President. I think the time is at hand when we should declare that we are an American Nation and an American people. that we are not a hyphenated or heterogeneous people. I think the time has arrived when. instead qf its being a greater honor to be a hyphenated American citizen. it is a greater honor to be just a plain American. and I think the time has come when. by law and the actions of the American people. we should. once for all. say to every immigrant: "The moment you. set your feet upon American soil. the moment you take an oath before God to support the Constitution of the United States and to renounce all allegiance to any other country. we demand! your heart loyalty as well as your lip loyalty." Mr. President. I have no feeling against those who fought for the "lost cause" and who still believe they were right. even though they seek to pfrpetuate that belief in erecting statues to their own c(izens and representatives of their own States who sought to destroy the Union. but I submit to them that it is hardly just that they should reach beyond their own States into the loyal North and select therefrom citizens whose loyalty was at least questionable.
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