The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-02

reference to the peoples of the Orient. .
He argues that the Chinese do not
enjoy he right to come into our coun- /
try. The gentleman must remember
that the Chinese are excluded from
this country by the express supula-
| lions of a treaty with China, and that,
on the contrary, Americans are ad-
mitted to Russia by the express stipu-
! lations of a treaty
/ The Chinese are excluded by treaty
provisions, and the people of America
are admitted TO Russia by treaty
rights But, even so, we 90 not ex-.
clude Chinese who wish to travel and
soiourn in this country, and that is all
that our citizens want in Russia. That
/ is precisely the right given us by this
treaty However, no gentleman who
/ has ever studied this chapter of our
history can doubt for a moment that
Russia has again and again violated
that treaty by denying the right of
American citizens to enter her country
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and the American people, in the as
sertion of the American principle of
religious equality, have for the past
thirty years demanded that this dis
elimination cease and have made that
demand i'm vain. We have too long en-
trusted to diplomatic channels the as
sertion of our national rights. The
time has come, if the treaty under
which these exclusions are practiced
gives to Russia any technical argu-
ment in behalf of that exclusion, to
destroy that treaty and take away
from Russia any excuse " her ac-
tons
American Citizenship Menaced.
Mr.. Levy of New YORK; know Of
no greater honor that can be bestowed
upon any man in the whole wide world
than the honor of being an American
citizen. Thousands of angry bayonets;
thousands of precious lives hundreds
of bloody battlefields have wrested the
priceless boon of equal citizenship
from the jealousy and power of des-
potism, and if today we are not OBJ
liged to fight for citizenship we are at
least obligated to retain that citizen
ship in all it's original power and glory.
1t is this citizenship Mr.. Speaker, that
has been is, and unless some strong
measure be adopted will continue to be
menaced by the action against which
We so earnestly and solemnly protest.
Unless the American citizen shall be
accorded the absolute protection of his
country wherever he may travel his
standing as a citizen must be i'm
paired even in his country
, 1t has been the policy of the United
States of America from the very be.
ginning of her existence as nation
to confer the right of citizenship with
+ all its privileges and powers not only
). upon those who were born within her
! borders, but to any and all who may
f come from far-off lands to seek pro
!. lection under the Stars and Stripes
J., They have come to us, the oppressed
t and downtrodden, the poor as well as
t the wealthy and intelligent who wher
l. they felt a longing to live in country
= where in the words of the immorta
!. Jefferson, "all men are created free
s and equal" and under the inspiring in
S iiuence of our social, political life they
l. have been amalgamated into a citizen
d ship which is equal, aye. superior Ia
l. that of the proudest cities and states
( that history knows.
y Upon this principle of equality and
r liberty, a principle as firm as the Rock
l. of Ages. our country has endured foI
II over century, increasing in power
d and prosperity, while throughout the
t world thrones have fallen, dynasties
L have died and nations have been elm
J. mated from the map of the world. The
d right to naturalize foreign-born citi
e zens Mr. Speaker was never granted
s. willingly to this country but was pait
o for by the expenditure of priceless
blood and treasure. The bloody wal
e of 1912 with Great Britain was largely
; the result of Englands refusal to con
slider the rights of naturalized British
subjects but the principle triumphed
and in every civilized country of the
globe but one it has come to be recog
e nized that section 1899 of the Revised
} Statutes of the United States is, ir
u deed and in fact, good and sound in
u ternational law. We plead today, Mr.
. Speaker, that the principle shall con
T. tinue to prevail; that the brave tars
B who fought under Commodore Perry
at Lake Erie, the gallant followers o.
y Jackson at New Orleans, and the
D countless heroes who bled and died
= shall not have died in vain.
3 Andrew White Quoted.
!. Mr. Sharp of Ohio-'I have long be
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