That is right. they are there. I believe in helping the colored man. not because I claim to be so lieculiarly a colored mans friend. but I am a friend of my own people. and the more the colored man is improved. the better the colored man becomes. the better for my own race as well as the better for him. I oppose this Chinese imnmigration. so far as Texas is concerned. first. because they do not come here to become citizens. and if they (lid. they are unfit material . second. it is the 1ower and degraded class of that population which does come. third. they bring every character of vice. degradation. and a pagan religion along with them to poison the minds of those less intelligent of our people with whom they would be brought in direct contactthe colored raceand it would be injurious in every sense of the word to the people among whom I live. and as a citizen of the United States I oppose his immigration or importation. because it is the addition of a nmost vicious element. and therefore hurtful to all. Taking this view of the question. Mr.
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Chinese immigrants are of a lower and degraded class, bring vice and pagan religion.