We therefore can not assert that in any instance. at any time. or in any way. the Chinese people violated the treaties we have made with them. The Chinese Government has not violated them. There are coolies who come across the Canadian border and through the Mexican territory. but violations of the law by individnals against the consent of the Chinese Empire or the Chinese Government can not implicate that Government in those violations any more than the violation of law by a citizen of this country can make this Government responsible pr his action. I say. therefore. it behooves us to treat these peol1le with justice and deal with them fairly. because the God of nature. the God of power. has placed them there and given them the color they have. We ought not to undertake to violate the treaty because of that.