In a message dated 9/15/2006 9:11:06 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: >Regarding the wording in Twain's "The Treaty with China" from >_New York Tribune_, 4 August 1868 -- Sam's arguments for the treaty included ease of immigration for the Chinese. Strange, but when I read this recently in my research, the thought occurred to me that Sam's arguments and very words can just as easily be used today in favor of "amnesty" or some path to citizenship for illegal aliens. Have times changed much? David H Fears