No dispute arises upon such a proposition until we come to the extent of that principle and the details of propositions. A nation has a right to exclude paupers sent in upon it. That is not a voluntary immigration. it is an ijurious oto. It has a right. of course. to exclude insane and idiotic persons for the same reason. It has a. right to exclude criminals. for they are sent here to our injtury. and in order to relieve other nations front their own just burdens. If the British Government. instead of resolutely setting about the suppression of thngisi. had offered a free passage to thugs to colit hero and settle with us. with their roligiou teaching tle ditty of mrder. of course we should have had a right to forbid that kitid (of immigratiot. and we should have been quite justified in taking it as offensive action ott the part of Great Britain. So in a state of war or prospect of warthat justifies the exercise of extraordinary powers. in.tet arum silent leqes. Laws national or interiational are set aside if we catn defend ourselves. ati any class of peole may be excluded or any foreiguers itay be ordered to depart. the mteastre of the exercise of the powor beig only the degree of the necessity of selfprotectioi.
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