As a bill in regard to immigration which I had the honor to report to the Senate on the 18th of February. 1864. has frequently been made the subject of criticism in the Senate. especially a year or two ago and also yesterday. I desire to call attention to the fact that when that bill was reported it was accompanied by a very full report and I think a very complete statement of the whole case with respect to immigration. consisting of some eight printed pages. I did not recall the fact that I had ever made a report upon the subject of immigration. I had forgotten it until an extract was read from it yesterday. It was twentysix years ago. and therefore I never mentioned the fact that there was a report about it. although I recalled the bill and the reasons why it was passed.
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