The immigrants were looking for economic stability
<span> road across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela in the NW was one of the three major Christian pilgrimage routes leading pilgrims to the resting place of the Apostle St. James.</span>
President Wilso urged to the American people to go into World War I, declaring war to Germany and make the world safe for democracy. On 1917 US Congress declared war to Germany.
1.Because I fear that this burden is upon my back will sink me lower than the grave.
In this statement, he emphasize the fact that the burden he carries is so strong and wrong before the eyes of God that he prefers the punishment as an exit for his consciousness and his soul.
2.The thoughts of these things make me cry.
In the second statement, he concludes that not getting any kind of penitence makes him cry because of the big guilt that he feels and the fear that he has for God.