In that treaty it was stated that both tl.e United States and ChinaCordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and religion. and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and inimigration of their citizens and subjects. respectively. from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity. of trade. or as permanent residents. That was in 1868. In a few years. however. the threatened swarm of cheap Chinese labor frightened us. and we were anxious to avoid this mutual privilege of migration agreed upon in the treaty. and asked China to frame another treaty limiting this right. which she reluctantly agreed to. and in 1880 a treaty was framed yielding to us the right to regulate. limit. or suspend the immigration of Chinese laiborers. but forbidding us to prohibit it.
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