I judge from the manner in which they played politics that they were Americans of long standing. Mr. President. the highest ambition of a republic is to build up citizenship. and the only guaranty of free institutions is to be found in the success of that ambition. Without sturdy. selfreliant. sober. frugal. industrious. prosperous citizens we can have some form of government. but we can not1iave a republic. Year after year thousands of immigrants are crowding to our shores. The public lands which heretofore have enabled us to furnish an outlet for congested centers are fast disappearing. Private lands are passing in price beyond the reach of the man of small means.
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