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I call the Senators attention to the further fact that in the New York Herald of June 26. 1870. are the proceedings of a public meeting. said to have been composed of 4.000 citizens of North Adams. Massachusetts. in which resolutions of a very violent and inflammatory character were passed against the importation of Chinese to that communityor that State. and that Mr. Henry Wilson. then a Senator of the United States from Massachusetts. afterward VicePresident. introduced about the same time in the Senate a bill prohibiting the importation or the immigration of Chinese to the Slate of Massachusetts or to the United States. This history. whether false or veracious I know not. goes on further to say that at the meeting referred toMr. Troup made an enthusiastic speech and suggested the sending of an influential man to Washington to urge Congressman DWEs to look after their inter. ests and hasten the consideration of Wilsons bill.