We have asserted our right to do so. We have modified the treaties in order that we might do it. I think whatever might have been the opinion ten years or twenty years ago. today it is the general opinion of the people of the United States that Chinese immigration should be prohibited. So I am not going into a general discussion as to whether Chinese immigration ought to be prohibited. At all events the people have come to that conclusion. In 1878 the House of Representatives sentto this body a bill to prohibit. limit. and restrict Chinese immigration. prohibiting it in part. curtailing it. and providing certain restrictions. That bill was antagonized in this body with rare exceptions only. I admit that a few Senators in this body said that it was a denial of a right which they insisted belonged to all men.
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