Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-22

their household affairs and children
in the care of two Chinese servants,
who had been with them ten years,
and felt. entire confidence in them.
They assured US that IN the employ
ment Of this people was to he found
the solution of the YFKed question
4 about domestic help - .,il =, r.,
:" But do you really think it would
| be advisable TO admit them to citizen
ship in this cauntry@''a 7ia71 .tl7Loz
81 don't know that they desire to
| become citizens5 They ask TO be pro-
| teeted equally with others by the laws
and to be permitted to testify in
courts ofjustIees But X they are as
represented, shnnest, temperate and
industrious, why should We refuse to
admit them To citizenship" te--.
They are reared in monarchial
traditions" f u -ltol.O 70
No more 50 than thousands from
Europe to whom we make no such
objection. Still, / find a great many
who are in favor of encouraging their
immigration to this country, who are
opposed to making them citizens.
Among the mementOes of the eX-
eursiOn brought home by Mrs. Wade,
was. a pair of blankets from the
WOODEN inanufactory at San. Francisco,
which have never seen equaled in
beauty of texture and color, or sur
passed in quality. They We're made
by the. children of the " ElOwery
Kingdom" whose Initiative habits
and doeility of disposition have so
commended them to the proprietOrs
of those werks that they have for
years employed no other wOrkmen.
The fact that so few of these people |
bring their families with them to our |
shores was explained to Mr.. Wade !
and his party by some Of their !
cOuntrymen as found in the necessity |
of their condition, they being COM |
PEELED to borrow money tn pay their |
own fare. Money so borrowed is re- |
paid with serupulOus honesty, cases of
any attempt to defraud the lenders |
being unknown, though they are |
without legal protection for the en-
fOrcement of these contracts. A |
highly interesting account given by /
Mr.. Wade of a visit of his party to a /
Chinese temple must be omitted here /
as more suited to the tourist visiting /
such scenes in person. Our converse !
ton was interrupted occasionally by |
the advent Of visitors who called from /
this and other towns to pay their re-
spectS to the veteran statesman, hut |
he seemed 50 full of interest in the /
great work he had been inspecting
and in the future of the strange peO-
pie who are now pouring in by thOus-
ands upon our Western shores, that
these interruptions scarcely broke
ripple in his earnest discourse about !
them. ..-rr. -. r.. rr
= AS | was about terminating the in
terview, a young man smooth Of /
speech and with a drummeFN like f
aspect made his appeaFance, and in
tr0duced himself, portfolio in hand,
- sh agent of the New York " Free !
Trade league Curiosity was
stimulated to see this youth
full David attack this Goliath Of pro-
svetionists in his own camp. But as
he seemed TO look around with an air
as who should say, /" / want a clear
held for this tournament" your cor
pfudently Withdrew. Still, /
it would have been an enjoyable
scene to view the impending contest /
flOm a safe distance, and / only regret |
that journalistic discretion did not /
permit me 70 DO 50.