Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-12-01
A CENsuRE NOT ENTIRELY w
DESERvED.

We are not prone 70 quote noih sno
New York San. II Is a paper given over
TO vituperation. Instead Of being fair
" critical. u IL devoted to harh abuse
Of almost everything that Is. or likely
to be. II IL misanthropic instead oil
Justly csnsorious: but once in q Wills
the Sun hits the nail on tho head. The
following extract from its columns.
although excessive IN its sarcasm and
exaggerated in Its statements OF facts,
contains too much truth to be over
looked, and the criticism therein con-
tanned IL not altogether undsserved;
We believe this Is q Christian country;
81 any rate. 10 was lately 80 decided by
the religious people Of Chicago. assem-
blsd In Farwell hall. II Is the know
ledge OF this great fact that liable US
to look complaeently on the condition
OF the Chinese sufferers by fire In Viz
Qinia City, knowing AZ We do that they
are hsathsn. without the pale Of Chris
tian civilization. and therefore neces-
sarily beyond the range OF Christian
sympathy. After the Virginia City con-
fagrntion there were about two hundred
resident Chinese people who were left
without homes or means OF subsistence.
Even tho shelter ut the relief head
quarters. which was given freely To
Caucasian sufferers. wM denied these
hsathsn, who we're left, with thisr old
mon. their women. and their children,
TO shivsr out Of doors in the
falling snow and penetrating wind.
Most Of them were thinly clad and the
spectacle was . pitiablo one-that Is, II
would have been 10 they had been eau
casians and Christians, instead Of Mon
golians and hsathens- Now and then
some coarss food VA thrown to them.
but II was given ehurlishly and grudg.
ingly. and no regular atisns were issued
10 them. They suffered terribly in tbs
mud and slush and snow, but did not
complain; they seemed to mutsly rccog-
nizs that they were not Christians, and
therefore not entitled to mercy. But
we read In the San Francisco papers
that among those who came forward
with contributions for the sufferers Of
Virginia City just after the calamity
the Chinese residents OF the Pacific
metropolis were the foremost. They
gave not merely for their eountrymen,
but contributed most generously to the
general fund. They brought cash. pro-
visions and goods ; and all they asked
Wa /" that no distinction Of country
should be made in the distribution Of
the supplies." How their prayer was
granted Is shown in the condition of
their sountrymen In Virginia City. How
sweet II Is TO know that We live in a
Christian land
There Ii much in the rsbuko admins
tered thus scathingly that demands at
tsntion. While aid has been lavishly
extended to white people, many Of
whom were not in ssre need. the relief
Afforded to tho Chinese population has
boon slight and erudsinely bestowed.
Many OF these Cinnamon are good eiti-
zens. {. G. peaceabls. law-ahiding. indus
trious people. The fro swept out Of
existence their hard-sarned savings and
left them homeless. Especially has the
IRE done injury to tho lsnndrymsn. than
whom a. . class there is not q moro in.
dustrious and honest set Of men doing
business anywhere. In numberleas in
stances within our knowledge. these
people. whilo losing almost all their
own personal property. saved the cloth
ing OF their customers entrusted to their
manipulation. and after the IRE were
diligent in seeking out and returning
the same 10 the n II may not be
amiss to call attention to this fact. and
to suggest that n little credit for lumber
and material for rebuilding extended
to this class, would be not only ehaita-
bic but a good business proposition.
The Chinese rs among IS; they are
peaesabls. hard-working people. and
their necessities should be relieved ~
well a. those Of their more arrogant
white neishbors.