They have been stirred by the spirit of American patriotism and are grateful to America for what America has done for them. If I had but the time now. how I would like to describe the soulstirring and patriotic scenes that I have time and time again witnessed when I visited the exercises of the children of these foreigners in our public schools. Many of themyes. thousands upon thousands of themchildren of just the kind of refugees as we have spoken of today. the pride of the school. quick to learn and making some of the best pupils of our public schools. Mr. Chairman. only recently I visited one of these schools in the lower part of New York. There was a very large class of poor immigrant childrenchildren of men who abandoned the lands of tyranny and despotismand it would have gladdened your hearts. as it gladdened mine. to hear those little ones. with a patriotic fervor which would have done credit to a native American. sing in accents clear and sweet such songs as "My Country tis of Thee." The StarSpangled Banner." and "Hail Columbia. Happy Land." Such. sir. are these poor refugees. such their offspring. when you give them the Godgiven right to breathe the air of human liberty. I regret that time does not permit of an extended discussion of the questions before us. If it did.
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