A gravo peril to the Republic would be a citizensiip too ignorant to ijtirstalnd or too vicious to appreciate the great value and beneficence of our instilutions and laws. and against all who comL here to war upon them our gates must be promptly and iIghlily closed. Illiteracy roust tie lanished from the ]ld If we shall att ain I iat higb destiny as the foremost of the enlightened nations of the world utnder Providence wre ought to achieve. I also call attention to the message of President Roosevelt in 1901. where he states in his annual message addressed to the Congress of the United States: The second object of a proper immigration law ought to be to secure by a careful. and not nerely perfunctory. educational test some Intelligent capacity to appreclate the American institutions and act sanely as American citizens. So. Mr.
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Ignorant or vicious immigrants pose a grave peril to the Republic.