I do not enter upon the discussion of that question at the present time. Now I want to cite from a memorial. which I suppose is a good authority. a statement of one evil which the bill under consideration would not remedy. that is with reference to the coming of aliens across the Canadian and Mexican borders. I have here a statement from the Boston Journal of February 6 as to the methods which prevail in the Canadas of offering inducements to alienfarmers to go and settle in those provinces. and I read an extract from the statement: Ieprotest against this class of immigration from Canada. It isaweltknown fact in New England that the public institutionsare filled with women. about to become mothers.from Nova Scotia and Lower Canada. and they are filling up our institutions with paupers. Wo also protest against the Chinese. who evade the United States laws by slipping over from the Dominion of Canada and via Mex:ico. thereby filling the United States with undesirable immigrants. Then follow some statistics. Mr.
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Immigrants from Canada are filling institutions with paupers. Chinese evade US laws.