Dr. BARTIHOLDT. when we agreed that he as a Republican and I as a Democrat would introduce resolutions on the subject on the opening day of this session. That I am a naturalized citizen. who. with the connivance of the German Government. took the oath of citizenship in this country with a "purpose of evasion and mental reservation" is another unmitigated. conscienceless. souldamning lie. Every word of the statement is false. I was born in this country. in the good old State of Iowa. to which I will soon return to stay. I am not given to boasting about my American patriotism. but I will back it against that of any dirty. purchasable pennyaliner who ever tore to tatters the reputation of honest men. I have looked it up. and there is no such law In Germany. or anything like it. providing for retention of German citizenship after taking the oath of allegiance in another country. This dishonest charge is a slur on the loyalty and honesty of all of our naturalized citizens of German birth. Has not the German name been a synonym for good faith and square dealing and absolute honesty between men since the days of the Roman Tacitus? Onethird of the American people have German blood in their veins.
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The speaker defends the loyalty and honesty of naturalized citizens of German birth, contrasting them with negative stereotypes.