That they can ever become converts to Christianity or receive its holy teachings is a matter of extreme doubt. judging the future by the past. and taking the experience of Christian missionaries as our guide we must conclude that the good work will be transferred to a future so remote as to pass beyond the scope of mental vision. Incur own time we can only guard ourselves and our posterity against the inroads of pagan doctrines and customs. and their baneful. blighting. and desolating effects. The history of every country to which the Chinese have emigrated is that they are a disturbing element. nonassimilating. provoking the opposition of the native inhabitants. and puzzlingthe authorities in their management. I need but instance. as illustrative. Australia Java. Singapore. Siam. and the Philippine Islands. The history o1 Chinese emigration to and occupancy of the Philippine Islands is full of interest. and would afford very profitable reading for the people of the United States just at this time. In the year 1603 their numbers were so great. they were so objectionable to the inhabitantsand were so troublesome to the authorities. that disturbances arose in which twentyfive thousand were massacred at one time. After this they were only permitted to live upon the islands in numbers not exceeding six thousand. and these were heavily taxed and restricted to certain pursuits.
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The speaker generalizes that the Chinese are a disturbing, non-assimilating element in every country they emigrate to, provoking opposition and puzzling authorities.