It is in violation of the whole spirit of our Constitution. it is in violation of Magna Carta. It is in violation of theDeclaration of Independence. it is In violation of all the great principles for which our forefathers struggled. and for which our ancestors in Great Britain struggled for 500 years. Now. sir. you are about to force upon the country Negro suffrage and Chinese suffrage. too. for you have only to strike out the word "white" out of your naturalization lawsand the honorable Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumner) has a bill already pending for that purposeand Chinese suffrage must have its way in California and Oregon and on all the Pacific slope. Chinese suffrage in those States will be as potent as Negro suffrage in the States of the South. perhaps more so. for while the Negro population of the South will be diminishing. in all human probability. the Chinese. as we open new channels of commerce across the Pacific. as we shall on the completion of the railroad. will be pouring In upon our western shores by hundreds of thousands.
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