stricted much more than
it is, both as a protection to the quality of our citizenship and to
the rates of wages to our workingmen."

Hon. Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of Census: "The unrestricted
admission of the diseased, half-fed swarms of helpless humanity from
the purlieus of Southern European cities is the dangerous phase of
immigration. If continued, it will prove a curse and blight to
American citizenship and American institutions. There was a time in
our history when the better class of foreign immigrants and our own
population was able to swallow up the less desirable class, but it
takes no great discernment now to see the congested spots here and
there on our body politic. In this lies the danger. Such a change in
the character of immigration as herein shown cannot have taken place
without materially affecting the entire immigration problem, and the
sooner our statesmen get to the bottom of the present condition of
affairs, the better for the republic."

Rev. Josiah Strong, D.D.: "It is immigration which has fed fat the
liquor power, and there is a liquor vote. Immigration furnishes most
of the victims of Mormonism, and there is a Mormon vote. Immigration
is the strength of the Catholic Church, and there is a Catholic vote.
Immigration is the mother and nurse of American anarchy, and there is
to be an anarchist vote. Immigration tends strongly to the cities and
gives to them their political complexion, and there is no more
serious menace to our civilization than our rabble-ruled cities."

Samuel Gompers, President American Federation of Labor: "It almost
grieves me even to recommend the slightest restriction to the full
and free immigration of anyone who desires to escape from the
iniquitous conditions from which he may suffer, but the progress of
our civilization is hanging in the balance, and intelligent and brave
men should not be afraid to express themselves to secure us against
results which may be appalling. Unrestricted immigration injures the
people of our country and does no good to the people of other
countries. It injures all."

A.S. Draper: "I would hang the flag in every school room, and I would
spend an occasional hour in singing our best patriotic songs, in
declaiming the masterpieces of our national oratory, and rehearsing
the proud story of our national life."

Francis Marion: "Men will always fight for their government according
to their sense of its value. To value it right, they m