It is not a question as to obligation. or duty. or power with reference to our attitude toward or our dealing with those inferior races and classes of people which from time immemorial. from the earliest period of our countrys history. have formed a part and parcel of our population. From those. under the judicious management and guidance of our Government and our people. our civilization hasnothing to fear. while in fact the attitude of our Government in that direction in years but recently passed has brought new stars to the crown of our civilization. The question of dealing with those born on our own soil. and with those who from the Christian nations of the world seek an asylum. a home here. is one thing. while throwing wide our doors to the vassals. the criminals. the lepers. and the debased of the Asiatic countries of the world is quite another and a very different thing. And the very fact that a large part of our population. of those who shape andcontrol its legislation. State and Federal. once bore allegiance to some of the Christian European powers. tends to a feeling of international unity and adds to ourpeuce. our commercial and political prosperity among the nations of the world. Since the beginning of our history no such question has been forced upon us. and can we. upon the ground of humanity. upon any principle of worldwide patriotism. on the doctrine of the right of expatriation. on the principles of the Christian religion. upon any of these or upon all of these combined afford to have our land deluged by the dregs of the Mongolian race 4 A race which. according to the wellselected language of the " Nation" to which I have attracted attention. cc speak a different language. worship unknown gods. keep alive imported customs and traditions. and form almost a separate caste." I know that their influx into this country will widen the field of the missionary within our own bounds. I know that so long as they are permitted to come some of their number. but the very fewest. will be I ifted from the depths of their degradation. and through the commendable efforts of Christian men and Christian women be placed upon the higher and broader and better plane of American civilization and of Christianity. But will even this. either in a moral or Christian point of view. compensate for the pestilence. the moral. social. political pestilence with which the countless thousands that will come. and who are necessarily unreclaimed. will infect the present ad fitture generations of our people?
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The speaker generalizes about the 'vassals, criminals, lepers, and debased' from Asiatic countries, particularly the Mongolian race, posing a threat to American society.