Mr. President. on behalf of the Friends of Russian Freedom. our national society. and as the son of an immigrant who came to this country as a result of the revolution in the Palatinate in 1848. in which three members of his family earned the highest sentence for treason. I desire earnestly to protest against the exclusion by the bill under consideration of aliens who advocate or teach the unlawful destruction of property. against the provision of section 19. that any who within five years after entry shall be found advertisIng or teaching the unlawful destruction of property shall be deported . and against the last paragraph of section 28. subjecting to fine and Imprisonment. or both. as for a misdemeanor. anyone who knowingly aids or assists any such alien to enter the United States. These prohibitions against those advertising or teaching the unlawful destruction of property. contained in the present law. mark a new and important departure in our national policy. Those who advocate or teach the unlawful destruction of property are to be excluded. but advocate how? Through books? Through discussion among a small company of friends? This comes too near continuing the folly already in the immigration law of legislating against a state of mind. against those who believe in polygamy. or. like Prince Kuropotkin. possibly. in no osganized government. Mr. President.
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