Mr. President. following the thread of my narrative as to the acquisition of territory. I want to suppose a case that is not unlikely to occur. An Asiatic war. we will suppose. takes place. into which this Republic might be drawn. and we are victors in the staruggle. as we always are. With my friend from South Carolina on our side there is no such word as fail. Suppose the Chinese Empire should fall to us as a war indemnity. We would have acquired a territory with 400.000.000 population. of a class that we have spurned from our shores as we would a pestilence.
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Chinese people are described as a pestilence to be spurned.