Of course. as my friend says. it was a cooly traffic. and nothing else. I have always stood in opposition with voice and vote against Chinese immigration to this country. but when I listen to my distinguished friend from Nevada and my other friend from Nevada . when I hear their denunciations of Chinese immigration. when they lift up their hands to the representatives of the people of the United States. and say. " Deliver us from the body of this death." and when I endeavor to deliver them. I can not resist thinking how inconsistent is their position here with the appeal they make to us on the subject of Chinese immigration. when they come to vote on the question of negro domination in the South. I asked my friend from Nevada in his speech to tell me whether he stood upon the doctrine that the Declaration of Independence made this. in the language of General Harrison. the free home for all comers to this country. and he answered me indirectly by stating that the Chinese constituted a great curse and with an eloquent oration in regard to the evils of Chinese immigration. I wantadirect answer. I want to know if the Republican Senators from the Pacific Slope who urge upon us to relieve them from this curse of the Chinese are willing to turn around in a single hour and vote for the most extreme measures to fix upon the white people of the South the curse of negro domination. politically. socially. and otherwise?
Identified stereotypes
Chinese immigrants are described as a 'curse' and a 'body of death'.