I only want to say that I sympathize entirely and fully with what has been said in regard to the propriety of excluding Chinese laborers from this country. I have so often voted and spoken in favor of such legislation that I do not consider it necessary now to give at length the reasons for my former action. It is sufficient for me to say. by way of summary. that I think any immigration is undesirable when it brings into this country people who want all the privileges and profits of American citizenship without participating in its responsibilities. The Chinaman is a political. a social. and an industrial parasite. He comes here only on condition that. living or dead. he shall be carried back to the Celestial Empire. and it is not too harsh a term to say that he preys upon the people of the United States for his selfish purposes and is not willing to assume any of the responsibilities or dangers of the great problem in which we are engaged. the ability of the people to govern themselves.
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Chinese immigrants are described as political, social, and industrial parasites who exploit the United States without contributing to its well-being.