That simply provided for commercial relations. Then in 1858 there was another treaty extending that. Then in 1868 Anson Burlingame turned up here at the head of the Chinese embassy. as the first ever sent herehaving resigned his position as United States minister there to accept that curious positionand negotiated the Seward treaty of 1868. in which we guaranteed unlimited Chinese immigration into this country. They came. and they came in such numbers that they scared the people of the Pacific coast to death. or nearly so. and they commenced a great clamor. and in 1888 another treaty was negotiated with the Chinese excluding the Chinese. bless your heart. and the Chinese dillydallied around about ratifying the treaty. and Congress went to work. thinking they were going to ratify the treaty. and passed the bill of 1888in fact. there were two or three of themthat was extremely severe in its provisions. Now. remember that. and lo and behold. the Chinese refused to ratify that treaty.
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