We separated from England and have ever since been doing business on the theory. which we have not always practiced. that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Therefore what kind of a government we shall have or whether we shall have any government at all depends upon the judgment and selfrestraint of the rank and file of American .citizen hip. . We are spending large sums for war ships and coast defenses and cannon that can sink a ship at 7 miles. but the danger to our Republic is not so much from without as from within. although for some time we have been too hospitable to a class of immigrants who are doing us no good. The questions that trouble us are above political issues. but can not be separated from them. above capital and labor. but can not be separated from them. They reach back to first principles. and they reach into the future indefinitely. and in their consideration this nation was never more in need of the kind of patriotism and political sanity that rises above mere selfseeking than now.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that a class of immigrants are doing no good.