Speech #470032858

I should like to correct the Senator in that. The universal sentiment on the Pacific coast when the Burlingame treaty was ratified was against it. and while the Republican party was in a majority of 20.000 in California when the election took lace in 1867 the fact that the nominee for governor of that party had been.in avor of Chinese immigration beat him by 10.000 votes at the next election. In 1867 Mr. Hnight was elected. and from the very fact that he sat at dinner and in a speech welcomed the Chinese and welcomed this treaty that Mr. Burlingame had made.