Not counting the English loyalists. who remained in the country but did not take up arms against American independence. there were 29 or 30 regiments. composed entirely of Tories. fighting on the side of the enemies of the American Colonies. outdoing the English and Scotch In ferocity and In many Instances leading the Indians against their former neighbors. These and their children make up a considerable number of the estimated population of 1790. upon which the present legislation Is based. It is surely Important to take Into account this pregnant historical circumstance in a project to determine Immigration quotas. having in view the welfare and security of the United States. On this subject John Adams declared: "New York and Pennsylvania were so evenly divided. If their propensity was not against us. that if New England on the one side and Virginia on the other had not kept them in awe they would have joined the British.
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Generalization that English and Scotch loyalists were ferocious and led Indians against their former neighbors.