, 1869-12-11
CHINESE FEMALE SLAVERY.

The San francisco Call ventilates
the Chinese Slave trade and its pa>
irons 10 the following vigorous man,
ner:
"There used to be n vast deal OF howl
ing about the terrible slave pens of the
South, and the fact that member OF
the Congress of this great, free Nation
could look from the windows Of the
Capitol upon a pen where men were
chained, and bought and sold like cat
A., -,-~ ..~a"pe,rd rUrGn N the Press Of
the country as national disgrace. 1t
is too late in this century to deny the
fact. But where has gone all that vir
tuous indignation, all of that patriotism
ahd philanthropy? Yesterday there was
a scene enacted, right in our own city,
of the most terrible nature and where
are all the haters of slavery that they
have not condemned and do not de,
nounce the horrible slavery? Nearly
two hundred and fifty young girls, so
young, many of them, that they are
mere children-girls of twelve to four
teen years of age-ond ought to be cared
for by the mother, were landed from the
China steamer and driven in squads
ashore, and into corners to be searched
for opium, before being passed over to
the beldames who we're on hand to cou,
vey these poor wretches to their hells
in the Chinese quarters. For all these
poor young uufortunates were brought
here for purposes of prostitution, and
nothing else. They were brought, as
the African was formerly brought
through the "middle passage" by force,
and not from choice. They are first
kidnapped by various means in China,
and then consigned to the furies who
here make money by their degradation.
Is the cottou-held, or the kane. field or
the r!ce,swamp of the South to be com,
pared in the scale of suffering and toll
with the horrors Of the life these poor
creatures are forced to lead 10 their d ems,
and the fearful fate that awaits most of
them? And yetOf the many here in our
midst whose very souls appeared to be
stirred up in them by the condition of
the African slave laborers how mauy
are there who not only have no word Of
sympathy for these far more miserable o.
Gods creatures, bu: who are advocat-
ing the introduction of Chinese, female
as well as male, simply because they are
supposed to furnish cheap labor 2 These
girls do not come here as the wives,
sisters, or other relatives of the China
man but chiefly for blackguards with
white skins. The public need not be
hOiu VI VIZ NouBcASi huo ihuueuCebt the
diseases that this class of creatures are
sure to disseminate. There is very little
attention paid to their bodily health.
As long as these slaves are valuable,
some little care 10 taken of them. But
= dead dog is as much regarded as these,
when no longer profitable. And these
are . part of the immigration, and the
effects Of their iuAuI, which so many
the Press and Individuals, are advocat,
ing. What have they to say in favor of
this when a close observation has been
nader Is. il q great crime to buy or
seize a negro 10 Dahomey for the pur
pose of putting him on a cotton plAnta-
ion, but trivial matter to steal a Chi
nese girl in the FloWery Kingdom, for
purpose at once degrading, ruinous,
deVilish 2 And shall IT, be-. said that
there IL no remedy, that neither the
State can, nor will Congress, interfere
to put a stop to it7 What a howl was
raised at the attempt Of DR.. Blackburn
70 introduce yellow fever in the United
States during the Rebellion. But here