I do not mean by that to have had a parent born in America. but that they. shall love America. that they shall assimilate Anerican traditiois. that they shall love American ideals. and that they shall be capable.-at any rate. of understanding American institutions. I go further than that. I can not say with the Senator from Illinois that the proposition of not admitting a man to our shores because he has nota certain degree of intelligence carries with it as a corollary the idea of deporting him -if he does. not. I can not go that far: but I certainly Would not arm ignorance. even though already existing in the United States. with a sword which it does not know how to usethe ballot. The socalled right of. suffrage is not a right at all.
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Ignorant immigrants are dangerous and should not be given the right to vote.