Chairman. that we were the suppliants for the treaty. We applied for the privilege of making this treaty with the Chinese. Subsequently. when it was found by the citizens of the Pacific coast that the Chinese were a nonhomogeneous population that would not and could not mix with ours. that such intermingling was not desired by us nor by China. and when China had said at all times. "We have no desire that our people shall leave our country and go to the United States -when the people of California found that this Chinese population was not suitable to be assimilated with our own. the objection wasmade to their further immigration. and what was the result? When we applied to China to change the treaty so as to exclude her criminals. China. with a liberality and spirit of civilization that we may well envy. said: "All righlt. we agree to such an amendment to the treaty." And in any instance where application was made to change these treaties have they objected?
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Chinese were a nonhomogeneous population that would not and could not mix with ours.