If the questionwas reversed from its present attitude and should now be. whether we would consent to the importation of 8.000.000 of negroes from Africa to the United States. the answer of every human being of intelligence in this country would be "No ! Never !" No appeal of humanity. no demand of necessity connected with scarcity of labor. not even the missionary spirit of the church.would induce us to invite. or prevent us from resisting. the influx of such a population. We have settled that policy in the prohibition of Chinese immigration. on the naked question of race aversion. and. in doing that. we have felt compelled. for reasons of selfprotection. to ignore the plain engagements of a solemn treaty. The emigration of the negro race to Africa is urged by our race instincts and aversions. for similar and stronger reasons. The question is embarrassed. however. by the fact that we have formed many strong attachments for our former slaves. and have conferred upon them the highest political privileges. We have also educated them to a condition so greatly above that of their African brethren that it seems almost cruel to ask them to renew their association with their own blood kindred.
Identified stereotypes
Compares Chinese immigrants to imported slaves, suggesting they are an unwanted population.