There has been no serious objection to this on the ground that it was an attack upon aliens. or that it worked injustice to aliens. or that it raised any racial or religious issue. Of course. it is obvious that there is no partisan issue involved in it. That this provision in the Constitution of the State of New York has stood unchallenged for a full generation and throughout the period of greatest immigration proves there is no serious objection to the principle. Whatever objections are now raised to the application of this principle to Congress by amendment of the Constitution of the United States are afterthoughts prompted by political expediency or by special interests. They have no root in the basic values which ought to be our sole concern In settling a question that should be disposed of early and promptly.
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