Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-23
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

was elected to all tho unexpired term
Of ex-senator Casserly, has taken q
worthy stand On the Chinese immlgra-
ton question, and on Friday last made
his maiden speech On this subject. A
resolution was passed BY the California
Legislature ln~structlng the Senators
and representatives from that State In
Congress to use their influence to have
Articles Ave and ak Of our treaty with
China modified 90 ~ to discourage the
further immigration OF Chinese to our
shores. Mr.. Hagsr presented this res
olution, and In doing 20 took occasion
to make . few remarks. He took the
ground that this had become q question
Of national Importance that the Influx
Of tho Chinese on the Pacific coast had
mono Of tho Characteristic Of q free and
voluntary immigration but was rather
the Importation of.a class OF slaves.
He complained also that the Burlin-
game treaty was not reciprocal ; that
II did not confer upon Americans In
China the same rights accorded Chinese
In the United States. The further
points made by Senator Hager In his
remarks, are thus given BY the tsls-
graph. They will DO recognized as
absolutely true by all residents Of the
Pacific coast:
Californians did not object to the
terms Of the treaty, but they objected
10 the manner In which II wal carried
out. The Chlnere did not como there
for curiosity, for trade, or rs perma-
nent residents. There 10 no longer
any Chinese emigration to Australia ;
the British Government no longer en-
courasing IL. Tho Chinese who come
10 California come under the servilc
labor contracts, which arc not only In
violation Of the treaty bur In violation
Of our laws.
All the Chinese in California are
owned by six companies In San Fran
cisco, and they have their agents In
China, and they brlag In the most de-
graded Of that population. After they
arrive they own them just as much as
the slaves OF the South were ever own
cd, aud they hire them out ut such
rates that no FREQ laborer can compete
with them, aud In this way European
immigration IL almost entirely dis
coursged. IL IL through tho English
Courts ut Hongkong that the shipments
Of Chinese are made, aud the Emperor
Of China has vainly sndssyored to pre-
vent II.
The people Of Callfornla-ths labor
Ing classes-havo been no much crowd
cd out VI employment by tho Chinese
that they have been almsst OH the
point OF rising up aud driving them
out by force OF arms. IL this thing
were to 90 on, the inevitable result
would be that the Chinese would out
number tho Americans.
In concluding hl, remarks, the Sem
ator read an extract from q San Fran
cisco paper, to show how Chinese wo-
men were kidnapped and sold to Call
fornia for purposes Of shame and pros
titutlon, aud said that the people Of
California are powerls,, to administer
any remedy, and appeal to Congress
to take remedial action. Tho state OF
facts depicted by the Senator also ex-
lsts In this State, and 10 aa evil yearly
growing In Importance. Especially Is
this sale Of women for Immoral pur-
poses a crying evil. The ownership OF
women by purchase I, rs notorious rs
d~isgraceful, and beth In law and spirit
contrary to the laws Of this country.
According to the Burllngamc treaty,
tho Chinese residents In the United
States are to enjoy the rights and priv
ileges accorded to the citizens Of other
favored countries who reside here. The
fact Ia, they to-day enjoy Immunity
FROM violations Of law which, II CON-
mltted by other aliens or by our own
citizens, would subject the offender to
arrest. trial aud imprisonment. They
are not merely theoretical, but practi.
cal Shareholders, aud buy and sell their
women as boldly and openly as no.
groes were bought aud sold In Virginia
before the war. The evil calls for q
speedy remedy, aud We are glad this
coast has n Senator In Congress who
seems alive to the danger, and jealous
In urging an uprootlng Of this new
phase OF chattel slavery In these Uni
ted States. Aside from all questions
OF labor sr Of morals, tho single fact
that to-day upon the Pacific Coast
there Is In existence n system OF hui
man slavery more odlous, II possible,
than that which the emancipation
proclamation ended, should claim both
the attention and action Of q Republi-
can Congress. Mr.. Hager gave notice
that no should speak upon this ques.
ton again. lie cannot do so too often
ar too earnestly.