Mr. President. when the remniqls of the Senator from South Dakota are printed we shall doe eactly what he did say. I suppose it is no reproach to good immigrants that they .retain an attachment to their native language. and so far as streets. and neighborhoods. and communities retaining the use of their native language. that happens quite as frequently. much more frequently indeed. in the Western States than it doesin the French communities in New England. I have been toldthe Senator from South Dakota can correct me if I am wrongthat now and then there is a Western village which has been peopled by immigrants from Europe which retains to a large extent. perhaps universally. not merely the general customs. but the language. the speech of the country whence they came. Certainly. therefore. a mere attachment on the part of immigrants to their own language is not to ba censured. It isdesirable that all immigrants should come in time to speak the English language. that they should mingle with American citizens. an] come to understand the English tongue. but there is no great danger. I imagine. of any injury to result to this country in this particular. Certainly there is none as to the French immigration into New England. The French do mingle with our own people. they do become thoroughly Americanized. and they are coming to constitute a very helpful and important part of our population.
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