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I also present a memorial adopted at I mass meeting of the citizensof San Francisco. held at Metropolitan Hall. in that city. December 28. 1887. earnestly protesting against further immigration of Chinese to this country and praying Congress to pass a law absolutely excluding all such immigration in the future. As reasons. they characterize the Chinese in our midst as distinct in their civilization. unAmerican in their habits and customs. in dress. religion. and language as entirely distinct as it is possible for two peoples to beone hoary with age. the other a youth full of life and hope. one a democrat. the other a slave. a people whose mode and system of living enable them to successfully compete against any other human labor. displacing. therefore. and ruining all who come in contact with them. The memorial asserts that as a result of this competition-