His conduct was a violation of neitrality and a violation of treaties. but it met with the approval of the civilized world. and it received the verbal approbation of the the President of the United States. Mr. Speaker. I have but a word more to say. I maintain that it. is the duty of the American Congress to protect the home life of the laboringmen ofourcountry. They are the foundation of our society. What matters it to ts if we gather large stores of treasure and become as wealthy as Cresus himself if the masses of this country are miserable. unhappy. ground down by competition with pauper labor of Asia? Sir. in the eloquent language of GoldsmithIll fares the land. tolhastening ills a prey. Where wealth accumulates. and men decay.
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