They have come to us. the oppressed and downtrodden. the poor as well as the wealthy and intelligent when they felt a longing to live in a country where. in the words of the immortal Jefferson. "all men are created free and DECcr..BER 13. equal." and under the insliring influence of our social and political life they have been amalgamated into a citizenship which is equal. aye. superior to that of the proudest cities and states that history- knows. Upon this principle of equality and libertya principle as firm as the Rock of Agesour country has endured for over a century. increasing in power and prosperity. while throughout the world thrones have fallen. dynasties have died. and nations have been eliminated from the map of the world. The right to naturalize foreignborn citizens. Mr. Speaker. was never granted willingly to this country. but was paid for by the expenditure of priceless blood and treasure. The bloody War of 1812 with Great Britain was largely the result of Englands refusal to consider the rights of naturalized British subjects. but the principle triumphed. and in every civilized country of the globe. but one. it has come to be recognized that section 1999 of the Revised Statutes of the United States is. in deed and in fact. good and sound international law. We plead today. Mr.
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