North and Sot tlh. entered the army on one side and the other. and that bill which has beer) commented upon and drawn into debate here several times in the progress of the last five or ten years as a matter of reproach against the framers of the bill. against those who supported it. was not only supported by every one. but sanctioned by public opinion throughout the United States. If it contributed in any respect to supply the want of labor in that period of adversity. it did great good. I have no doubt the immigration invited under the provisions of that bill probably aided us to recover from the very grave and serious depression of industry from which the country was then suffering. That is all I wish to say. I should like to have that date marked as the explanation of the whole merit of the bill.
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