that    
this country is for ,americans who are  
clothed with these seven attributes4  ,i
 do not exaggerate the danger when ,i   
remind you that there are great         
movements among the peoples of the      
earth1 as never before4 ,remember that  
the population of ,europe has increased 
twenty-seven millions from #ahgj to     
#ahhj1 and at this rate of increase     
,europe can send to us two millions of  
immigrants a year for the next hundred  
years4 ,our foreign-born population is  
said to be seven millions1 and their    
children of the first generation would  

make fifteen millions4 ,in #ahhb        
immigration reached the enormous figure 
of eight hundred thousand1 and at the   
present rate of immigration it is said  
there will be in the year #aijj1        
fourteen years from now1 nineteen       
millions of persons of foreign birth1   
and with their children of the first    
generation there will be forty-three    
millions in this land of foreign born4  
,now the question1 and a serious one1   
is1 ,who are those that come8 ,i have   
said some are noble1 some are true1 some
 are easily transformed into the        
,typical ,american4 ,but then we are to 
remember that most of the foreigners who
 come here are twelve times as much     
disposed to crime as are the native     
stock4  ,our population of foreign      
extraction is sadly conspicuous in our  
criminal records4 ,this element         
constituted1 in #ahgj1 #bj per cent4 of 
the population of ,new ,england1 and    
furnished #ge per cent4 of the crime4   
,the ,howard ,society of ,london reports

 that #gd per cent4 of the ,irish       
discharged convicts have come to the    
,united ,states4 ,i hold in my hand the 
annual rum bill of this country for the 
last year4 ,it is nine hundred millions 
of dollars6 ,i ask myself1 ,who drinks  
this rum8 ,native ,americans8 ,some6    
,laughter4 ,some drink a good deal4     
,renewed laughter4 ,but let us see the  
danger that comes to us from inebriety  
among our foreign population4  ,the     
wholesale dealers in liquor are         
estimated at sixty-five per cent4       
foreign born1 and the brewers           
seventy-five per cent4 ,let us take     
,philadelphia1 that old ,quaker city1   
the ,city of ,brotherly ,love1 that city
 that seems to be par excellence the    
city of the world1 and here are the     
figures3 ,there were #h1jcd persons in  
the rum traffic1 and who were they8     
,chinamen1 #b2 ,jews1 #b2 ,italians1    
#ah2 ,spaniards1 #adj2 ,welsh1 #afj2    
,french1 #bhe2 ,scotch1 #dig2 ,english1 
#efh2 ,germans1 #b1agi2 ,irish1 #c1jda2 

,africans1 #bfe2 ,american1 #bje4 ,i    
suppose we will have to mix the         
,africans with the ,americans1 and the  
total would be #dgj ,americans1 and then
 there were persons of unknown          
nationality in the rum traffic1 #fgb2   
the sum total being #h1jcd4 ,of this    
number #c1fif were females1 but out of  
the #c1fif all were foreigners but one4 
,there was one ,american woman in the   
rum business1 and ,i blush for my       
country4 ,yet there were #a1ajd ,german 
women1 and #b1edh ,irish1 and of the    
whole number of the #h1jcd engaged in   
the liquor traffic of that city1 #f1dah 
had been arrested for some crime4       
,applause4 ,we are bound to look at     
these facts4 ,are we a nation of foreign
 drunkards8  ,then there is another     
danger--the tendency of emigrant        
colonization4 ,i suppose it is known to 
you that ,new ,mexico is in the hands of
 foreigners--in the hands of the        
,catholic ,church4 ,it is also a fact of
 ,congressional report that #bj1eeg1jjj 

acres of land are in the possession of  
twenty-nine alien corporations and      
individuals1 an area greater than the   
whole of ,ireland4 ,i would have no part
 of this country subject to any church4 
,i would have no foreign language taught
 in the public schools to the exclusion 
of or in preference to the ,english     
language4 ,i would have no laws         
published in a foreign language1 whether
 for the ,french of ,louisiana or the   
,germans of ,cincinnati4 ,loud applause4
 ,i would utter my solemn protest1 and  
that in the hearing of all politicians1 
especially those men who want to be     
,presidents and can not be ,presidents1 
and those who hope to be ere long--,i   
would utter my solemn protest to-day    
against what is known as the ,irish vote
 and the ,german vote4 ,applause4 ,we do
 not want any foreign vote4 ,down with  
the politician that would seek an ,irish
 vote or ,german vote4 ,great applause4 
,all we want here is an ,american vote4 
,i would not vote for any man for       

,president who would stoop so low as to 
bid for the ,german vote or the ,irish  
vote4 ,continued applause4 ,the other   
safeguard is an extension of the term of
 residence required for naturalization4 
,some say make the term twenty-one      
years4 ,what is the term now8 ,five     
years4 ,i read from ,revised ,statutes1 
section #bafe and #bagd1 that a person  
applying for citizenship must be a      
resident of the ,united ,states at least
 five years1 and one year within the    
,state or ,territory wherein the        
application is made1 and that during    
that term 7,i wish ,i had all the judges
 here to-day7 and that during that term 
he is to give satisfactory assurance to 
the court that he has behaved as a man  
of good moral character1 attached to the
 principles of the ,constitution of the 
,united ,states1 and well disposed to   
the good order and happiness of the     
same4 ,a man of good moral character6   
what a sublime utterance1 and how       
infinite4 ,i would be glad to know what 

judge takes the pains1 when a hundred of
 these foreigners apply just on the eve 
of the election1 that they may qualify  
themselves to vote1 what judge inquires 
whether they are men of good moral      
character8 ,yet such is the provision of
 the law of the land4 ,we have assumed  
the authority to limit suffrage4 ,we say
 that women shall not vote1 which is a  
great mistake4 ,sensation4 ,you are not 
up to that4 ,laughter4 ,my wife is as   
competent to vote as ,i4 ,on all moral  
questions1 especially the temperance    
question1 ,i would trust the women ten  
times before ,i would the men4 ,it is an
 abuse of the very genius of our        
,government to proscribe the ,chinese4  
,we say the negro may vote because his  
skin is black4 ,we say the ,dutchman1   
the ,irishman1 the ,italian may vote1   
because his skin ought to be white1 but 
the ,chinese can not vote because his   
skin is yellow4 ,the word white is used 
in the statute of limitation4 ,we say to
 the young ,american who graduates with 

the highest honors at eighteen1 you must
 wait three years longer before you can 
stand with the ,irishman with his       
brogans and the ,teuton with his lager  
and vote for the rulers of your native  
land4 ,i would have the term of         
naturalization extended1 some say till  
the foreigner has been here twenty-one  
years4 ,extend the term to ten years1   
fifteen years4 ,say to all persons who  
come to this country from foreign lands1
 that after #ahij they shall remain here
 fifteen years to become indoctrinated  
in our free institutions1 learn the     
seven attributes of the ,american       
citizen1 and then be prepared to love   
,america for ,america's sake4 ,applause4
  ,thus protected we can look forward to
 a glorious future1 and the eye of      
prophecy can sweep the horizon of a     
deathless hope4 ,look forward to the    
time when our place among the nations   
shall be the umpire of the world4 ,when 
,england and ,germany and ,france shall 
refer their international questions to  

us for adjudication which otherwise     
would be adjusted on the field of       
carnage2 when we shall dictate to the   
world by moral suasion1 what shall be   
the rights of citizens and what shall be
 the duty of the ,government over them4 
,the proud position of my country looms 
up before me4 ,england may plant        
commercial colonies around the globe1   
and so may ,germany and so may ,france1 
but let it be the mission of this       
country to plant colonies of moral ideas
 wherever the sun shines1 and transform 
the political sentiments of the world   
until all men shall be recognized as    
created free and equal by the ,father   
,almighty4 ,let this be our proud       
position4 ,then it shall never be said  
that the ocean was dug for ,america's   
grave1 that the winds were woven for her
 winding sheet1 that the mountains were 
reared for her tombstone4 ,but rather we
 shall live on1 and gifted with immortal
 youth1 ,america shall ascend the       
mountain tops of the oncoming centuries 

with the old flag in her hand1 symbol of
 universal liberty1 the light of whose  
stars shall blend their radiance with   
the dawn of the millennium4             
,,extracts ,,from ,,letters4   ,your    
sermon yesterday upon the essential     
features of ,americanism deserves the   
applause of the nation4 ,god speed you  
in your noble mission4                  
,,washington1 ,d4 ,c4  ,your sermon     
to-day was a masterpiece4 ,god bless    
you4                                    
,,washington1 ,d4 ,c4  ,i thank you from
 the bottom of my ,american heart for   
your sermon on ',america for            
,americans4'                            
,,washington1 ,d4 ,c4  ,your sermon     
exactly describes my sentiments1 which  
you have put in a cleaner and plainer   
light than ,i can4                      
,,maryland4  ,let me congratulate you   
with all my heart on your immigration   
sermon yesterday4                       
,,wisconsin4  ,i have read the report of
 your sermon1 and had ,i been present   

would have risen to my feet in an       
',amen' applause4                       
,,ohio4  ,i have read your sermon1 and  
thank ,god that one man has the manhood 
to speak his mind on a subject which    
must soon come to the forefront for     
investigation4                          
,,st4 ,,louis4  ,you struck the people's
 heart on ,thanksgiving ,day1 and put a 
needed truth just right4                
,,new ,,york4