Chinese who do not understand the obligation of a Christian oath. being incorporated in the body politic. the Senator from Massachusetts reads from a Christian book. from the Bible. to prove that I have denied my faith. He. desiring to place the dstinies of the country. as he certainly would those of the Pacific coast. in the hands of pagan imperialists. will say that my opposition to that policy is denying the faith. When he wants to place the destinies of the country in their hands. when he proposes to trust to their oaths as to whether they renounce their old allegiance or not when they can not take a Christian oath. he has denied the principles which he professes. he has denied the Declaration of Independence when he would place the guardianship of our institutions in such hands and under the control of such mercenary wretches as deal in coolies who swear to labor for them. That is a denial of the faith. He that would trust our institutions to such hands has verily denied the faith. When I seek to preserve our institutions in the hands of a Christian people. when I desire to retain those institutions in the hands of those who understand the obligations of an oath when they renounce their allegiance to foreign potentates and powers and join their lot with us. when I refuse to let Koopmanschap and the Chinese merchants to import coolies to be naturalized at their dictation to participate in preserving our free institutions. I have the Christian Bible read to me. and I am compared to him who would deny the faith! I say that any Christian gentleman. any Christian man who will trust our institutions to the hands of pagans has denied the faith of his fathers.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese are described as 'pagan imperialists' who cannot be trusted because they do not understand Christian oaths.