I trust. in the lifetime of the American Republic. but twenty years in the lifetime of man is a whole generation. If you suspenl for twenty years a right or a duty or an obligation. you suspend it during the whole length of the power of this generation of man. Here under a treaty which expressly states that you shall not prohibit immigration. which says you can only regulate. limit. and control or suspend for a reasonable time. you make a suspension of twenty years under provisions of peculiar hardship during the whole lifetime of this generation. The people of Calitfornia in five years from this time may perhaps want to modify this treaty. They may find that it is useful for them to have a. class of skilled laborers from China. but that cannot be done unless Congress is called upon to change the law.
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