Is the gentleman in favor of conferring the elective franchise on the Chinaman? I assure gentlemen on this floor that the people of the Pacific coast care nothing about the color of a mans skin. They are against the Chinaman not because his skin is yellow. but because of the debased civilization which he brings to this country. because he does not assimilate with us. because he does not come as other emigrants come to this country. freely and voluntarily to enjoy the blessings of our free Government. I undertake to say. Mr. Chairman. that no Chinaman has ever yet come to the United States because he loved freedom and: hated oppression. No living man of them ever came with that idea. or from any appreciation of the blessings of liberty and free government in this country. They do not come as European emigrants come to this. country. They do not come to be of us and with us and to be citizens of this great Republic. They come in every instance merely to better their condition from a financial point of view. stipulating even in the contracts they make before leaving home that after death their bones shall be taken back to China.
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Chinese people are described as bringing a debased civilization, not assimilating, not coming to enjoy freedom, and only seeking financial gain.