It was once the boasted shibboleth of a great party that "the gates of Castle Garden swing inward." Then it was pointed to as an evidence of prosperity. but the gates have swung so far inward and so wide as to create a national menace that calls for a drastic remedy. Instead of proving national prosperity as it did then. it now threatens denationalization. The enormous increase of immigration in recent years has already been fully discussed in this debate. and I would not go over the ground again even if my time permitted. A friend of mine who recently visited New York City. and who has made some investlgation of this question. tells me that there appear to be more Jews there than there ever were in Jerusalem. aye. even in Palestine. in the days when that Godfavored people were at the zenith of their ancient glory. and more Italians than there were in Rome when the Roman legions were conquerors of the earth. I do not mean to leave the inference that they are not all good citizens. but I mention this as an evidence of how liberal our Government has been upon this question of immigration and of the growing importanee of it to our people. It has been repeatedly charged in this debate that the gentleman from Alabama [M1r. BURNErT] and his followers are actuated by motives that are anything but patriotic and that they are seeking to force this measu!re through by appeals to C prejudice.
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