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land — should honor the patrimony handed down to us by our ancestors: Our American ancestors, the men and women who originally made this land great, not just our biological ancestors.
America’s heritage is something to which all citizens are heir, regardless of how recently they arrived.
Honoring that heritage is a moral duty of good citizenship.
That doesn’t mean overlooking the sins of America’s past or present — but it does mean expressing gratitude and loyalty to the memory of our national forefathers.
And that, in turn, means being careful about accepting too much immigration or demanding too little in terms of assimilation.
The Americans who built this country bequeathed us not only a Constitution but a culture, which is more than a litany of abstract propositions.
“(I)f you overwhelm the country with too many new entrants, even if they believe the right things, even if they’re fundamentally good people, you do change the country in some profound way,” Vance warns.
Heritage Americans have all too often repudiated their heritage.
Whenever immigrants and their descendants honor that heritage, they should be honored in turn as dutiful sons and daughters of America.
Daniel McCarthy is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review. To read more by Daniel McCarthy, visit www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2025 CREATORS. COM
