Is that the purpose? I venture to say that it is not. Assume. if you please. that the Constitution is not in force in Hawaiithose islands so very desirable for us. as so many people have said. those islands where the plague prevails. where contract labor is the rule. and slavery the result. where slavery. in fact. has been fostered and built up since the islands came under the control of the United States. the islands overrun with the cheapest labor of the Orientif the Constitution is not over Hawdii. if the Constitation has not force and effect there. what force and effect will this legislation give it? Can you make a constitution for Hawaii by legislation of Congress? Why. sir. heretofore when our States have required constitutions they have made them themselves. they have been made by the people of the State.
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The speaker refers to the 'cheapest labor of the Orient' implying that Asian laborers are inherently cheap and undesirable.