Greeks. and other inhabitants of southern and eastern Europe. As any census is discriminatory against any other census. it is proper that that census admitting those peoples who are set out in the first of this speech. those who conquered the wilderness and established a new nation. those responsible for its institutions and who guided it through its formation. should be preferred. I am not familiar by close contact with the qualities of many of the different aliens nor am I obligated to foreignborn constituents that I should shrink from a frank discussion of this subject. neither do I intend to attempt to distinguish the virtues and merits of one national over another. but my observation convinces me that the best immigrants are the Germans and the Irish. The German immigrant has taken to the soil. is Industrious. thrifty. and frugal. His home and farm show neatness and attention. Our Irish immigrants are likewise very desirable by reason of their genial dispositions. their ready participation in American pursuits. The young Irishman is roving. happy and carefree. agreeable equally to a fight or a frolic. He is ready to work at the humblest position. but is ambitious and apt and demands recognition.
Identified stereotypes
Germans are industrious, thrifty, and frugal. Irish are genial and ready to participate in American pursuits.