When we remember that the literature that marks the worlds high point in human thought was written in the tongue which we jointly own with the British. we have no reason to speak slightingly of that race. Let us. in considering this question. not get into the morass of national antipathies. and undertake to say that the Dane is better than the Swede. or the German is better than the Briton. or the Italian is better than the Greek. or make any other such contrast which can only lead us into a maze of contradictions and disagreements. but let us consider the subject as if these nationalities were all. in some way. desirable stocks. If we are going to divide our annual inflow of Immigrants according merely to the foreignborn of some particular census. It means an unending fight. to adopt some other census than the one that at the moment is the basis. That is not a prophecy on my part. Mr. Smith began his campaign last year with the statement that he thought it was wholly unfair to resort to a census 38 years old. meaning 1890. and implying and stating in subsequent conversations that he would like to base it on the census of 1920. If Senators have time to regard the chart that hangs by the door. they will see just what that would do to the annual immigration of the United States. giving Poland more than Great Britain. giving us an annual inflow of immigration that would bear no resemblance whatsoever to the population that lives here today. And yet we are going to have that strife. we are going to have that bid for the votes of alien blocs. indefinitely unless we can establish some basis upon which we must rest for all time. saying. " This is impartial. and you have to admit it." Then. when we have done that. we may regard the question as settled.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing about national antipathies and the desirability of different nationalities.