I have neer been. sir. a protectionist either in principle or in practice. either with reference to tariff legislation or other legislation.. and yet it has been impossible for in not to sympathize with the plea made. by the American laboring man fhat if everything elise in this country was to be protected by law human labor ought also to be protected by law. I do not plant my advocacy of this measure on. that ground. however. if that were all that was: in it I should oppose legisla. tion of this character. but I do think the American workingman Is right when he says that our laws ought to be so drafted. our policies ought to be so directed and so framed that people shall not come to this country of ours to give hhn unfair competition to skim the country. and then to return to some foreign shore withi the proceeds of: a few years cutthroat wages. that are princely to him and that have come out of the pockets of the American workingman. reducing him in the standard and scale of living. For every immigrant who comes to these shores of a suitable race. capable of assimilation into our body politic. fit to marry and to Intermarry with our sons and daughters. possessed of a reasonable amount of intelligence so that he may comprehend and enjoy the blessings of the most enlightened Government upon. this: earth. I have a hearty hand. of: welcome extended and outstretched. provided he comes with. the desire and intention tobecome. a part and parcel of this country. to share our lot with us. provided he comes renouncing his allegiance to all foreign. powers and potentates and princes. determined. to bear. true faith and allegiance only to the United. States of America. provided he comes to become a. part and parcel of this great Republic. a sharer in its destiny. a bearer of its burdens. but. against the immigrant who comes. in. most instances.. induced by the greed. of steamship companies. and. of labor slave drivers. merely to stay a while. to skim up what he can and take it back to his own country.. who. comes knowing. nothing and. caring less about American. institutions. American history. American govw. ernment. and the American people.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are stereotyped as either beneficial or detrimental based on their race, intelligence, and intentions.