In my jndgment. and in this I concur in the opinion of the President. there is no occasion for such legislation. If the evil complained of is that a vicious population. without home. without family or children. are brought here under labor contracts. we can pass laws to prevent such laborers from coming. We have now secured the right and consent of the Chinese Government to regulate and limit immigration. but not to prohibit it. There was no difference of opinion between the authorities in China and the authorities of this country when thetreaty was negotiated. but the same Chinese who willingly subscribed to the treaty now claim that this bill violates the treaty. and that the mode and manner proposed is unreasonable and inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the treaty. I ask Senators whether these objections are not sufficienfkto induce us to pause and to consider them.
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