I would not have alluded to it. but reference to the same danger has been often referred to here during this debate. The opponents of the Chinesethe champions of this billafter demanding that the "Chinese shall go." or at least that they shall not come. because of their being filthy. immoral. diseased. and heathens. reach the real and only issue when they assert that if Chinese laborers are permitted to compete with our people in the labor market we will be driven out. These gentlemen plamit thenaselves upon the broad ground that it is our duty to prohibit Chinese immigration that American labor may be protected. After carefullystudytugthis question I do not believe American laborers are in danger from Chinese competition. That they sincerely believe they are I have no reason to doubt. but the future will prove them in error or the whole past of human experience is at fault.
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Chinese are described as filthy, immoral, diseased, and heathens.