They are not desirable. Who wishes them here? I desire to say to the Senators on the other side that our black people. our negroes. in the Southern States very much object to them. If the wishes of our negro population in the South were to be considered it would be found that they are almost a unit against the immigration of the West Indian negroes. As a rule they do not work pleasantly together. I had occasion to observe it in quite an extensive amount of work done at Key West. in which I had an interest. a few years ago.
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West Indian negroes do not work pleasantly with black people/negroes in the Southern States.