Why is a man instructed in reading and writing? If lie be not rich enough that he can expect to lead a life of leisure. the very object of educating him is that he may live by the labor of his head rather than the labor of his hands. Now. that is precisely the character of immigrant the opponents of this measure consider the least desirable. We believe the effect of this proposal wohld be to exclude the desirable and admit the objectionable. I repeat the question propounded by the gentleman from Texas : Do you want more lawyers. do you want more schoolteachers. do you want more artists. do you want more anarchists. do you want more linguists. or do you want more laborers? If lawyers. clerks. artists. writers. and agitators are the desirable immigrants. the measure of the gentleman from Massachusetts is highly meritorious. Its effect will be to increase enormously the supply. We believe in encouraging the arrival of immigrants who will not be a tax on the resources. but a vast reenforcement to the productive capacities of the country. There is but one way in which a man can serve the country in time of peace. and that is by work upon its soil. How can any person work from morning until night. increasing the production of the soil. and be other than a valuable citizen?
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