President. it is not my intention to engage in any very lengthy discussion of the pending bill. but rather to give some of the reasons which will influence my vote on the several propositions before the Senate. Much as I regret personally to antagonize what seems to be the result of the deliberate judgment of the distinguished Committee on Foreign Relations. I feel impelled by a sense of duty and by those opinions which I have entertained for many years. and which I have endeavored during the past seven years at all times to impress upon the Senate as best I could. to vote against the proposed substituteof the committee and in favor of the principle of absolute Chinese exclusion. as embraced in the bill as sent us by the House of Representatives. I regret. however. that I am not inspired with any very wellgrounded hope that anything I may be able to. say at this time will be potential in preventing the adoption of the substitute proposed by the Committee on Foreign Relations. Should. therefore. the amendment of the committee be adopted. as now seems to be a foregone conclusion. and whether the Senate. subsequently shall perfect that amendment or not so as to make it more accepiable to me.
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