Their influx has proved a curse as far as it has gone in the estimation of those interested to know. The second. in relation to their worship and idolatry. is not only in violation of the first command of God. but of the practice of our courts. for you could never swear a Chinaman in court. for he has nothing to swear by except that sometimes they are sworn.on the bleeding form of a headless chicken or the useless fragments of a broken saucer. Although. then. by the fifth article of the Burlingame treaty it was stipulated that " the United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance. and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects. respectively. from one country to the other for purposes of curiosity. of trade. or as permanent residents." yet if in the deliberate judgment of Congress such stipulationswhich as an abstract proposition maybe truewhen applied to the nonassimilating heathen subjects of Asia are untrue and dangerous to the peace and perpetuity of our civilization. such declaration upon the part of Congress must under and by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of the United States stand uuimpeached and unimpeachable as the supreme law of the land. however it may conflict with prior treaty stipulations. and. under the principles of public law. such action upon the part of our Government must stand also unimpeached and unimpeachable by any mere charge of Panic faith. It follows. then. by every principle of both constitutional and public law. that there can be no question as to the power of Congress. duly expressed. as well as the absolute right. to contravene and set aside by act of Congress a prior treaty stipulation found to be prejudicial to the state. Power is one thing. policy or right is another . and in this regard I should hold that the considerations that would lead Congress to an exercise of the power. under a belief that the treaty stipulations were prejudicial to the state. would not lack in sufficiency tojustify the right or policy of such action.
Identified stereotypes
Asians are heathens who cannot be sworn in court and whose influx is a curse.