Laws and rules have grown out of this agitation. this investiARIL 9. gation. so that at the present time many of the undesirable classes are prevented from disgracing our soil by their presence. :Tis said that Mr. Ford could not have lived to see the results of his work. to see the promise of the day when the ship coming to our shores with a thousand souls shall contain but lawabiding and selfsustaining people. He expressed a true statement. and one in the interest of all patriotic people when he said that immigration should be controlled by the General Government. and not by any one State. That the subject of immigration was one that effected all our people and was a fit subject for Federal control. He was defeated for reelection in the Fiftyfirst Congress. and two years later was elected to the Fiftysecond Congress. but was suddenly stricken and died at his residence in the city that delighted to honor him. on the 20th day of April. 1891. Never did people feel more keenly the loss of one of their own than did the people of the Fifth Congressional district of Michigan.
Identified stereotypes
The speaker implies that some classes of people are inherently 'undesirable'.