. The National Civic Federation review . he dominancyor the characteristics of the American people. A gen-tleman has said here that immigration is to increaserapidly. Never was there a greater mistake. Immi-gration is at its height now, and it is to fall and trouble yourself about imaginary dangers, anddont lie awake at night over the danger to the Amer-ican nation from immigration. Consider somethingreal. You have got them here, and let Mr. Watchorn 6 The National Civic Federation Review January—February, igot go along with his arrangements and little adjustmentsthat he has talked t
. The National Civic Federation review . he dominancyor the characteristics of the American people. A gen-tleman has said here that immigration is to increaserapidly. Never was there a greater mistake. Immi-gration is at its height now, and it is to fall and trouble yourself about imaginary dangers, anddont lie awake at night over the danger to the Amer-ican nation from immigration. Consider somethingreal. You have got them here, and let Mr. Watchorn 6 The National Civic Federation Review January—February, igot go along with his arrangements and little adjustmentsthat he has talked to us about, and go to bed andsleep. The American Republic does not need you to lieawake on the subject of immigration. (Applause.) Archbishop Ireland Welcomes Aliens. Archbishop Irelands address was an eloquent pleafor a liberal immigration policy. In the course of it hesaid: It is now proposed by some to limit course we should limit it to exclude the criminals,to exclude the idiots, to exclude those afflicted with con-. CHARLES W. of Harvard University. tagious disease; but to limit it so as to exclude a mancoming attracted by the freedom of America, ready toput his hand to the tiller, or to the plough, ready to bean American, would be to turn back upon all the tra-ditions of the past—would be a mistake. (Applaus-e.)What may be done two or three hundred years hence isanother question; but to-day America has not at allthe population it should have to develop its has not at all the population which it should haveto be great. We need immigrants. We need them inalmost every State in the country; in new States todevelop our unbroken lands; in other States to givegreat impetus to our industries. It has been asked, But shall they vote? That isanother question. Let us dissociate absolutely the ques-tion of voting from that of immigration. When theyare here it is time enough for us to say: Well, it wih
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