One of the very objects for which our Constitution was framed and adopted. as declared in its preamble. was to promote the general weltire. and in the eighth section of the first article the power to provide for the general welftre is specifically delegated to Congress. Upon this clause was based the constitutionality of the protective policy of the Government by no less a person than James Madison. one of the fathers of the Constitution. and one of Americas greatest statesmen and expounders of our Constitution. If the protective policy is constitutional. our power to pass this bill .can not be questioned. Again. we see by section 9 of article 1 of the Constitution that Congress after 1808 has reserved to itself the power to limit and regulate migration and immigration. I am aware. Mr.
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