, 1876-06-10
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
An Anti.srongol Wow OF the Case.

CAN HHAHNlSAO1 4flh3 wa - AOl3 u
your paper few tlays hincr IN this Western
i,trping-ot1 place, mid the sight was like a
rolcc FROM home, Or Il fresh puff Of your owl,
lakr-bscczcs. 1snt-tnay say It with atl respect
to one Mt whose feet hare long suit think l |
detect Il twang Of rsovinc!allsm IN yout words
ut wisdom. Or nm myself 80 stccpcd fll Il nrw
pruynvIallsm tl,at l Look through eyes Jaun-
tlvcl with local prejalcc' You seemed to me
to l1e little tlOgMatic US to California md her
attitude un the great question Of Chinese imnl-
gration.
Should you migrate hither yourself, Tn1n-
usE, with your Eastern pre1ujiccs fresh uEon
you,--your sy1npathIcs for tho ftrangc people
who do our heaviest md lcartrss work,
IN full nctlrfty,-yet little while
and yuu would grnvitatc, III spite of
all your teeth, towards tue universal China-
plohia. | consider this an inevitable result of n
few yrars' lifc In California.
Aiait everything yuu Till nbout the Afongu,
-all his gu,d points, lhs tremendous atld untiT
Ing Industry, his ccnnofny, his cEcapnrss, Its
lasIcncc, l41H long-sui!crEng under obloluy untl
pcrsccutiun; udsnIt t1,at-,sit!. tire mineral
wealth ur.l tin lnarvc~ Ut soil as'd cltmaic-l,c
ss ono Ut the grcat factors Of ca,ifori,la's
prosperity; rcnson all hts greatness and
ul hfs Virtues Rs yt', nlay,-sltsl, pres-
cntly, Ills yellow skin, hss plg-tnll, his nl-
nlonil eyes, H luond, cxprra6iunfcss muse, his
prominent teeth, shall bcco,nc unpleasant
tn you, n,d yuu will lapse from ya,'r
present brual md cntholc tolerance to
our narrower and darker ways. Only
Il cw ,nontlsa, anu you shall llUltl yuur Ht,sc In
Ch1natuwa. Latter IN, you wsl1 ays'tl tic Horse
car or thccwnlk where the ChiEanun kwlrnls.
1t Will irzysAte you to give way to hts baskets,
or TO be; ;iost!ea oil tl'e crossing by Ills aoicts
tho lnv;vr rounds Of tue suciI latider, where
your !s.bor III a'y way cussses lMto eoHspst!tlon
with Ills, tlsen VIII your coi4ycralon to Califor-
niallsm bc complete,
wa3 uf replying to yous vrst!.ss'ss npun oss why
| o( dealing will the Chlncau question. Ctlnu
,vld try 1t yourself and hrc 'low you llkc ~" Is
,4ot VERY iogea' hat = Is, Mtss *!!, WY ask,
r,lipt do tlis By my ncre effort Of tho lIagiHn-
/ tiun. You nnst steep youraeH III ths @cs"a!
oiors of tlr Chinese quarter for wl,lle; you
must wutrh for yourself those strIil.c Ways that
ure lark ulnl Those marvellous trlrks mat s!n
yuu must rec t.uw tl!t: n..st aIyut ul,A aktlltul
trader IN tic wurll-ln spite VI Ills strnEe faI!-
gtlugc mid hts lnauy diHalvantagcs-cul gradi-
aiiy una surely. wfest oise hsa',sh aI Industry
nttcr another from the lands of my other pe''..
pic, especially fruu Il people with higher und
inorr Complex wants ansl nsltratsons.
Art, science, education, bcttcr Food netter
ALI Thesis asr nothing to u.e C!i.sasnaas. Tlose
win con,c into lnl.,eiiate conpr.itu with hlu',
ii they urc drawn lsttlc for ,numrnt by uny oi
these civilized lures, must lose ground ut ONE.
Ansne'hy w!.ose grasp ':syer re!axesi IL 1{nn hlsn.
Tu nut II III the Enupr Of I'LL lstaslce: IWu ilcti
make shues. One iaa wife and children, anl
wants wholesome foul fur tac.n; likes Ills
newspaper; Is particular about llls druinugr, nr
his wuter-sllppiy, ur llis Sunday eluthcs; is, tn
short, civilized worit1nn,l. Tie othcr is alone,
lotrrs tn thu eighteenth part u[ . eoal-b'n, Hus-
taltls llic on Hce aud dried i!sl. uscs no furn!-
turc,--ncisler bed, tlnair, waslsstand, nor nut
trrss,-.aa .le.t n,M akf!lfut fingers, ana II
srusu and wonderful cunning LII supplying ul,d
crulloln[zng Ills materials; ii u Mongol, Ill u
wur,l Which p,,u eA., sell Ills wasss Is lowest
.. rates; which can unIegbtd unt outtrade the
uthcrf
Ths Chsnasnan goes upon his hands ansl knees
ut Arnt. Ills Initial sllarc In 4ny enterprise Ii
In tic ref,1su Or the lowest gra1es;
ltu takes them hambly and with tta..ks.
hut ilc works 80 willingly, 10 increasingly,
tlat he Is ulyunccd presently, md pretty Booti
ILLS Ill gra,!cs u1lti pushes ont competition.
!. But Ii this stea.iy asM sslilfat Industry MY
serious blow tu California or her prna,'srlty
That IL question to which as yet wc return no
!: very rulcrcnt answvr-onty ratlcr hot and ea-
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