President. I do not know how many millions of these people there are. We want immigration. but we want it of a different kind. The immigration that I prefer is the immigration of our own blood and people from the Northern States who come to the Southand great quantitie.s have come and I hope a great many more of them will come. because they add to all that is b)est in the improvement and development of our country. But it is an impossibility. as pointed out by the Senator from Mississippi. that anyone of this race can come and add to the present population without its being an injury. and in the case of any prospect of a large number a most serious menace to us. It has flot been a matter of any importance to us to keep out the Asiatics. we have not been threatened with anything on account of the Asiatics. and yet the southern people have not hesitated for a moment. but have stood as a man for their exclusion. and I do not suppose that a single vote can be shown cast by a southern man opposing the legisltion which has been asked to protect the States upon the Pacific coast. When this is asked by us. why should there be this differentiation? We make some exceptions now in favor of this race. It is the only race that under our law can be naturalized other than a member of the Caucasian race. We do not permit a Mongolian or a Malay to be naturalized. As is suggested to me by the Senator from Mississippi. when the Negro comes here he is not limited as the Mongolian or the Malay is by the simple opportunity to come here. The Mongolian or the Malay when he comes here is denied the right of citizenship. This other nuan. when he comes here. is given the right of citizenship. and there are a good many other reasons which could be urged. We are dealing with this problenm in the most conservative manner.
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This race cannot add to the population without injury.