All means which do not affect the Independence of other nations are lawful to this end. No nation has a right to prescribe to another what these means shall be or to require any account of her conduct in this respect. (PhIllmores International Law.) All writers on international law agree on this principle. No foreign country has any right to complain because of the kind. of immigration statutes enacted by us. however stringent these statutes may be. America belongs to Americans. and a foreign country which would presume to suggest what our immigration policy should be would be presumptuous indeed. Calve says: One of the essential rights inherent In sovereignty and the indcpendence of States is that of selfpreservation. This right is the first of all absolute or permanent rights and serves as a fundamental basis for a great number of accessory. secondary. or occasional rights. it constitutes. it may be said.. the supreme law of nations as well as the most imperative duty of citizens. and a community which neglects tho means to repel aggressions from without falls in its moral obligation to the members which compose it. The duty of our Government to the people who compose it to meet and repel evils coming from other governments is absolute. It can make no difference whether these evil influences are war. destructive immigration. or whatever other thing it may be. It is beyond the power of the United States Government to shun this. obligation. These powers can not be delegated. nor can they be surrendered by treaty.
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