Speech #520047700

Now. I say that in respect to all these matters to which I have referred. the passage of the House bill into law would be a practical abrogation of the treaty. In respect to laborers there is now a separate treaty. which. under the provisions of the Senae substitute. in my judgment. in effect would not be very seriously violated. but what I argue is. that when a treaty is entered into between two nations and concessions are made by the one to the other. the law of the other at that time covering those concessions in respect to immigration there. practically the law in existence in the more liberal government. is incorporated into the treaty. at least the treaty is to be construed with reference to the law existing in the country having the more liberal policy than that of the government making concessions. However. I did not rise to discuss this bill at any very great length. I did desire to do what I have done. point out practically theextent to which we are violating the treaty of 1880by the Senate bill. demonstrating. as I believe I have. that in respect to Chinese subjects. with a decrease in twelve years of the number whose rights under that treaty maight be violated. pointing out the limitations of the violation of the treaty and showing really how inconsequential they are and then. to point out beyond that. the extreme violation which we should perpetrate if we should pass the House bill. I do not understand that Senators complain that because of the immigration to this country. the coming to this countryI will withdraw the work "immigration "-the coming to this country temporarily of other than the laboring classes. the destiny of the United States is to change. that our civilization is to be destroyed. that the Asiatic hordes are to dominate us. They do not claim that. I do not understand that they claim that the laboring classes of our country will be imperiled if those outside of the laboring classes enumerated in the treaty of 1880 are Fermitted to freely come here.