Grover Cleveland declares the Chinese "impossible of…

September 1888 CE

Grover Cleveland declares the Chinese "impossible of assimilation with our people and dangerous to our peace and welfare" in  a letter accepting renomination as President of the United States on September 8, 1888.

Although Cleveland had condemned the "outrages" against Chinese immigrants, he believes that Chinese immigrants are unwilling to assimilate into white society.

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