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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arthur, Chester Alan, 1830-1886 (search)
hands. It may be that the great and paramount interest of protecting our labor from Asiatic competition may justify us in a permanent adoption of this policy; but it is wiser in the first place to make a shorter experiment with a view hereafter of maintaining permanently only such features as time and experience may commend. I transmit herewith copies of the papers relating to the recent treaty with China which accompanied the confidential message of President Hayes to the Senate of Jan. 10, 1881, and also a copy of the memorandum respecting the act herewith returned, which was handed to the Secretary of State by the Chinese minister in Washington. Chester A. Arthur. Executive mansion, Washington, April 4, 1882. the memorandum. 1. The time fixed in the bill, namely, twenty years, is unreasonable. The language of Article I. that laborers shall not be absolutely prohibited from coming to the United States and that the suspension shall be reasonable, as well as the negoti