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I then asked the gentleman from New York to yield to me for an inquiry. whether he did not believe that cases of the kind covered by his resolution should be generally covered by one joint resolution. The gentleman from New York replied to me. saying that that was not the resolution. By that reply he intended. no doubt. to say that the resolution covered but one case. and not the cases of immigrants generally. In what. then. did the gentleman from New York deceive me? In absolutely nothing. But. sir. I understand the spirit in which the remarks of the gentleman from Kentucky were uttered. Anyone reading the speech of the gentleman from Kentucky. which. by the way. was not fully delivered on the floor of this House. but part of which was merely printed in the RECORD. can not fail to understand that the gentleman from Kentucky meant that the people of New York City should believe that both my friend and colleague from New York and I were in favor of the admission of every kind and description of immigrants. Sir. if the gentleman from Kentucky meant that that should go forth either to the city of New York or to the nation. I disclaim his unwarranted and uncalledfor imputation. I believe in the admission of good. healthy. desirable immigration. Both the gentleman from New York and I believe that the healthy. desirable immigrants who have come to our shores have helped to make this country great and strong. have aided to build a country of happy homes. have contributed largely to bring about and promote the prosperity of our Godblessed landthat prosperity of which we proudly boast and which this country so grandly enjoys today.