n object of primary
importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In
proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public
opinion, it is essential that public opinions should be enlightened."
Calhoun: "In proportion as a people are ignorant, stupid, debased,
corrupt, exposed to violence within and danger without, the power
necessary for a government to possess in order to preserve society
against anarchy and destruction becomes greater and greater, and
individual liberty, less and less, until the lowest condition is
reached, when absolute and despotic power becomes necessary on the
part of the government and individual liberty extinct."
The church of Rome wants to rule by tyranny so that she can force her
"dupes" to do her bidding.
No subject could be of more interest to American citizens to-day than
that of foreign immigration to America. Every section of the country
has felt, to some degree, the demoralizing effect of the free
admission of aliens, unsuited morally and mentally for participating
in a government of the people.
The consensus of opinion among all classes of good citizens is that
some restrictive measures should be adopted, and this can be effected
only by popular agitation and demand.
Read what some prominent men of the country have said on the subject:
Hon. Wm. E. Chandler: "We should prepare ourselves with wisdom and
vigor to enforce completely such laws of exclusion as we have
adopted. We should throw our strongest force into a stricter
administration of those laws so that no man and no family shall pass
through the Ellis Island doors, or into any seaport, or across the
Canadian or Mexican borders, who is a pauper or likely to become
such. One method of stricter administration should be the requirement
that all immigrants before leaving their own countries shall obtain
consular certificates abroad, showing their right to enter the United
States."
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge: "You ask me for a few words on the subject of
immigration. My opinion has been stated at length, both in speeches
in Congress and in review articles, but I am very glad to restate it
in the briefest possible form. I think that immigration to this
country is increasing too fast on one hand and deteriorating on the
other. We are ready to welcome every honest immigrant who comes to
make a home and become an American citizen, but I believe that the
present immigration ought to be sifted and re
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