They are moving side by side harmoniously. having mutual interests and mutually aiding each other. and it is to the interest of both that no disturbing element .should be introduced to mar this harmony. Now. if you admit into that country this Chinese population. they. with their joss gods. with their opiumsmoking habits. with their superstitions. and with their gambling and filth. will break down that inferior race now in the South rather than build it up. So I believe. and while I voted for the amendment of the Senator from New York I did so with a full knowledge that this might be the effect if a stop were not put in some mode and manner to this Chinese immigration. But that amendment sets aside these pernicious articles in anuary next. in the mean time giving notice. instead of in July next without notice. and I did not believe the difference of a few months would justify this harsh and unusual mode of abrogating a treaty. Sir.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese immigrants are associated with negative habits like opium smoking, gambling, and filth.