I desire to sayin explanation of this point that the object of the bill is simply to execute the treaty now existing between China and the United States. If gentlemen will r(ad that treaty they will find that by the second article the classes of persons who are permittedto come to this country are distinctly natied. and by a well understood principle of law the mention of those classes is of course the exclusion of all others. I claim (whatever may be the opinion of my colleague on the committee) that no Chinese laborer. whether skilled or unskilled. is now under the treaty. provided we enforce it by law. authorized to come to this country as aL immigrant.
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