And when once brought into the Union we have links in the Federal system so weak that a very little strain will snap them. In the Union as it stands we have elements of no slight danger. We have welcomed the emigrant from all parts of the world. and in the cities of the North we have an enormous population of the lowest orders of European life. unacquain ted with and unfit for selfgovernment. and a great problem is how to biring these unfit masses into a helpful addition to American life. In the South we have the rapidly increasing colored population. brought here as slaves. emancipated through the most awful drain of life and money. elevated in ignorance to citizenship. and every State south of Mason and Dixons line today trembles before the unsolved question of preserving intelligent selfgovernment and at the samo time guaranteeing rights of citizeship to an ignorant mass. With these problems resting upon and burdening the nation. is it wise to throw upon it the awful problem of dealing with millions far more incapable of and unused to selfgovernment?
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that European immigrants are of the 'lowest orders' and unfit for self-government.