Never in any case. No. they are subjects of favored uations. they are among the most favored nations. and when the Irishman and German come here they soo have the ballot in their hands. and then they are very good people. and politicians and statesmen and everybody respect them. but the Chinamnan comes in and we raise the clamor that he must not enter till he has been eunhered with all these hinderances. although we have expressly pledged our faith to China that he shall be put upon the same terms and have the same exemptions. immunities. and privileges wlvieh the Irishman or the German. in the case supposed. has. or which anybody else has. We have always claimed the right for the citizens and subjects of other nations to come to this country and find homes in our vast territory. to be naturalized and made citizens. and when so naturalized we have claimed that they are absolved from farther allegiance to the country of their nativity. Great Britain denied this principle in 1812. and claimed the right to board our ships on the ocean. to look after vher subjects. or those who had been such and were then in our service. We denied her right. and fought the war of 1812 in vindication of the right of expatriation by the subjects of any government who might chooseto remove to and become citizens of thiscountry. While I do not think it would be wise to naturalize many Chinese and make them citizens. under all the circumstances. I see no reason why we should not stand by the doctrine of the right of expatriation at least to the extent of protecting all the rights possessed by Chinese subjects under the treaty of 1881. They do not claim the right of naturalization under that treaty.
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