The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-05-04
The Chinese Among us.

And now we must speak in relation to our atti-
tude toward the Chinese.
The phrase, our attitude, throws the way open to
discourse upon the feelings entertained and the
duct exhibited toward the Chinese by the different
classes Of persons, different trades and professions
throughout the country and amongst our entire pop
ulation ..s t1 n d-If rIt
An exhaustive discussion of the subject would re-
quire that go back and give history of Califor
MAS treatment ofthe Cinnamon, from the commence
ment Of his imrii ration to this country till the
present time, but the occasion affords opportunity
only to say that wherever Cinnamon have been dis
posed to enter departments OF business or labor
where there was danger of their competing with
Others, there they have been met with opposition
and persecution. When placer mining was remu-
nerative, and the Chinese spread over the country
searching for gold other miners of all nationaties,
combined against them legislatures were beseged
to enact laws to expel them; heavy taxes were i'm
posed upon them, and, down to the present time,
every Chinese miner pays monthly to the State
or country. Four dollars per month is the present
tax 1t has sometimes been four or five times as much
In addition, every adult Chinsman is required, in
most Of the counties, to pay his road tax Of from
two to four dollars, and his pon tax These taxes
also distrained sometimes by spurious tax coec-
tors; while robbers in the mountains prey upon this
defenceless and exposed people, and they do It more
fearessly because the testimony of Chinaman could
not, by State laws be received in Court except
against people OF their own nation. This condition
of things has, to some extent, exasperated China
men generally against our people; and the wrongs
and indgnities which they have suffered throughout
the country, especially this discriminating and
equal system of taxation, has put weapon into
their hands which they think they may use against
those who 90 amongst them preaching the Gospelof
peace and good will and the law Of love to God and
love to man. 1t sours them against us; and scarce
anything is more common, when we go to talk with
them about God ana our duty to Him--about the
soul and the way to secure its salvation than for
them to refer to the manner in which we Christians
treat them and then they very archy intimate that
though they may not have studied our Scriptures,
they nevertheless have authors Of their own who
teach better manners than our people seem TO have
had an opportunity oflearning. E @
As Cinnamon have been found serviceable upon
the farm. on wagon roads, and raiIroads and other
public and private works, other laborers have
raised hue- and-cry against them, and have done
all in their power to awaken hostility in the COM
munity, and to procure such organization of the
political parties that opposition 20 the Chnaman
shall be one of the planks 10 the platform.
The general favor which Cinnamon have won with
housekeepers BY their diligence. dociy and faith
fulness in every department Of domestic service
has excited against them that large, and, in
certain sense Influential, portion of our population,
viz the Celtic women and their male kindred.
In many communities, but especially in San Fran
cisco, there are Iswleas boys and vagabond men,
both eovardly and cruel, who delight in worrying