The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-02
THE POISON OF THE UPAS EZEHPLlFED
A Race Whose Presence Breeds Moral
and Physical PestiIence.
THE STORY OF THEIR COMING TOLD.
Disastrous Results to Follow q Continuation
Of the Existing Treaty.
WASHINGTON, May 1, 1876.


moved TO take up the resolution recently submitted by
him recommending TO the President negotia-
tions DO entered into with the Csiness government
effect change the existing treaty so AZ to pro-
vent the great influx OF Chinese immigration to this
country. He said
SPEECH or SARGENT
A question OF serious discomfort in u community i'm
poses upon the government the duty of inquring
the which produce IT, This duty Is not
dtioned upon tho soundness of tho for tho dis
content because the disorders which may follow in
any case must be injurious and may be disastrous
the welfare OF the community When tho question is
the introduction Of large numbers Of people into
the country, whose admission is not matter OF
right but OF policy. We ought to consider
whether they are disturbing element and whether
exclusion Is the surest and best preventive
against the disorders which difficult to cure when
fastened upon Is the prejudice against the
Chinese based upon tho same reasons intend to
state objections against them which account for
the bitter opposition shown In California and else
where, where they have already appeared IN numbers
Are tho people OF tho East quite certain that " the
Chinese land In thor midst In the proportion
of one every eight of the population of tho several
States. they would be easy ofthe future as now 2
The importation OF coolies ind OF females for immoral
purposes is now forbidden BY law, But the law
is a dead letter Nine-tenths of tho Chinese male
immigration and nincty-niuc one hundreths OF
the female immigration Is in violation Of law. From
but general exclusion. The resolution before the
Senate looks to modification OF certain provisions OF
the existing treaty. SO that the immigration Of Chinese
may be restricted. Californians are not always wise
and deliberate in their treatment OF the subject and
their rritaoty often leads to extravagancof speech
and exhibitions of heated preudices, which produce
effect at the East the very opposite OF what was In
tended but the East must put itself In place. and
cndeavor IN understand the evils of which complain
and which are manifold
THE RIGHT or REPATRIATION
is asserted in clauses of the treaty objected to- That
~{vhs had cfnd xutth thc Et,~aw
nations by the government and secured by treaties
that was with cognate nations and not with
similative people. The Chinese not republicans,
not attached TO our institutions, but for
their own convenience temporarily, not Intending 10
make their homes here To such people and for such
purposes the right Of expatrIati0n cannot apply He
held that in every form OF government the rulers
trustees for the happiness Of the nation, and cannot
consistently with their trust follow the suggestion Of
Kindness humanity toward others, TO the prejudice
Of their constituents, and quoted Alexander Hamitons
fourth letter. signed .acincus y relating to Washing
tons treaty OF neutrality an authority upon this
point
Continuing his argument he said, If the Chinese are
not fit subjects for naturalization and DO not come
within political dogma the right OF cxparia
tion, and II wise sclfnterest may be made the basis
OF dealings with all nations IL remains TO be shown
why the Immigration Of these people at the present and
probable rates viii work harm TO this country. The
difficulties surrounding this problem OF Chinese popu
lnton continually TO the people Of the Pa
cite States Experience has shown that Chinese popu-
laton expes all other, rs inferior currency cxpes all
other kinds Tho process has been gong on for years
In san Francisco a. well as III other Pacific commun
ties.
THEIR PRESENCE PLAGUE.
landlord will rent a single house in q street to
Chinaman, who at once crowds II to rcpetion They
take ordinary rooms say of ten feet in height put in
false floor half way up to the ceiling and crowd both
floors; thus made, with hunks, aud many human
beings may be pressed into the space sleep therein
The atmosphere becomes ietid and sicky smell per
vades the ncghborhood which causes the tenants or
the houses to tho right and left TO vacate. These
houses cannot again be rented to white persons; the
rents fall and finally, the Chinese get possession. This
process goes on In egch direction until the whole
street Is abandoned 10 the Chinese The property has
fallen value becomes. dlapidaed and offensive and
the much dedicated Chinese uses and lost
to other residents, II II were street in Hong Kong
Hotels and churches share the same fate ordinary
dwellings and stores He said in his excursions the
Chinese quarter San Francisco, under the protection
OF the police he had penetrated two stories under
ground into the opium and gambling dens, where the
stencil was almost unendurable reached by passages
where man cannot walk erect, between walls drip.
ping with the cxhaations OF ncghborng sewers, and
where the filthy waters ut the bottom only
avoided by carefully stepping the narrow, broken
planks land down. Here were swarms Of Cinnamon
thick as maggots In cheese smoking opium, &c. No
class OF population known to the United States
dure contact with these squad denizcns; the white
ard the negro, the American Frcnchman and Span
lard all seek places OF business cscw the
lowest classes flee away. Tho whole street Is
absorbed and doomed. This process has already gone
on until SIX large blocks IN the business heart Of San
Francisco have been eaten out and su the work goes
on; and the future Will SIC San Francisco
PURELY AsIATiC
unless some means devised to avert this calamity.
A legislative commission is now sitting in San Fran
cisco taking testimony this subject He quoted tho
testimony oil Rev. OTIS Gibson, a missionary of the
Methodist Church for ten years IN China and for
years among the Chinese OF San Francisco, TO the
effect that the number Of Chinese tue Pacific Coast
is $50, 000 OF this number 10000 are In Canfcrnia
30, 600 being IN san Francisco alone; and said n all
this great number there are not 100 famiies."
But the food Is not confined to the Pacific states
and Territories The Chinese follow lines OF every
where, aud have reached the Atlantic States small
numbers but yct numerous enough TO excite local
comment and alarm. He read from the NEW York
HERALD description OF Donovan's alley kept by the
Chinese as place of grief Tor ITS immorates and de-
grading exhibitions, and, continu ng his argument.
said:-0nly lew trickling streams have leaked out
from the Pacific Coast but as the reservoir there fills
higher these streams VIII swell and Donovan's alley
viii not be singular IN Its disgusting characteristics
Another evil Of Chinese emigration Is Its injury TO
white labor sBy Il white labor Is entirely suppan.ed
and the growing young men and women in San Fran
cisco md scant employment and in lew avocations,
because cheap Chinese labor taken in prefer.
cncc by employers, and If the community
. New England or western village is built up
II Is Foo Chow, and not Cedar Rapids; is Donovans
alley. and Broadway; Is the howell and not tho
house, the joss House. and not the church. not
publican y is not civiIixaon slower growth Of
community, with the elements in Il only OF on,
would be preferable 10 rapid development by an alien
heather population White laborers sustain families
and educate their children Europe offers to every
year hundreds OF thousands OF cmgrauts OF cognate
languages, religion, civilization and hopes
A PLEASING CONTRAST.
population easily resolving itself into the mass OF
American society. readily acquiring our language,
honoring our institutions, worshipping our God I'M
the Western prarics fcrtilizng like the swelings OF
the sacred river This gives health beauty to our
political and Christian civilization. This is healthy
Development Iowa, for example, has been built up by
such means Would IL not be undesirable 10
have It's population rctrolradc to the
level OF Chinese however industrious the
latter may BET There " no practical
difference in the result between the recession OF an
American community back 10 the level Of the Chinese
aud the displaclng or anticipation OF such community
by Chinese In San Francisco aborer cannot support
his family for less than 81 or 50 20 per day. The
Chinaman will work Tor 81 and monopolixc the mar
kct The white lnborer must emgrate or starvc. THE
Chinaman Is constant threat TO labor skilled or un-
skilled He 10 very initiative and acquires suf-
ncient art TO compete with the best work.
man and 70 supplant Them. The operation Of
these principles has been seen on a limited scale In
Massachusetts on the occasion OF strike where an
employer ut North Adams imported sufficient
Der OF Cinnamon TO carry on HIS establishment, and
since that time has refused 10 employ white men. lie
has grown rich by the operation but labor has been
overaweu, because II learned what could done N
was submissive hat which has been seen II
North Adams ON small scale, and under the least
pulsvc conditions. goes on In California upon large
increasing with SURROUNDINGS enuslor