At that tine Mr. Speaker. his position on that question. as it had been upon other questions. was not a popular one. but he clung to it bravely and steadfastly until he became a member of this House. when as you know. and as we all know. he still upheld the principle for which he was contending. During his membership of this House he became interested. as has been said here already. in the question of immigration. The evils growing out of the coming of foreigners to our shores struck him as they have struck others. as being of a most serious nature. and while I do not believe that he had any prejudice against any man or any nationality. or any race who came among us. still he felt. and he felt rightly. that this great country should not be made the asylum for the halt. the lame. the blind. the vicious. and the criminal. in a word. of the classes which other nations desire to get rid of. I am sure he felt that the honest. the healthy immigrant was a welcome guest among us. and his arms were spread out to embrace every such man in the folds of American citizenship. But he had none of the mawkish sentimentalityan instance of which has recently occurred in this House. which induced him to believe that there is any tie of brotherhood. that there is any claim of philanthropy. which demands of the hard working people of this country that they shall share with everybody who chooses to come to us. their means of subsistence. and in this way diminish the wages of their own labor and the comfort of their own homes. There is a wrong idea abroad on this subject.
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Generalization about foreigners being 'halt, lame, blind, vicious, and criminal'.