They were a composite people even at thdt early day. The* first. group who caine to this country came here seeking religious liberty. if I recollect history correctly. and they were followed as time went on by other and larger groups seeking political liberty. and they in turn were followed by other and still larger groups. as the years went by. seeking economic opportunity. But our makeup. even 130 years ago. was the result of immigration from live or six countries. and the population over which the Government of the United States was established in 1789. and of which Washington was President. contained several different nationalities and peoples of different racial origin. Since that time we have received upon our shores an everincreasing number of people coming from Europe. and even from parts of Asia. To the English. the Scotch. the Irish. the Dutch. the Germans. and the French. who in a large measure composed the Revolutionary population. we have had added to our numbers vast aggreg.9tions of Hungarians.
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