We have two classes of aliensaliens that belong to the enemy and aliens that belong to our friends. Now. gentlemen. we have a duty here to enforce against every mn who comes into the United States and enjoys the benefits of our country. its schools. its opportunities to live and educate his children. and acquire a fortune. that they also bear some of the burdens of our Government. The statistics show that over 80 per cent of those who claimed exemption in western Pennsylvania have been here sufficiently long to become naturalized if they vish to be. but they did not intend to become citizens. iTheypropose to escape the obligations of citizenship and enjoy .all of the benefits of our Government. and I am .against that proposition. And how do they. seek to do it? It is urged oim this floor that they are entitled to do it because of a treaty existing between their native couutry. for instance. and "theUnited States.
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Aliens enjoy the benefits of the country without bearing the burdens.