Higginson.: Who that recalls the war for the Union does not remember how we all. from President Lincoln downward. played upon the string of " the I open doors Of this Nation." its being "a home -for all .oppressed mankind "- How fearlessly we then appealed to the Germans the Irish. the Swedes. the Scotch within our bordcrs. and how well they responded. Even the green flag of Ireland. now forbidden to be displayed from -our city halls. " was then welcomed with cheers on battle fields when it was borne to front. amid decimated regiments. .under shouts of "Faugh a Balagh "-" Clear ithe way." Mr. President. did these -immigrants respond In -the days :of the Spanish War? I saw the Fifth Missouri Regiment mustered in. I saw our immigrant citizen standing -in line waiting the privilege of signing the -muster roll. I saw .him frequentlyonly poorly clad. He was leaving his wife and his children but scantily provided for.
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