New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-11
WRONGS OF THE CHINESE.

TESTIMONY IN THEIR FAVOR FROM CALIFORNIA;
AN INDUSTRIOUS AND HONEST PEOPLE.
TO the Ediior Of The Tribune.
SIR Periodically hue and cry comes to us
from California OF astounding act OF degradation
or magny the part OF the Chinese residents there
coupled with clamor that our Government take cog
nizance the that their presence among US is
curse and asking for legislation having In view their
expulsion from the United States At times these per-
secutions become extended that the unofendng Mon
goans become terrified and their leading representa-
ves the six companies Of San Francisco, have exered
themselves TO check the emigration In consequence
Local legislation in California has Imposed heavy taxes
upon them, and only last Spring an effort was made 10
make every emigrant pay vaccination fee OF sl6 In
gold arrival at the port Of San Francisco This was
intended to act as prohibtory tax, ana
would have become a law had not the Mayor
OF the city vetoed the bill. They have
been OF every degrading practice of being an
unclean diseased and useless people. and have been
stoned In the streets and several instances killed out
right, merely because they Cinnamon" Most
especially at election times do the political party lead
ers, Democrats and Republicans alike, pander the
foreign voters by appealing to their preudices with the
tempting bait OF Chinese expulsion" and in both party
platforms this is fundamental plank.
Human nature is selfish we all know this from our
experiences Of life yet these Chinese prosecutions en-
trely caused by the European emgrants alien to Amer
lean soil themselves, is intensely selfish that 1t cries
aloud for relief and it resolves itself into the question
whether our Constitution guarantees rights to ALL ire
spective of race religion nationality. or COLOR or only to
those favored sons OF Ireland and Germany who swarm
to our shores We have land enough and to spare to
give employment to all immigrants that may come,
and the neglected cotton and sugar fields OF the
South, and the vast stretches OF unlmproVeu
lands on our Western praires, bear me out
in this assertion. have lived many years
In California and China and know the Chinese people
well they quiet, law abiding, Industrious and en-
erprsng they all know how TO read and write In their
own language and this fact alone is study for those
whose opposition 10 them is the loudest. Millions OF
packages OF teas have to this country boxed ed
labeled and shipped, by Chinese, and have you ever
heard OF short weight false packing have not ana
this circumstance alone is almost guarantee that they
are honest California as State is deeply indebted to
these people for proud position to-day Twenty thou
sand Of them constructed the end Of tho Paeho
Railroad accomplished vast engineering prodigies, and
brought sixteen days nearer to civilization than she
ever before. Other emigrants were engaged IN the
moro genial occupation Of killing aud being killed IN the
late war; in the interests of peace, did not the Chi
nese do equally good service In all departments OF
life IN California the Chinamah finds employment, and
does his work faithfully and WELL Ask any lady
who has him a servant She will tell you that john
is satisfied with SIS month and wants no Sundays out,
while Bridget requires $50 and does not do half the
work. The result is Bridget in silks and satins
l
mouth" The rule holds In the harvest fields and
the mines. Patrick hquidates his labor-organzalon
taxes and his whisky bills, smokes himself into a
renzed state OF mind, jumps TO the conclusion that
this is his country and the result Is that Chinese blood
reddens the pavements Of the Golden City
Out! say, upon such unmanly and cowardy persecu-
lions Let the strong of Government be raised to
protect the weak that will forever sc at
rest these most unrighteous d0nes, or else
announce the repeal Of the Burlingame treaty,
and give the Chinese opportunity to treat
the many Americans who live In the Flowery
Kingdom in a like brutal manner. The heatheDism OF
the Monaghan appears TO be his greatest crime and the
fear that he will contamnate people the most alarm
ing one say it, but from personal experience
and from the record Of passing events, would to-day
place my property in the hands of the six Chinese com
panies OF San Francisco for safe keeping rather than In
the custody many OF the chosen Senators and Repre-
sentatiyes Of our own favored land These worshpers
OF the names Of their deceased progenitors and
wooden idols have yet to learn OF Back-pay grabs
Credit Mober schemes" and Treasury Contingent
Funds" Their credit financial circles is as good as
any In the land. B.
Yorl AuU