Mr. President. the Lancaster district of Pennsylvania has been aptly characterized by the Senator from Pennsylvania who has just taken his seat as a country of marvelous richness. inhabited by a sturdy peoplethe ScotchIrish and the German elements. And down that broad valleythrough the Cumberland Valleyto the western end of my own State flowed this immigration of Germans and ScotchIrishmen. reaching the gates of the mountains on their way toward the winning of the West. This Lancaster population is very like my own country. and with this came certain intercommunication which in a measure obliterated State lines and made general intelligence and knowledge of the men in one section well known in the other. Thus during my lifetime I have seen somewhat and heard much of that sturdypeople who made up the typical district which was represented so long. so ably. so conscientiously by my personal friend.
Identified stereotypes
Germans and Scotch-Irish are characterized as a sturdy people.