Frenchmen. Germans. and all other countries. Would we. in our country. adopt a system as to our German immigrants who are born in Germany. and as to the English. Irish. Scotch. and French who come here. which would put them under the ticketofleave plan. and require them to show their certificates wherever they went to any officer who might demand it at any time whatever. upon the penalty of being deported to the land from which they came? Yet we do this against the Chinese. Now. I do not think that that is in harmony with the treaty. Those who believe that we have a right to trample upon this treaty. as a matter of course can vote for this report without any compunction. They may say that we are tired of Chinese immigration here. and we may do what we please to exclude the Chinese. but with my feeling about the regard and obligation of these treaties I do not feel at liberty to do so. That is about all I have to say. Here is Article III of the treaty of 1880:
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