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Rutherford B. Hayes: “I regard the very grave discontents of the people of the Pacific States with the present working of the Chinese…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1879
I regard the very grave discontents of the people of the Pacific States with the present working of the Chinese immigration, and their still graver apprehensions therefrom in the future, as deserving the most serious attention.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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