We have done this because we believe it to be best for our country. It is in accord with the treaty obligations existing between China and the United States. We have the undoubted right thus to limit immigration calculated to interfere with the rights and welfare of American citizens. and it is our duty to do it. We have done it in a way which. in my judgment. reflects credit upon our own country and no discredit or dishonor upon the Chinese Empire. who. according to treaty. have recognized the peril attendant upon a large influx of Chinese laborers. We owe this protection to our own American labor. whose dignity and welfare has been temporarily placed in our hands in this measure.
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