There are a few other clerical errors which will also be remedied. Mr. Speaker. this bill in no manner seeks to restrict or prohibit voluntary or free immigration. The oppressed of all lands. the victims of tyrant misrule. those persecuted for the free expression of opinion. as well as those who from choice or love of our beneficent institutions have sought a shelter and home beneath our flag. have ever been welcome to our shores. and will no doubt be ever welcome until the time shall come when population begins to press upon the limits of subsistence and we find the public domain no more than sufficient for our own people. With this class of immigrants this bill has no concern. Its object is to restrict and prohibit the importation of foreigners to this country under contract to perform labor here. That is. its object is to prevent and prohibit men whose love of self is above their love of country and humanity from importing into this country large bodies of foreign laborers to take the places of and crowd out American laborers.
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