Some of them banded themselves together to prevent their being drafted into the Confederate Army. They made no riot. they did not kill anyone. they committed no crime at all except what was then the most horrible offense imaginable in what is now the distinguished gentlemans districtthey objected to being dragged from their homes and compelled to fire on the flag of their country. Now. if I had the narrowminded prejudices of the gentleman from Texas when he discusses immigration. I would probably proceed to quote from rumors or from cheap weekly newspapers published in backwoods towns to substantiate what I shall say took place in this sanctuary of loyalty described as the thirteenth district of Texas. I shall set it forth as a contrast to the genuine patriotism of our immigrant children as proven on a hundred battle fields. I shall not consult my feelings as the gentleman from Texas consulted his. I shall not speak in any spirit of hatred as did the gentleman wlo quoted tile Book that commands us to love one another.
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