We ought to stop this immigration and extend the period of exclusion for at least twenty years. so that those who may seek labor and fortune in the great West may be assured that for at least the active period of one human life they will be protected from further inroads from that direction. We ought to go still further. and this is the point I desire to make in favor of this indemnity. In order that all cause for alarm in the future may be removed we should by treaty stipulations make the exclusion of Chinese laborers from this country absolute and perpetual. To this end I would place the administration in the best possible position to honorably demand such terms and conditions from China as would secure this important result. I would strengthen the hands of the Executive in every legitimate and proper way. so that in the event of a failure to secure the consent and cooperation of China in this matter we will at least be left free to act for the best interests of our own people. This indemnity will be money well expended. if while discharging whatever moral obligations we may be under we can also make it do duty in paving the way to a settlement of this vexed question of Chinese immigration. In this view of the situation. and considering the benefit that may accrue to this country by the course indicated. I shall support the measure.
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