I took occasion to say. and I take occasion to repeat. that I could not vote on the proposition to exclude the Japanese from this country upon the ground that in a message or letter of the Japanese ambassador I had found a veiled or implied threat. I know that that raises a question between two people. and on that question both are entitled to be heard. but I vote on .the broad ground that we are settling a domestic question. a vitally necessary and indispensable question. and because we shall fairly and candidly settle it upon tie basis thai: two races are not assimilalfle. that we are dealing with a question which only this Nat en has the right to decide. So I think that in determining the broader question involved In this immigration nmeasule before us we must of necessity keep in mind the ease or difficulty with which separate races and the nationals of other nations can be assimilated. can be absorbed. without injury to them or to- us. if we want to consider their interests. but certainly without injury to us. I recognize perfectly well. so far as I anroncerned. that some races are more easily assimilable. some races and some peoples are more easily absorbable into our body politic. and Without injury to us. If I did not recognize that I would not vote for any measure that seemed to me to discriminate against any nation. I do not like the word " discriminate." because it has no proper place in my discussion of the immigration question. I know that the question is a big one. and it is so big that any Senator has perfect justification for shauhs of view upon the bill and the important question presented In the bill before the Senate. But. so far as I am concerned. it does seenm to me that. inasmuch as I can recognize that certain races are nonassimilable.
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Two races are not assimilable.