Their fellowcountrymen came before them and aided materially in the upbuilding of the nation. They come with the same intention and should be welcomed not only to land. but in due time allowed to embrace citizenship under reasonable conditions. What would have been the effect upon the country if. sixty years ago when the great stream of immigration from Ireland and Germany were directed here. an unwise Congress had harkened to the hysterical appeals of that narrow element that then insisted that our doors be closed upon the newcomers? Having landed. suppose the right of citizenship had been denied these strangers who had come in the prime of sturdy manhood to mingle and become a part of the people of this land. do you think they would have proven such a valuable acquisition to the nation as they unquestionably have? Is it likely that they would have contributed so liberally- to the prosperity of the country?
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