Mr. Chairman. the effect of this amendment will be. in my judgmentand I have devoted twenty years to the study of the question of immigrationthe effect of it. in my humble judgment. will be to shut out those whom we do want and to let in those whom we do not want. It will let in the softhanded. easygoing fellow. and exclude the hornyhanded son of toil. It welcomes the lazy. halfeducated goodfornothing who goes around asserting that the world owes him a living without condescending to work for it. aad shuts the door of the Republic in the face of the honest..industrious. and struggling man who. though not able to read. comes here with two strong armc. a healthy mind. and a determination to make this country his and his childrens home. and to earn his citizenship as well as his daily bread by the sweat of his brow. One is perhaps driven to these shores against his will and by circumstances he does not care to explainI refer to the educated immigrantwhile the other comes voluntarily. with the hope of a better future in his heart and with the expectation that by honest toil. to which lie is accustomed. by thrift and frugality. lie will succeed in making his lot a happy one. because he is in the land of civil and religious liberty of which he has heard so much and which has filled his dreams for many a day. Yet it is proposed here to extend the hand of welcome to the former and not only withhold it from the latter but to send him back to the dungeon whence he came. Do you know what this meansthe deportation of a man? It means that you brand him for life. When he goes back to his old surroundings the question will be naturally asked by his neighbors. " Why did you return?
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