Shall ift be my distinguished friends from theSouth. for whom I have great affection of course. from my birth aud tender associations. when we have in Porto Rico. with an illiteracy reported of 22 per cent. all put into the. Government at the very door and gate of our Nation. all of whom. under our Constitution have the right to come andgo as they please in every State of our Union? What was the solicitude of my distinguished friend from Vermnont. the very able Senator. former chairman of this committee in the previous Senate. now the ranking minority member. against the coming in of those who were illiterate or lacking literacy when these- particular measures I refer to were foisted upon the Nation? r must therefore conclude that there is another purpose. not simply the object of avoiding those who may not read or write. and that purpose must be to prohibit or limit immigration. Mr. President.. why?
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Immigrants are described as illiterate.