The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-02-04
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The House having met rs in Committee
of the whole. for debate-Mr. Mungen
said: r--.
Mr. SPEAKER: On, the 1lth day of last
July bad the honor to offer the following
resolution, which was read, ordered to be
printed in the Globe. and was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, where
it st1l remains: l.rst s..a
Be it resolved BY the Senate and HOUSE of
representatives That committee Of tao on
behalf Of the Senate, and i've 90 the part OF
the House be appointed those dutg il shall BE- 70
inquire into he danger threatening our counlr,
from Chinese I'm mig ration and 70 fepert prop,r
means for guarding aesRst or Ayertilg the
same also, to suggest whether specific legisla-
tion, change Of The Constitution, limitation
Of the TINE 0f rojvurn or the numbers OF the
Chinese arriving in the Uni ed States, permit
ting each State OF the Union to prohibit the
residence Of Chinese within its limits, or to
thlrk proper, whether total exclus on Of the
Chinese from the States sad Territories of the
Union, ctpLing travellers aud merchants,
will be best for the laboring and producing
classeA
In approaching the question Of Chinese
immigration and Chinese importation. as
labOIers it becomes US to look at the sub
jects with all the seriousness possible. The
questions with us are comparatively new,
and the evils which must inevitably follow
are not yet so apparent rs avery few years
will make them.
WHO ARE TIE CHINESE
To fully answer this question would re-
quire . book three times MS large ss the
Bible, if not larger. Ii is only important
in 'he short space allowed me under the
rules to sIuds briefly to them and to this
point indeed, nothing more is possible.
The Chinese empire 10 the most popu-
lOus on earth, comprising sbOnt one thud
Of Ibe whole human race. It's extent u
5, 400, 900 square miles, while that Of Ib<
United States is but 3 ,2SO,572 square
miles.
The history Of China represents the early
inhabitants Of the country rs divided int
mum mberlvss savage tribes. They bad M
me Ous struggles with the Tartars, Thlbet
ans and COreans. Ia 1914 China wa>
conquered by the MsDchoos, or Tsrtars,
aud the reignlDg family have since been Of
that stock Many Of the leading officers
are of Tartar blood. Though Tarta and
Chinese are OF different natures and races,
yet, both belonging to the MOngOls, they
bear general IeseDblsDce, aud the two
nations have assimilated under the same
Government
China, in its hlstC. y, its institutions.
and its people, differs from all other peo
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memorial dsRe Ii is dosassess sEs vssss..
nation on earth. 1t has survived tbos.
changes which have Effected and at lasl
destroyed every other distinguished nation
OF ancient history. Aseyrs, Babylon
Egypt, Gresce and Rome-Hlndo>ts tan
alone excepted, to which | shall presently
alIude. The present European nation.
are but people as Of Yesterday, compared
with the Chinese in duration. Although
at period as early as the date Of Thebes,
in Egypt, the Chinese had settled form
Of government, what are they now bur g
poor, miserable, dwartisIl race Of Inferior
beings, physically and mentslly, and pa
gsns at that ? kiaproth, European bis
tOrIsn, seems to think the original colonists
OF China came from the mountains Of Kue-
mum, and completely subjugated people
they found ther few OF whom still lin
ger in the western mountains Of China,
who resemble the Tbibetans The Chinese
never were warriors, but always were mur-
derers and robbers. A low cunning and a
base treachery mark their character; and
crurlty, where it can be prac iced upon
victims. unable to protect themselves,
stamps their depraved nature. A disre-
gard for truth is no uisgrace among China
men it is part Of their nature 10 lie, and
theft is in-borD. -n
As 10 THE CHINESE RELIGION,
it should not be called religion, but as il
passes for that with the Chinese. a few
general remarks will be sufficient. The
imperial joss or chief idol is the most re-
vered in China 1t is designated Ten tan,
or Eminence OF Heaven. 1t is called the
" Imperial. being the one to which the
emperor and chief grandees offer their sa-
crihces. The middle and lower classes
worship the joss Of secondary importance.
Ills nams ia Tee-tan, or EmiDence Of the
Earth. The idols are very numerous in
the joss houses and very curiously de-
sigDed, and some Of them are fifty, sixty,
and even eighty feet high One is q god
dess Of the class Poosa, which means
plant-belPing. But she is not always ro-
presented in the same form. Sometimes
rhe has four heads and iOrty or fifty arms
sometimes each of these arms support
muir Der Of smaller arms, while each head
is crowned With group Of smaller head.
One Of these images IL ninety ieet high !;
but the temples are occupied BY images OF
less gigantic figure than this one. One
Of the goddesses has eight arms and Il
seated in chariot drawn BY seven black
hogs. There are dIvinIties Of all po-sibie
shapes, aud so numerous that one pagods.
on the lake See-hoo, contains Eve hundred
Of them within it's walls. A good idea OF
their religion may be obtained from con
versstion held by DR.. Abeel with China.
man who was sald 70 be intelligent
"Qu SIion. When yoI are wy nI whas do
You d.
=" A sSer. We pray 10 Buddha for recovery
"Qurstion. When vtu hnd ,Onr-elffast I'll
ing and INST likely 70 die, What d. you do
the
Answer. W. vnw 20 Blddh- TO burn Quan-
titles of ID paper il b. will rsstore u.s.
"Qletion, When y'u are certain that voS
cam cover, What then?
Why, then, there is nothing more - b.
done
" Question. Do you never pr y aftsr the con
victiUn axes Poss,s ion Of your m1d that you
myst die
\ Answer No; then there Is nothing O.
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