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<blockquote data-quote="71buickfreak" data-source="post: 2786721" data-attributes="member: 8373"><p>Give up? no. Have the ability to speak English? absolutely. Forcing the country in which you immigrate to adapt to your needs or desires is not acceptable in any way. </p><p></p><p>The founders believed that immigrants must leave behind their old </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The problem of the potential effects of large-scale immigration was a concrete problem, with which </p><p>the Founders had actual experience. For instance, during the 1750s, Benjamin Franklin expressed </p><p>great concern regarding the massive influx of German immigrants into Pennsylvania. Franklin laments </p><p>that Pennsylvania “will in a few Years become a German Colony. Instead of their Learning our </p><p>Language, we must learn their’s,</p><p>or live as in a foreign country.”38 Washington was also concerned about the isolation that</p><p>differences of language bred. He told his Vice President that “the advantage of [immigration and </p><p>settlement] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; </p><p>for, by so doing, they retain the Language, habits, and principles (good or bad) which they bring </p><p>with them.”39 The Founders worried that large</p><p>numbers of immigrants, isolated by linguistic differences, would have a dangerous effect on policy </p><p>and the character of the regime. They could exercise of controlling influence in policymaking, and </p><p>use it to the detriment of the Founders’ principles of public good and individual rights.</p><p></p><p>George Washington, in a letter to John Adams, stated that immigrants should be absorbed into American life so that “by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, laws: in a word soon become one people.” </p><p></p><p>In a 1790 speech to Congress on the naturalization of immigrants, James Madison stated that America should welcome the immigrant who could assimilate, but exclude the immigrant who could not readily “incorporate himself into our society.” </p><p></p><p>Alexander Hamilton wrote in 1802: “The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family.”</p><p></p><p>Read more at: <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/243391/assimilation-and-founding-fathers-michelle-malkin" target="_blank">http://www.nationalreview.com/article/243391/assimilation-and-founding-fathers-michelle-malkin</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="71buickfreak, post: 2786721, member: 8373"] Give up? no. Have the ability to speak English? absolutely. Forcing the country in which you immigrate to adapt to your needs or desires is not acceptable in any way. The founders believed that immigrants must leave behind their old The problem of the potential effects of large-scale immigration was a concrete problem, with which the Founders had actual experience. For instance, during the 1750s, Benjamin Franklin expressed great concern regarding the massive influx of German immigrants into Pennsylvania. Franklin laments that Pennsylvania “will in a few Years become a German Colony. Instead of their Learning our Language, we must learn their’s, or live as in a foreign country.”38 Washington was also concerned about the isolation that differences of language bred. He told his Vice President that “the advantage of [immigration and settlement] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the Language, habits, and principles (good or bad) which they bring with them.”39 The Founders worried that large numbers of immigrants, isolated by linguistic differences, would have a dangerous effect on policy and the character of the regime. They could exercise of controlling influence in policymaking, and use it to the detriment of the Founders’ principles of public good and individual rights. George Washington, in a letter to John Adams, stated that immigrants should be absorbed into American life so that “by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, laws: in a word soon become one people.” In a 1790 speech to Congress on the naturalization of immigrants, James Madison stated that America should welcome the immigrant who could assimilate, but exclude the immigrant who could not readily “incorporate himself into our society.” Alexander Hamilton wrote in 1802: “The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family.” Read more at: [url]http://www.nationalreview.com/article/243391/assimilation-and-founding-fathers-michelle-malkin[/url] [/QUOTE]
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