AMALGAMATING OUR FOREIGN BORN 



are slow to apprehend the reality of Ameri- 

 can religious liberty, fearing the national 

 spirit that besets them behind and before as 

 somehow representing an alien faith or 

 atheism, and not daring to give up to it lest 

 their salvation be imperiled. The attitude 

 of the oldest American churches, at times 

 haughty and intolerant, as if they were es- 

 tablished and authoritative, nurses the un- 

 fortunate timidity named. 



The superciliousness of Americans tends 

 to make foreigners herd. Men whose 

 fathers, grandfathers, or great-grandfathers 

 were themselves immigrants put on an air 

 of superiority toward people landing yes- 

 terday. To this is sometimes added positive 

 abuse by American employers toward 

 workpeople freshly arrived whom one 

 may easily grind, underpay, or cheat in 

 trade. Not seldom newcomers are made to 

 believe themselves thus maltreated when 

 they are not. They learn to hate and dread 

 Americans and rally in national groups for 

 self-defense. 



In many cases this "nucleization" among 



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