I Have Tried So Hard

The Laws Should Be Rigidly Enforced Which Prohibit The Immigration Of A Servile Class To Compete With American Labor, With No Intention Of Acquiring Citizenship, And Bringing With Them And Retaining Habits And Customs Repugnant To Our Civilization.

A Man Of True Honor Protects The Unwritten Word Which Binds His Conscience More Scrupulously, If Possible, Than He Does The Bond A Breach Of Which Subjects Him To Legal Liabilities, And The United States, In Aiming To Maintain Itself As One Of The Most Enlightened Nations, Would Do Its Citizens Gross Injustice If It Applied To Its International Relations Any Other Than A High Standard Of Honor And Morality.

The United States Is Not A Nation To Which Peace Is A Necessity.

Honor Lies In Honest Toil.

The Laboring Classes Constitute The Main Part Of Our Population. They Should Be Protected In Their Efforts Peaceably To Assert Their Rights When Endangered By Aggregated Capital And All Statutes On This Subject Should Recognize The Care Of The State For Honest Toil And Be Framed With A View Of Improving The Condition Of The Workingman