We may not pereitptorily abrogate this treaty. becanse to do so would he a declaration of war. hut we may say to tie Chinese authorities. that because we fini this treaty works netualiy and to the disadvantage of ou- people. we desire to modify it. we may give the required notice of six months or one year. we may then maike another treaty. and give to the Chinese the privileges they practically accord to us. We may say to them: your people shall only come to tto United States. and shall only remain here for the purpose of general commerce: you shall be welcome to certain ports and to none other. you shall engage only in foreign trade. you shall be excluded from all employments not connected with or incidental to foreign commerce. yen shall be allowed the privilege of crossing our continent in prsuit of business. you may be welcome to visit any pert of onr land. you may edacate your youth in our colleges. But you shall not send to us an immigration to engage in the general industries of our ceuntry. you shall not send a population to become pemaneat residents in our country. yeu shall not come into competition with our laborers. yon shall not engage iii mechanical and manufacturing employments. yen shitl not own or till our agrieultural lands. you shall not fill menial employnits. Those who are now hero. it is perhaps well enough to allow to remain. if there are one hundred thousand of them. they will disappear in a short time from natural causes. many will retuin volntarily. they will be absorbed. What forty itillions of white people will do with any part of one hundred thousand ile Chineose. is not a consideration of consequence. and will soon ie disposed of.
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