There are millions of natives who can not read or write but who are the possessors of a good portion of common sense and of an unerring instinct for the right which some professors with the degree of doctor of philosophy do not possess. Victor Hugo makes one of the students of a graduating class say "tile fact that I am a doctor of philosophy is not conclusive proof that I am a jackass." In its present form this bill confers some benefit upon the select few and places at a disadvantage tile many. It is a sad departure from the fundamental and wholesome policy of liberal naturalization which is as old as tile Republic itself. and which has heretofore never been attacked. never been challenged. except during the brief frenzy of the alien and sedition law days or during the wave of Know Nothingism. Instead of creating new difficulties the process of naturalization should be made more easy. so that evety useful nian or woman may share in the advantages of American citizenship. It seems that this Congress can not move except backward.
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