I present a memorial of the Board of Trade of the city of Now York. signed by a large number of persons engaged in the China trade. by a still larger number of persons engaged in the sale of dry goods. by persons engaged in the iron trade. by banks and bankers to a very large amount and extent. by the insurance companies of the city. by persons engaged in the cotton trade. and others. remonstrating against the passage of any law to prohibit Chinese immigration. These gentlemen are animated by that spirit which I remember so univhrsally prevailed in my boyhood and which was expressed in one stanza in the song of "Jefferson and Liberty." with which we are all so familiar: Hers strangers from a thousand shores. Compelled by tyranny to roam. Shall find amid abundant stores A freer and a happier home. I move the reference of the memorial to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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