So. then. Mr. Speaker. in nearly all of the States in this Union answering to this inquiry the governors say that immigration is desired. Why. what is it that has made the great cities but immigration? What is it that has made the property of this capital city worth hundreds of dollars a foot but immigration? What is it that has made a foot of ground in New York City worth as much or more than a whole farm in the Western country? It is immigration. Are you willing to stop it here? Are you willing to shut it off and say that other men shall not enjoy the same privileges which were enjoyed before you by your forefathers and has been likewise enjoyed by you? Thomas Jefferson. Patrick Henry. and George Washington. all of them. encouraged immigration instead of retarding it. I am astonished. in view of the past history of political parties in this country. to see so many gentlemen over there hugging the delusion to their bosoms that they will get any consolation from the Republican party. There you sit shivering behind its shadow. many of you foreign born. representing a foreignborn constituency in a great measure. and yet you are afraid to open your mouths. The Democratic party stands today right where it stood in 1856. when an effort was made by KnowNothings to deprive our foreignborn citizens of their rights under the Constitution. and right where it stood when the alien and sedition laws were put in force. The Democratic party believes in making this the grandest and the most glorious Government beneath the sun.
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