Now. with reference to the counting of aliens. If the fathers of our Constitution had believed that in the course of 50 or 100 years we would have in this country from two to four million aliens who came over here to enjoy the benefits of our Government. yet declined to become citizens and accept the duties and responsibilities incident to citizenship. if they had known that we would have in America an undigested alien population of two. three. or four million people who are getting the benefits of our Government. the protection of our laws. and yet refusing to become naturalized citizens of this Republic. does any man here believe there would have been any hesitancy or any uncertainty as to what the writets of the Constitution would have done to meet a situation of that kind? If they could have foreseen this situation. they would undoubtedly have written into the Constitution a specific and unambiguous provision to the effect that these aliens who love their native lands better than the land that nurtures and sustains them shall not be counted in apportioninig Representatives and electoral votes so long as they failed to take advantage of our naturalization laws and become citizens. The great men who wrote our Constitution never dreamed that millions of men and women would come to our shores from foreign lands. take up their abode here. enjoy the protection of our laws. prosper under our benevolent institutions. and yet remain citizens of the nations from which they come. I would not inflict any injustice on our alien population.
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Aliens love their native lands better than the land that nurtures and sustains them.