"Protect every citizen, including the millions of people of foreign birth who will flock to our shores to become citizens and to find here a land of liberty and law."

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Lawyers from the United StatesPeople from OhioMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesRepublican Party (United States) politicians
Original Language: English

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Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives (April 7, 1866). Civil Rights: Speech of Hon. William Lawrence, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, April 7, 1866 (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Globe Office, 1866) p. 1