Here is a report of 1835. made by a similar organization. and in that report they say: Then we were few. feeble. and scattered. Now we are numerous. strong. and concentrated. Then our accessions of immigration were real accessions of strength from the ranks of the learned and the good. from enlightened mechanic and artisan and intelligent husbandmen. Now immigration is the accession of weakness. from the ignorant victims of the priestridden slaves of Ireland and Germany or the outcast tenants of the poorhouses and prisons of Europe. And the same arguments are made against presentday imnigration. We .can realize how fallacious and wrong were the statements of those early organizations.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are described as ignorant victims and outcasts.