OCR Text |
Show Tub instinct of self-preservation is strongor than any sentiment as to the freedom of America as an asylum for tho oppressed of all nations. The manner man-ner in which the genorosity of the United States has been abused by foreigners for-eigners is all the apology which is required re-quired for its modification. The alien powers which have flooded our shores with paupers and criminals have finally compelled the United States to draw the line In her own defense, and while it may not be too late to save our land from the evils which have resulted from unrestricted immigration it is certainly not to early to apply a moral as well as a physical test to all foreigners foreign-ers seeking citizenship in this country. |