No nation can equal them in perseverance. adroitness. cunning. and skill in mercantile matters. When once they gain a footing they appropriate the best of everything to their own advantage. All over externallndia theyhave dislodged from every field of employment not only the native population. but even their European comrtitors." With all these facts before us. and the vast Empire of China facing our western shores. with a population of four hundred millions. and pouring forth a stream of emigration from her overcrowded hive upon our Pacific States. it requires no prophet to forecast what the end must be. and I now ask members if it is the part of wisdom to remain inactive and invite history to repeat itself. We are told that the President is moving in this matter and that a commission has been nominated to jroceed to China to discuss and adjust our relations. and we are asked to bide the time with patience. We of the Pacific coast understand something of the delays that always attend diplomatic negotiations.
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The speaker claims the Chinese are unmatched in perseverance, adroitness, cunning, and skill in mercantile matters, and that they appropriate the best of everything to their own advantage.