Ours is the party with a heart. It.was our party that created the ideal of humane government. You know. the Democratic Partys early role in protecting the immigrant settlers almost has been forgotten. Back in the 1850s. some 600.000 European immigrants were entering this country each year. The KnowNothing Party came into being for the sole purpose of ending this immigration. Members of the bigoted KnowNothing movement burned churches and beat up immigrants on the streets. They ran almost unchecked until the Democratic National Convention of 1856 took a strong stand which broke the back of the KnowNothings. The Democratic belief was put forth in a resolution which showed the common people of Europe that America welcomed them to new life.
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