They are part of her possessions. but not of her people. Her egis is thrown before them to protect the chattel. not the man. tile servant because of the service he cau render. not the member of her family who has been wronged. Following out the line of cold conmercial policy for the protection of her colonies. she has through those colonies adopted more stringent regulations to prevent Mongolian immigration than are contained in any bill ever submitted to an American Congress. There is nothing to fear onthisscore. The objection. notthe amendment. is frivolous. Weviolate no treaty stipulation by this act. We exclude now the pauper and the criminal immigrant. We have the same right to exclude a servile and debasing class of foreign labor. and on the same groundsits inevitable tendency to lower the tone of our civilization by the degradation of our labor. What we require of "the most favored nation Iis that the immigrant coming to us from her borders shall be cleanhanded. free. capable of assimilating with our people and of understanding and appreciating the blessings of a free government. This is the sum of our requirements. the limit of our concession. We could do no more. no less. for the preservation of our people. the conservation of our honor. and the advancement of our nation.
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Generalization about foreign labor degrading American labor and civilization.