The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-02

quOItd tcsIlmOHy
mission III San Francisco. 10 show bow tho mrnuiac-
turers IN California had employed Cinnamon because
they would work for half price, letting their white la
borers 90, and as They taught the Chinese
set up for themselves and undersold and bankrupted
their employers, and were getting large branches OF
gained by any one accrues 10 the Chinese slaveaster
who utilizes his coolle labor.
EMIGRATION CHINESE
10 not like that OF Europeans, who seek shores
voluntarily TO become citizens The are quasi slaves
He quoted from the despatch OF Mr. Bailey, Consul ut
ment show the slavery OF tho emigrants the
in which they decoyed board ship BY all Of
the clutches OF the men dealers by system OF
treachcry and terrorism, connived at by the local
Chinese authorities, whose chief business In ls
coolie 10 overawed into making contract under such
Chinese influences and surroundings as give sac
redncss Of character where else known In the world
From that moment he 10 the tool OF the
pulous dealer wherever he may Ninetenths OF the
Cinnamon who como to San Francisco are brought as
slaves He also quoted from letter published in the
New York Tribune on Juno Z, 1870, showing the
manner in which the coolis sells sl himself
At exorbitant rate and morte ages his FAM
lily at home. When the mortgage becomes due the
and the cooe sometimes returning 1nds a portion or
the claim still unsalIshed and himself sold Tor
Mr. BaiIcy's despatch says the entire contract system
is full OF fraud aud corruption the most brutal in
humanity. Mr. Sargent argued that tolerance of
against humanity rather than opening portals
the distressed OF The earth IL 10 no more voluntary
and heahiul emigration than that OF the African slave
trade. He quoted from Chief justice Small. OF Hong
Kong In the OF the ccoe who had assisted IN tho
murder OF The captain and crew tf Penelope Nouvee
cooie ship, who was claimed by the Chinese govern
ment murderer. and who released by tho
Court the ground that he had natural right to
gam his liberty by taking the lives OF those who
time there viii be coolie ships burned sunk
with all on bonrd containing 5000 coolies MI. Bailey
speaks OF the or the Dolores Ugarte, where the
matches battened down the coolies The ship
took re and they nil burned death Mr. Sargent
From th.e
the ship Crocus before the Legislative Commission,
winch vessel has Just landed cargo OF Chinese
Francisco, showing that they had 10 discharge firearms
over the heads OF the passengers show them that
they armed, and the declaration or the captain
that such people would NOT DC allowed 70 lana at LIVER
pool; and rcsuming bis argument said the result 81
the traffic Is what the people OF the Pacific coast depre
cate and deplore, and ask rclei from condition OF
things degrading to free labor while peopling the
ton with slaves. Statesmen must these things.
must heed them, or the people will remove them and
send there who WILL Mr.. Sargent then called
tent,on 10 the pacuaritics ofthe
TRAFFIC IN CHINESE FEMALEs
and said young girls arc bought Of their parents or
under contracts or continuous prosttutcr'
made nominaly with themselves really they IF i4Is
passive victims The girls virgins when purtansicd,
and first prostituted In San Francisco. Hell The
translation Of contract for prostitution giveln
dence before the Legislative Commission, which All
Ho binds herself Tor the Of $3.50 paid to her
tress to give her services in prostitution for
argument said the Chinese lie nales wien landed BY
the hundreds from tho ships, arc put In barracoons,
as IN the OLD slave days ana there Kept until dlstrbu.
at their degrading work by fear ignorance and SUPER
stition. The police testified before the commission
that Is notorious 70 them that women bought and
sold. When Chinese woman escapes from her servi-
tude she is brought back by persuasion force Rev.
Mr. Gibson testified that the women are slaves; are
bought or stolen and brought here slaves. They
contract ostensiby to repay alleged borrowed
i've years At the end OF that time they are
retained still longer and indefinitely under pretcnce of
debt. but are IN reality owned by certain men
0nAu hopf onAv
than existed among the white races. As long they
are 1T to earn any money they arc kept but
they give out they are
Policemen also testified to this latter fact and that
they often iouna tue dead oodes Chnese women IN
the morning in the Streets where they had been left
10 die by their owners
Charles wocott Brooks testified that those who
are the skum Of China, and the women dam
gerous than the mca, being afflicted with syphi-
lite diseases, which they communicate to the
boys OF the land DR. J. Tolaud an eminent physician
OF San Francisco testified that he had known many
boys Of eight or ten years Of age to contract osth
disease the Chinese quarter Mr. Sargent said
this showed what horrors exist where solicitation and
temptation reached youths OF such tender age Was Il
any wonder that parents were angry aud INDUCED IN
threats of violence disordcry
He produced much testimony bearing upon this SUBJ
ject, and ad;'Thc women are treated worse by the
mako lazar houses OF cities; they bring pollution
and spread corruption. Shall We treat them as
standing the footing OF cmigrants, such as
We invite to our country He referred to statement
made q New York paper to tho effect that the
Chinese are neither criminals nor paupers and stating
that there Is not amshouse prison In the whole
length breadth of the Republic that shows marked
Infusion OF the Chinese element Continuing his argu-
ment he said u was not surprising that there
Chinese in such Institutions in States where the
Chinese yet unknown, but the assertion ridcu
lousy false of the Pacific States BY the State Prison
returns for California Tor ls73-he last Accessibility
shown that out OF 93l convicts 150 or
nearly seventeen per cent, were Chinese Supervs
Chinese in the county pest house. eight OF whom have
lcrrosy and all oathsome diseases. DR.. Toland est-
81. kcn ~f-
the normal condition OF the coolies and prostitutes
who sell their services and bodies 10 hard masters to
get TO this country. In regard 10 the
in this country he said accounts from San Francisco
snow sn aoey are arriving m a. sne Time a. the
the ships, and the supply OF coolies is
ample where 400, ooo,o 600 population be
by bcittng It. The Chinese, when numerous,
TO give each other countenance, dangerous nfrac
tors Of the peace and violators OF law. He cited in
stances OF deadly quarrcls aud pitched battles between
the different clans OF Chinese occurring in the Caor
aud Nevada ct,es and read various works TO
show that the Chinese are cruel savage and revenge
full Rcsuming he said the degree Of enlightenment OF
people and their amount OF uncorrupted humanity
might 10 best found by insight into their and
prisons He then read from authorities 10 show the
horrible torture which precedes execution in China
He also referred TO the OF the foreign resi-
dents At Ten-Tsin in 1870, when the French Consul
all the foreign merchants their wives and children the
orphan children wcr. cruelty murdered under circum
stances of revolving barbariIy and said this L. most
eligible race for American c,tizenship Although the
Chinese I'LL the prisons OF California. largo number
escape conviction from the quantity OF false
testimony which Is produced to order favor OF any
whom they wish TO shield. He referred to the tes
timony Of the District Attorney and police officers
show the utter unreabity OF the Chinese oath, and
said California had exhausted all OF legislation
In order remedy these evils enailcd by these mm
grants. The may have been wisc and the
supreme Court now says any exercise Of power by
State Is unconstitutional The only resource
OF his people was the general government
The government must act. To allow this
inordinate immigration Of corrupt humanity
mpart lcprosy into the body polite. Every
attempt to civze Chinese has been failure II Is
necessarily failure because they do not come hero
for homes and seldom remain longer than few years.
giving way to fresh aud larger hordes To cIvize them
Is 10 roll the stone OF Sysphus.' Tho basis Of our
civilization IS labor iairiy rewarded The great
body OF our people toll with their hands and
rates Of WAGES prevail under which they rear
families II the sole object OF civilization was
TO enable the wealthy 70 accumulate wealth.
gardless OF tho comfort and cultivation Of the
people he sarecnt would still doub, that wealth itself