. Gems of the campaign of 1880. sts ofagriculture, which is the basis of all our materialprosperity, and in which seven-twelfths of our popula-tion are engaged, as well as the interests of manufac-tures and commerce, demand that the facilities forcheap transportation shall be increased by the use ofall our great watercourses. CHINESE IMMIGRATION. The material interests of this country, the tradi-tions of its settlement and the sentiment of our peoplehave led the Government to offer the widest hospi-tality to immigrants who seek our shores for new andhappier homes, willing to share the burdens
. Gems of the campaign of 1880. sts ofagriculture, which is the basis of all our materialprosperity, and in which seven-twelfths of our popula-tion are engaged, as well as the interests of manufac-tures and commerce, demand that the facilities forcheap transportation shall be increased by the use ofall our great watercourses. CHINESE IMMIGRATION. The material interests of this country, the tradi-tions of its settlement and the sentiment of our peoplehave led the Government to offer the widest hospi-tality to immigrants who seek our shores for new andhappier homes, willing to share the burdens as well asthe benefits of our society, and intending that theirposterity shall become an undistinguishable part ofour population. The recent movement of the Chineseto our Pacific coast partakes but little of the qualities ofsuch an immigration either in its purposes or its is too much like an importation to be welcomedwithout restriction; too much like an invasion to belooked upon without solicitude. We cannot consent.
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