The old incarnate federal deviltry and hatred of foreigners of the time of John Adams. illustrated in the allen laws. survives. From that time every party opposed to the Democratic party in this country has been federal in its jealousy. opposition. and persecution of foreignborn citizens. Such parties have shown a vindictive disposition to restrict the right of naturalization fully accorded by the Constitution and the laws. Our records are full of these proscriptive policies of our antagonists. They took shape in attempts to take from State tribunals the right to naturalize. to restrain suffrage. to prolong the time of probation of the immigrant and modes of religious bigotry and persecution. I say therefore. and I speak it boldly as one familiar with federal and democratic history. that when any man on the other side impeaches this side of the House as being in any way recreant in devotion to the naturalized citizen in all the length and breadth of his rights and privileges. or when any member thus derogates from our wellearned fame and arrogates to himself and his party any such special devotion. he falsifies history. He will be convicted for it before the intelligent people of this country. I did not wish to extend this debate into the fiveminute discussion.
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