The time for a judicious sifting process has come. and I would sift out the Chinese laborers first. tot alone because they are labrers. but because they aro unfit. always were and always will be unfit. for Atoericaneitizenship. ifthed iomnain of this nation were large enough to furnish hoines for all the myriad peoples who desire to come. and for their posterity. and our system of governmnct were so flexible.as to fit and. cover all possible conditions. mend strong enough to meet all possible contingencies. if the power of assimilation were sufficient to digest and incorporate all races and sorts of men into one homogeneous people. then objection might be made against any discrimination in respect of the varieties of men who are crowding in upon us from the east and from the west. But this is net so. We ate already a nation of fifty millions. The country is now stocked with all intelligent. vigorous. and civilized people. in more than necessary or desirable variety as to races. There is no need of immigration for the settlement or development of the country. Malthus cites the people of the United States as people who. by naturalincrease alone. are capable of doubling their population every twentyfive years. Such a people. under favorable conditions as to space. food. and shelter. all writers upon this subject. such as Adam Smith.
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Chinese laborers are described as always being unfit for American citizenship.