I believe our highestduty is to obey the laws of God and keep faith. Now. there are very serious. practical considerations which confront us at every step as we proceed with this mattei. Such a wholesale deportation of these people would of course immediately bring a rupture with the Chinese Govenment. The passage of a law which conflicts with the treaty. but which is not followed by any action. or considerable result in fact. while it may be an offensive breach of public faith. would not necessarily involve an immediate conflict or rupture. - But a violent deportation of this host to China must necessarily and certainly bring about a rupture. I have said that it was a violation of the treaty. The gentleman from California went through the form of an apparent argument on yesterday. denying thatit was a violation of the treaty. questioning the authority of the Supreme Court. as he questioned the estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury and the returns of the census when they did not suit him.
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