Speech #490052359

Congress would not hesitate a moment in its action. but would at once put an end to the controversy by the abrogation of so much of the Burlingame treaty as gives sanction to this hostile invasion. I say hostile invasion. because however peaceable it may appear to the casual and uninformed observer. it nevertheless carries with it a poison absolutely destructive to the labor industries and free institutions of this country. Between Asiatic labor and American labor there is an antagonism beyond the reach of arbitration. compromise. or judicialdecree. We must not mistake the situation. There are dangersignals flying which wewould do well to heed.