We. the citizenship of this Republic. have our beliefs. we have our conceptions. we have our ambitions. we have our Ideals. So the question now confronting us is not whether our country or the world has been benefited by this marvelous transformation on the American Continent up to this time. but without animosity toward any of those splendid nationalities now composing our citizenship. without prejudice to their manysided views. the real question is. Shall we preserve our American institutions and ideals. or shall we continue to invite the immigration of a mass of people with adverse conceptions and foreign ideals until the standard of our citizenship has become so changed and diluted as to again upset the scheme of things American and imperil these cherished institutions and ideals? Shall we keep America American or shall we surrender our Institutions and our ideals to embark upon uncharted seas the end of which no man can definitely foretell? That and that alone In my judgment is the question that must be answered by a vote on this bill.
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Immigrants have adverse conceptions and foreign ideals.