I will let the issue fare as it will. If Congress is blind enough to pass this bill. But I do say this: That President Wilson not only expressed the true doctrine of the Democratic Party and all its best traditions. as well as the true spirit of Americanism. which he as a great philosophic historian and statesman is so well qualified to express. but condemned in advance the literacy test when. In reply to a query as to his attitude toward emigration from southern Europe made during the last campaign. he wrote as follows: The Democratic Party can not. without forgetting Its very origin. advocate an illiberal policy in the matter of immigration. The party may almost be said to have originated in opposition to the alien and sedition laws. by which the Federal Party sought to all but shut the doors against naturalization. and at the same time silence the criticism of our own people against their Government. America has always been proud to open her gates to everyone who loved liberty and sought opportunity. and she will never seek any other course under the guidance of the Democratic Party. I am in hearty accord with the ancient faith and practice of the party that has honored me by nominating me for President.
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