Mr. President. if this were a question of the exclusion of immigrants in the ordinary sense of the term. men who come to the United States with their wives and children and assume the responsibility which belongs to civilized manhood. I should hesitate. But I understand from all I have heard that this is an invasion of Chinese men. who come into the country for their own temporary purposes. and in the nature of things they do not assume the ordinary burdens and responsibilities of manhood. and they can much more easily elude a law passed for their exclusion. I see no reason why we should not exclude the Chinese men who come into this country and assume none of the duties not of citizenship alone. but none of the duties of manhood. who do not intend to remain. but who come to earn what they may rightfully earn and then return to their own country. I see no difficulty in excluding them. and when we keep within the limits of legal justice and charity I am in favor of the most rigorous laws. The distinction is a very wide one between immigration and the mere migration of these herds of laborers.
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Chinese men do not assume the responsibilities of manhood.