We have agreed by this treaty not only that we would not discriminate against them in our legislation, but that we would permit these laborers to remain in the position of persons 'of the most favored nation.' . . .
Sherman emphasizes the treaty's commitment to non-discrimination against Chinese laborers in U.S. legislation.
Share
More from John Sherman
The policy of this country ought to be to make everything national as far as possible.
Let us, my friends, unite in electing him President of the United States.
Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
Other voices in this conversation
