The questions that were presented then are not the questions of today. At that time. as the gentleman from New York has said. there were thousands and tens of thousands of square miles of prairie inviting the settler. We wanted immigration. and I am opposed to immigration now in part because there are no more lands. because immigration congests itself in the cities. because the people that come often are disappointed and are not benefited. I do not object to immigration simply because of the degenerating effects upon our population. After a little time that difficulty is effaced. But I am opposed to it. among other things. because it is harmful. as I believe. to the very hest interests of the United States and the very perpetuity of the United States.
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