We have those there who are responsible for their safe construction and who will be responsible for the safe operation of them. If we provide forAmenricaiis only. we flatly violate the treaty. to start with. which demands equality as to conditions of commerce. charges of traffic. and otherwise--certainly otherwise. if not one of the first two propositions. In the second Place. the proposition of the gentleman from Texas would require a man to carry along his certificate of birth and all of his naturalization papers. and put him to a great deal more trouble than pulling a card out of his pocket in order to show that he has the permission of the Government. Furthermore. our naturalization laws are so liberal. so broad. in our invitation to all the world not only to coime here and seek refuge in the palladium of liberty and bring the offscouring of the earth upon us. that we might say that some American citizens sometime might get to be bad men. Tile safest rule to follow is the rule which the ship has to follow. But when a ship comes there we are going to take charge of it.
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Naturalized citizens are described as potentially bad men and the 'offscouring of the earth'.