The undesirables. the riffraff. the outcasts. and the scum of other countries did not accept the invitation. first. because they were unable to feel its warmth of meanillg. and secondly. because they did not breathe the spirit of adventure. thrift. and libertyqualities that make a people strong. a nation great. There were in those days. Mr. Speaker. no great steamship lines to encourage and bring over for selfish purposes the criminals and illiterates of other lands. but those who came were moved by a spirit of liberty. a love of freedom. If you say few of them were educated. I answer yes. If you say that had the literacy test then been Invoked few of them could have entered. I answer yes. All that Is true. yet it argues nothing.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about undesirable immigrants lacking positive qualities.