No. not by that road nor by any other road. They came there of their own accord. A Republican administration had prevented them beforo thatprevented the introduction of cooly labor into the United States. For fear I may forget it. I will answer the Senator from Ohio when he asks whether subsequently these railroads did not import contract labor. Before the war. as early as the year 1852. there was an inquiry by thefHouse of Representatives into the cooly trade. It did notcomo to anything. The class of men who were in power. who were controlling the administration. were in favor of the cooly trade.
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