While we should do for our brethren in California all that could be expected from us to protect thens from wlat they regard now is a great and growing evil. why should we do it in such a way as to violate the fundamental principles of the American policy which has distinguished us from the Amcrican Revolution to this hour ? If we must exclude Chinese laborers of a certain character let us do it by a wise bill carefully framed. not going one step beyond the avowed purpose of the bill. and preserving as far as we can. with this exception. the general principle that this land of ours is a home. a refuge for the oppressed of all lands. where people may flee from kings and emperors. from unwise laws and harsh taxes. from military rule and caste domination. and they come here and on our broad fields build themselves a home. If there must bean exception as against the Chinese coolies. let that exception be confined to a reasonablo limitation. and lot it not be extended so as to include a nation that is composed of nearly onehalf the whole huan race. Mr. President. 1. say again that the bill ought to be referred.