Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-10-11
CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL.
Text OF the President's Message APP
proving the ssill.


WASHINGTON. Oct In his message
to Congress regarding the Chinese bill
President Cleveland announced his ap.
prevail Of It, lie said Tho experiment
Of blending social habits and mutual race
classes with those Of the great body Of
the people Of the United States has been
proved by experience of twenty wears,
and ever since the Burlingame treaty of
'6S. to be In every sense unwisc, impolitic
and injurious TO both nations; with the
lapse of time the necessity OF its abandon.
ment has grown in force, until those
having In charge the government of the
respective countries have resolved t.
modify ard sufficiently abrogato all those
features of prior conventin nal arrange
ments which permitted the coming Of
the Chinese laborcrs into the United
States In the modification OF prior con.
ventions, the treaty of November 10,
1880, was concluded, whereby In tho first
article thereof II was agreed that the
United States should, Mt will. regulate
the limit or suspend the coming Of
Chlnese laborers to the United State4
but not absolutely prohibiting and undti
this article the act OF Congress approved
May 0. 1882. and amended July 8, 1894,
suspended for ten years the ming OF
Chinese laborers TO the United States,
aud regulated the coming and going OF
such Chinese laborers as were ut that
time IN the United States. This view Of
the Chinese government being completely
In harmony with that of the United
States was by my direction spccil
formulated In a treaty drafted between
the two nations, embolying the PROPOSE
tions presented by the Chinese foreign
official Being submitted for advice aud
consent Of the Senate its confirmation
last May was accompanied by tw" amend
ments which that body ongraftcd upon
il. On the 18th day of the same month
| the Chinese minister who was plenipo.
Tertiary If his government In negotiation
and conclusion of the trea'y, In a note TO
the Secretary of State gave his approval
| of these amendments and they were at
once telegraphed TO China
| The 18th day of last IN rnth approved
the Senate bill to prohibit the coming Of
the Chinese lahorers To- tho United States
| This bill was intended to supplement The
treaty, and was apprbved'in the confident
anticipation of early exchange of raiihca,
ton of the treaty an | its amendments
and proclamation Of the same upon
which the legislation so proposed was by
its terms to take effect. No information
Of any definite action upon the treaty by
the Chinese government was received
until the 2lst ultimo. The Day bill
which have just approved was pr sent.
ed to me the day when the telegram Of
our minister at Pekin to the Secretary Of
State announced the refusal of'tha Chi.
nese government to exchange the rntih-
cations OF the treaty unless further dis.
cussion should be had with the view To
shorten the period stpulatcd In tho treaty
for the exclusion of the Chincse laborcrs,
aud TO change the conditions agreed on,
which II was, however, soon made cvi.
dent that the mrrCenary greed Of parlIes
who were trading on tho labor OF thiI
class of population, was proving too
strong for the ju-t execution II the law.
and that the virtual defeat of the object
| and intent Of both the law and the treaty,
was being fraudulently accomplished by
false pretenses and purjury contrary to
the expressed wish and will Of both gov.
ernments. Such demonstration Of inoper.
alive and the inefficient condition OF tho
| treaty, and the law has produced deep
seated and increasing discomfort AMONG
the people OF the United States. and es
peclally with those resident OF the Pacific
coast. This has induced me to omit no
effort, to find effectual remedy for the
evils complained Of and to answer the
earnest popular demand for the absolute
exclusion Of the Chinese laborerS. having
objects and purposes unlike our own, and
wholly disconnected with American citi'
Zenship. The necessity for remed )
has been fully appreciated by that Gov
eminent and In August SO our minister
at Pekin received from the Chinese for
cign Office. a communication announcing
that China Of her own accord proposed
to establish the system Of strict and abso
lutte prohibition of her laborers undel
heavy penalties from coming In tn,
United States. and likewise to prohibit the
return to the United States of any Chimes,
laborer who had at any time gone back
to China
I'm order lin words Of communi cation
that the Chinese laborers may be gradu
ally reduced in number and the cause
Of danger ayertcd, and the lives preserv
ed. should enttle any Chinese lahore
who might go back to China to return
again to the United States"