They won their right in the Civil War. Yours is not directed against the Germans. But you say today. "Are these Irish to be compared with the scum of the earth that is coming from southern Europe?" I assert that the presentday immigration is not nearly so bad as men say it is. and I know it never could be as bad as some men said the Irish immigration was. I know that the children of these foreigners make splendid pupils in our public schools. I know that the ItalianAmerican and the JewishAmerican elements in Boston and Massachusetts are distinctly valuable to the city and the State. and I am sure that the call to arms would find them loyal Americans. just as the Irish and the Germans proved to be.
Identified stereotypes
Comparing current immigrants negatively to past Irish immigrants.