Chinese Immigration. Speech of Hon. Horace Davis of California, of the House of Representatives, June 8. 1878
by Davis, Horace
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Pamphlet, 8vo, stitched, self wrappers, 15 [1] pp. Two horizontal creases from being folded, stitching a little loose; otherwise very good or better. Davis (1831-1916) was elected to Congress in 1876. His most significant contribution during his two terms in office related to the "Chinese Question". In 1878, he introduced a bill to restrict immigration from China. This pamphlet presents the speech he made in the House to support that bill. In his speech he rails against the Chinese whom he felt were a curse. He goes as far to say that when the first Chinese immigrant came to this country, he was viewed as a novelty, and that people really didn't have the intelligence to understand the significance of his coming. He characterized the Chinese as some kind of alien substance that would infect the body until it was eliminated. Cowan p. 158. DAB Vol. III
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- Title
- Chinese Immigration. Speech of Hon. Horace Davis of California, of the House of Representatives, June 8. 1878
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- Davis, Horace
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- First Edition.
- Place of Publication
- Washington:
- Date Published
- 1878.
- Keywords
- Chinese Immigration.
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