Mr. Speaker. the provisions of the bill as it comes out of the conference are different in very few material points from the bill as it originally passed the House. There has been an attempt in both the House and the Senate to restrict immigration to some extent. I believe that it is demandedI believe that it is demanded by the people of this country. especially in the Northern States. from one ocean to the other. At least. we have no disposition whatever to in the least trench upon the rights of our naturalized citizens or to do anything that will make it a hardship for desirable immigrants to come to our shores. and while I shall remember in any vote that I may give the debt I owe in that direction. I ask members on this floor who are so anxious that every opportunity shall be given and every door opened to bring classes into this country and to bring immigration here. to remember that there are in this land of ours millions upon millions of men and women "to the manner born." Their ancestors have been here hundreds of years. They marched across the continent from ocean to ocean. and they have established here a civilization we believe to be the highest in the world. and I believe that we owe to them. so far as in our power lies. to elevate American labor. I believe that in elevating the plain people Of this land we elevate all the people.
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