In supporting this bill I feel we are performing a patriotic duty. To charge us with having no charity for the unfortunate of other countries is idle declamation. If our friends who are opposing this bill are sincere in their devotion to the poor and unfortunate of other lands. why bar the pauper immigrant? .hy not let him come in where he will have an opportunity- to participate in the generous charity and hospitality of our friends. who undoubtedly are better able to contribute to his need than his own countrymen? The truth is that the tosition of the advocates of this legislation is reasonable. logical. and patriotic. We have our own poor needing our care and charity. we have our own laboring man. whose interest we should guard. we have our countrys future welfare to consider. Our own people. our laborers. artisans. and tradesmen. are entitled to our first consideration. Our institutions should be protected from destruction by improper immigration. Certainly this is our plain duty. and I would say. in the language of that great American. Abraham Lincoln. "with malice toward none and charity for all." I stand first for America. her citizens. her homes. her hopes and aspirations. with a profound desire to see her flag. the emblem of the free. continue to float with ever increasing glory through the coming years.
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