Lutherans or Moravians. the Dutch affiliating with the Dutch Reform Church. the Swedes with the SwedishLutheran. the Jews with the Jewish. and the Englishmen under Lord Baltimore and the Irish generally with the Catholic Church. We had no outstanding social problem growing out of religious differences and group actions based upon religious views until we received. during the twentieth century. the hordes of undesirable classes from southern Europe. mentioned above. all of whom were either Roman Catholics or of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Both Washington and Jefferson had warned us against the undesirable effects of immigration of that type. Washington had said in a letter to John Adams in 1794: My opinion. with respect to immigration. is that except of useful mechanics and some particular descriptions of men or professions. there is no need of encouragement. while the policy or advantage of its taking place In a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much. questioned. for. by so doing. they retain the language. habits. and principles (good or bad) which they bring with them. Jefferson. a few years later. wrote: The present desire of America is to produce rapid population by as great an importation of foreigners as possible. But is this founded in good policy?
Identified stereotypes
The speaker generalizes about "hordes of undesirable classes from southern Europe" and their negative impact.