Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-04-22
THE CITIZEN.
The Chinese.

The editor Of The virginia Inter
prise says:
We called upon Hon. c. L. belong
a dsy or two since to get his view
lupon the Chinese question as 1t affect
our coast, knowing that his residenc
in the Orient must have given hin
Icleyerer ideas on the subject thai
people can possibly obtain from a dis
lance. He says the Government o
China will not appoint even Consu
to reside in San Francisco to look after
the interests of the Chinese here
The answer given when the Chinese
officials are approached on the subject
liz. ave do not wish our people to &c
away; if they do they must do 1t 81
their own risk" Mr.. DeLCng be-
lieves that when China begins bel
great system of internal improve
nents. which she is now preparing
for by the education of Chinese en-
giueers in the United States and En-
rome. Chinese emigration will stop.
he further believes that the estimates
of the population of China are out
rageously msgnifed. He found it SO
in Japan, and thinks that the impress
sion gained by travellers who only
visit the cities and only remain for a
short time is all wrong. He gives
Yeddo as sample. He says instead
of that city containing crowded pop
ulation Of over 100000 people,
there are less thnn 1000, 900 and they
are not crowded. He says, too, that
adventurers, cripples and sick people
crowd to the cities in the Orient more
than they do in the United States.
Thus while the sick and manned and
mendicants are seen on every corner
in Yeddo, throughout a journey of
twelve hundred miles In the interior
he never saw q beggar. On the coolie
subject he gave US some interesting
facts. These coolies are more absolute
slaves than ever the negroes of the
the South were. They are obtained
in the following manner: All through
the interior of China are coolie traders.
These scoundrels find fanily-old
people, with sons and daughters.
With them II has been q constant
struggle for years to get enough food
to keep soul and body together. The
trader proposes to buy the services of
q son or daughter, he agreeing to give
the old people sum of money down,
and agreeing to feed and clothe the
boy or girl, and to return him or her,
OF his or her body, to China after the
term of service has expired. In con-
siderstion for this, the young man or
woman signs a contract which Is
absolutely frightful In its conditions.
He or she agrees to give faithful SER
vice to his or her master for a term of
six, eight, or ten years as may be, and
for q guaranty of faithful service,
father, mother, brothers and sisters
are mortgsged with thousand dread
ful penalties, IN case the service is not
performed. The result is.
that the Coolies bound body and soul.
and hence, when the inspector asks,
&" are you leaving China of your own
free WILL" the answer is, Il am,
and when here called upon to testify,
he knows Just how to answer to please
his master. The men we see drudging
here are paying q debt contracted
TO keep their fathers and mothers from
starving, and this fact shows us that
IS yet we have fathomed neither the
endurance nor virtues of
the Chinese people. Indeed, Mr.. De-
Long believes that there is not another
30 deep and subtle race on earth as
are these Tartsrs. Beyond their trad
ng capacities, which have already
put in their hands the entire trade of
Japan and the southeastern coast OF
Asia, and before which every nation
atty succumbs, he says there are states
men there among the higher orders
who are match, if not more than q
match, for the brightest minds of the
Caucasian race, and that their claim
looking back through history which
IS unbroken through four thousand
years-that all people outside of China
are barbsrians, is not altogether
unjust.