I think. and the Senator thought so. too. of a local naturelike prohibition. like woman suffrage. questions that each Commonwealth. according to my judgment. ought to dispose of for itself under our dual system of government. But it seems to me that the question at issue here in this bill is not comparable to those questions. and does not belong to the same class at all. If there ever was a purely national question. an entirely and essentially nationwide question. for the consideration of the American peopleand the American Congress. it is the question as to what immigrants we shall admit at our ports and to our shores. because when once these immigrants come here they can go to every State in the Republic. They have certain rights that are guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States and by our treaties with foreign powers. rights that no State can deny or withhold. Tell me that Georgia ought not to vote and voice its convic. tions on this floor because of the political necessities of New York.
Keywords matched
immigrants