To me it always seemed a bit similar to justifications used for the "peculiar institution" - the system can't exist without slavery, therefore slavery must exis

To me it always seemed a bit similar to justifications used for the "peculiar institution" - the system can't exist without slavery, therefore slavery must exist. The benefits of cheaper labor was well appreciated; Carnegie called immigration "the golden stream which flows into the country every year."[1] [1]https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/andrew-carnegie/triumphant-democracy-or-fifty-years-march-of-the-republic-ala-425/page-3-triumphant-democracy-or-fifty-years-march-of-the-republic-ala-425.shtml https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/andrew-carnegie/trium...