I have been here now for nearly ten years. I have served out the allotted term generally given to Representatives from most of the States. I believe I have been conscientious in obeying the wishes of my constituents. in pleading for the passage of a bill to relieve them from this terrible evil of Chinese immigration. I appeal to this side of the House. with which Ihave always acted. Every time there has been a measure brought forward for the enfranchisement of any of the people of this country. declaring for the largest liberty to all its citizens. the people I represent and I myself have always inarched beneath the grand banner of the Republican party. And you owe it to yourselves today to pass this bill. You owe it to the pledges you made in national convention. when you declared that Chinese immigration was an evil of great magnitude. and that some remedial legislation should be passed for its removal. You owe it to the departed President of the United States. whose memory you must defend. as was done when the sentiments of the forged Morey letter were denounced by every Republican in the land. Yet. worse sentiments have been uttered on this floor in favor of Chinese immigration than were contained in the Morey letter. Not satisfied with striking out "twenty" and inserting "ten" asthe term of suspension. they want to naturalize these Chinamnen. The gentleman from Iowa has submitted a proposition to naturalize these people under certain conditions. Is this the manner in which the Republican party is going to keep its pledges? Is this the way you are going to treat the people who coned here and demand legislation for their relief?
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