I" I venture the assertion that should such a condition of things as the Senator from Colorado alluded to. when Chinese votes threatened the supremacy of the white. ever occur in Massachusetts. even the senior Senator from that State. philanthropist as he is and firm believer in the ballot as the panacea for all political evils. would concur with the Senator from Colorado. and I feel sure that his prolific mind and his legal acumen would enable him to point out "some way. some method. I know not how. for the white vote to govern." And. sir. in my opinion the voters who in any State represent the best elements. the capital. the intelligence. and the virtue. should govern. despite all finespun theories of fraternity and equality. the sacred brotherhood of mankind. and the divine right of universal suffrage! Congress has. by the enactment of the most stringent laws. not only prohibited the naturalization of the Chinese. but has excluded them from the country. and yet the civilization of these people antedates ours by centuries and is. in many respects. equal to our own. They are a peaceable. frugal. lawabiding. industrious people. superior in every respect. as laborers. to the blacks. The national representatives from the Pacific Slope in this body. realizing the danger threatening their States by the presence of a foreign race. demanded their total exclusion.
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