CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



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from Massachusetts rise in his seat then and 

 answer and say, ' "Why, this is contrary to the 

 fundamental principles of the Declaration of 

 Independence ; this is a violation of the rights 

 of humanity, and it ought not to be done ' ? 

 The candidate nominated by that convention 

 published to the world his letter of acceptance, 

 in which he not only accepted the doctrines 

 laid down in the platform en masse, but pro- 

 ceeded to speak on this very question and to 

 put himself on record in favor of the right of 

 the Government, its legal right, its moral right, 

 to restrict this class of immigration ; and it 

 does not come with a right good grace that the 

 two Senators from Massachusetts should now 

 assume all the virtue in the Republican party, 

 and accuse everybody else who differs with 

 them on this subject of being moved by hate, 

 as the honorable Senator who addressed the 

 Senate yesterday (Mr. Dawes) declared we all 

 were." 



The President pro tempore : " Does the Sen- 

 ator from Kansas withdraw the whole of his 

 amendment, including the words which he 

 moved to insert?" 



Mr. Ingalls : " Yes, sir." 



The President pro tempore: "The question 

 is on the amendment as modified, substituting 

 ninety days for sixty days." 



The amendment to the amendment was 

 agreed to yeas, 26 ; nays not counted. 



The President pro tempore: u The roll will 

 be called on the passage of the bill." 



The result was announced yeas 29, nays 

 15 ; as follows : 



YEAS Bayard, Beck, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, 

 Cockrell, Coke, Fair Farley, Garland, George, Gor- 

 man, Hale, Harris, Hill of Colorado, Jackson, Jonas, 

 Jones of Nevada, Miller of California, Miller of New 

 York, Morgan, Pugh, Ransom, Sawyer, Slater, Teller, 

 Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walker 29. 



NAYS Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Brown, Conger, Da- 

 vis of Illinois, Dawes, Edmunds, Frye, Hoar, Ingalls, 

 Lapham, McDill, McMillan, Morrill 15. 



ABSENT Anthony, Butler, Camden, Cameron of 

 Pennsylvania, Davis of West Virginia, Ferry, Groome, 

 Grover, Hampton, Harrison, Hawley, Hill of Georgia, 

 Johnston, Jones of Florida, Kellogg, Lamar, Logan, 

 McPherson, Mahone, Maxey, Mitchell. Pendleton, 

 Platt, Plumb, Rollins, Saulsbury. Saunders, Sewell, 

 Sherman, Van Wyck, Williams, Windom 32. 



So the bill was passed. 



In the House, on March 23d, the bill was 

 passed by the following vote : 



YEAS Aiken, Aldrich, Armfield, Atkins, Bayne, 

 Belford, Belmont, Berry, Bingham, Blackburn, Blan- 

 chard, Bliss, Blount, Brewer, Brumm, Buckner, Jo- 

 seph H. Burrows, Butterworth, Cabell, Caldwell, 

 Calkins, Campbell, Cannon, Cassidy, Caswell, Chal- 

 mers, Chapman, Clark, Clements, Cobb, Converse, 

 Cook, Cornell, Samuel S. Cox, William R. Cox, Cov- 

 ington, Cravens, Culberson, Curtin, Darrell, David- 

 son, George R. Davis, Lowndes H. Davis, De Motte, 

 Deuster, Dezendorf, Dibble, Dibrell, Dowd, Dugro, 

 Ermentrout, Errett, Charles B.'Farwell, Finley, Flow- 

 er, Ford, Forney, Fulkerson, Garrison, Geddes, 

 George, Gibson, Guenther, Gunter, N. J. Hammond, 

 Hardy, Harmer, Henry S. Harris, Haseltinc, Hatch, 

 Hazetton, Heilman Herndon, Abram S. Hewitt, Hill, 

 Hiscock, Hoblitzell, Hoge, Holman, Horr, Houk, 



House, Hubbell, Hubbs, Hutchins, George W. Jones, 



McMillin, Miller, Mills, Money, Morey, Moulton, 

 Murch, Mutchler, O'Neill, Pacheco, Page, Paul, Pay- 

 son, Peelle, Phelps. Phister, Pound, Randall, Reagan, 

 Theron M. Rice, John S. Richardson, Robertson,Will- 

 iam E. Robinson, Rosecrans, Scranton, Shallenberger, 

 Sherwin, Simonton, Otho R. Singleton, A. Herr Smith, 

 Dietrich C. Smith, J. Hyatt Smith, Sparks, Spauld- 

 ing, Speer, Springer, Stockslager, Strait, Talbott, 

 Thomas, P. B. Thompson, Tillman, Amos Townsend, 

 R. W. Townsend, Tucker, Henry G. Turner, Oscar 

 Turner, J. T. Updegraff, Upson, Valentine. Vance, 

 Van Horn, Warner, Washburn, Webber, Wellborn, 

 Whitthorne, Thomas Williams, Willis, Willitts, Wil- 

 son, George D. Wise, Morgan R. Wise, Walter A. 

 Wood 167. 



NAYS Anderson, Barr, Bragg, Briggs. Browne, 

 Buck, Camp, Candler, Carpenter, Chace, Crapo, Cul- 

 len, Dawes, Deering, Dmgley, Dunnell, Dwight, 

 Sewell S. Farwell, Grout. Hall, John Hammond, Har- 

 dcnbergh, Benjamin W. Harris, Haskell, Hawk, Hen- 

 derson," Hepburn, Hooker, Humphrey, Jacobs, Phin- 

 eas Jones, Joyce, Kasson, Ketcham, Lord, McCoid, 

 Morse, Norcross, Orth, Parker, Ranncy, Reed, John 

 B. Rice, William W. Rice, Rich, D. P. Richardson, 

 Ritchie, George D. Robinson, Russell ? Ryan, Shultz, 

 Skinner, Spooner, Stone, Taylor, William G. Thomp- 

 son, Tyler, Thomas Updegraff, Urner, Wadsworth, 

 Wait, Walker, Ward, Watson, White, Charles G. 

 Williams 6(5. 



NOT VOTING Allen, Atherton, Barbour, Beach, 

 Beltzhoover, Black, Bland, Bowman, Buchanan, Ju- 

 lius C. Burrows, Carlisle, Clardy, Colerick, Crowley, 

 Cutts, Dunn, Ellis, Evins, Fisher, Frost, Godshalk, 

 Herbert, G. W. Hewitt, Jadwin, Kelley, Lacey, La- 

 tham, Lc Feyre, Lindsey, Manning, Mason, Miles, 

 Moore, Morrison, Mosgrove, Muldrow, Neal, Nolan, 

 Oates, Pierce, Pettibone, Prescott, Ray, Robeson, 

 James S. Robinson, Ross, Scales, Scoville, Shackel- 

 ford, Shelley, James W. Singleton, Steele, Stephens, 

 Van Aernam, Van Voorhis, West, Wheeler, Benja- 

 min Wood, Young 59. 



On April 4th President Arthur returned the 

 bill to the Senate, with his objections to it, as 

 follows : 



To the Senate of the United States : 



After careful consideration of Senate bill No. 71, 

 entitled " An act to execute certain treaty stipulations 

 relating to Chinese." I herewith return it to the Sen- 

 ate, in which it originated, with my objections to its 

 passage. 



A nation is justified in repudiating its treaty obli- 

 gations only when they are in conflict with great para- 

 mount interests. Even then all possible reasonable 

 means for modifying or changing those obligations by 

 mutual agreement should be exhausted before resort- 

 ing to the supreme right of refusal to comply with 

 them. 



These rules have governed the United States in 

 >wers as one of the 



family of nations. I am persuaded that if Congress 

 can feel that this act violates the faith of the nation 

 as pledged to China, it will concur with me in reject- 

 ing this particular mode of regulating Chinese immi- 

 gration, and will endeavor to find another which shall 

 meet the expectations of the people of the United 

 States without coming in conflict with the rights of 

 China. 



The present treaty relations between that power 

 and the United States spring from an antagonism 

 which arose between our paramount domestic inter- 

 ests and our previous relations. 



The treaty commonly known as the Burlingame 

 treaty conferred upon Chinese subjects the right of 

 voluntary emigration to the United States for the pur- 

 poses of curiosity or trade, or as permanent residents, 



