First. that it is unnecessary. secondly. that it is against the policy of our Constitution anl laws. thirdly. that it goes beyond the power conferred by the treaty. and fourthly. it will injure us commercially. It is said to be unnecessary because the number of Chinese now in the country is so small as to preclude the idea. of their doing any injury. and it is claimed that but few are now coming. If it is conceded that their immigration here may ever become an evil it is not too soon too check it. Had African slavery been abolished one hundred years ago. how much of dissension. of treasure. of precious blood would it have saved to this nation ? When Utah was admitted as a Territory ifpolygamy had been excluded how great a stain upon our escutcheon would have been avoided. and how small the difficulty to extripate it. compared with that which now confronts us.
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