New-York tribune., 1876-06-14
fornian Christian values such cheap and easy

virtuesi
In answer to tho graver charge of immoral
ity, based upon the character OF most OIL tne
Chinese women in California, the slgners OIL
the memorial to President Grant assert, WIN
a boIdness which expects DO denial, that tnls
variety of immigration was instigated by whlte
Ca!ifornians. Then they add, still more
boldly:
few years ago our Chinese merchants tried to send
,hcso prostitutes back to China and sacceedoj n getting
a large number board the outgoing steainer out
certain lawyer OF your honorable nation sId 10 ot inc
author ana bearer OF these resolutions against our pcopf'
jn the empl y unprncpled Ohnamen procured WITH
of corpus brought all those women on shore
cain aud the courts decided that they had right TO
stay in this country II they desired Those women are
stjl here and the only remedy for this evil md also Tor
the evil of Chinese gambling lies. so FAR as we can Sec III
an honest and impartial administration OF municipal gov
ernment I'm all its detail including the police de
partmont Iyoecers co,id refuse bribes men unprnet
ofd Chindmen could no longer purchase immunity yTo"
Me punishment Of their oriupes.
No, this Is decidedly not offering the left
cheek after the right has been smitten These
are Pagans, VIC must remember Except Lee
Tong Hay), and an unanswerable rejoinder IL
Pagan talent, not to be tolerated by Gov
ernor. Mayor, "a certain lawyer" and 10000
Just and high-minded San Franciscans. After
answering all the charges, some OF them plti-
fully absurd and trivial. the Six Companies
close their statement by making the following
intelligent, yet in its meekness emlnently Chr
Pagan, proposition
But IL the Chinese are considered detrimental to the
best interests OF this country and II presence here
offensive to tho American people let there be modhca-
ton OF existing treaty relations between China and the
ifad
Chinese immigration aud. II desirable requiring also the
gradual retirement OF the Chinese people, now here from
this country. Such arrangement though not without
embarrassmens TO both parties, we believe wonId moi
b. altogether Unacceptable to the Chinese Government
and doubtless 1t would be acceptable to certain
class OF people IN this honorable country.
We call this proposition intelligent, because
Congress, dancing to the tune of the Caliior-
MIA Piper, has already adopted it. "They are
mot homogeneous race" yet the very policy
they suggest is Immediately swallowed, with
ont thought of its consequences! On Mon
day, the House, by vote of 12S to 10 1.-TWO
less than quorum being prcsenD, passed
Joint resolution requesting the President TO
submit to the Government of the Chinese En-
pire an additional article to the Burlingame
Treaty of July %, 1868, to the following ef-
feet: "The United States of America do
"hercby reserve the right to regulate, restrict
"or prevent the immigration of Chinese sub
elects into the United States, except for COM
"nercial pursuits, and reciprocally, the En-
"peror of China does reserve the right to reg
"ulate restrict, or prevent the immigration
"of citizens of the United States into the
"Chinese Empire, except for commercial pur-
"suits.n
Suppose this article adopted by both nations,
and carried into efiectf Mutual intercourse,
which is rapidly increasing. would be liable to
embarrassing restrictions the many Americans
who are now earning fat salaries In the
Chinese service must come home or change their
nationality; and lastly all the American mis-
sionary establishments in China would be
promptly suppressed. Only commercial pur-
"suits" are to be tolerated; and even Pagan
Emperor, Of heterogeneous race, could hardly
be persuaded that the teaching of the Gospel
of Christ ia commercial matter. On our side,
Lee Tong Hay and his fellow Chinese Chris
tans might be allowed to stay if they sold pea
nuts or opium, but would he banished If they de-
voted themselves 10 spiritual labors! There Is no
forctelling the extent OF the muddle in which
this nation would be involved, if the joint
resolution should become u law and seriously
carried into effect. If there be really any
danger that the elements OF race, civilization,
and Christianity in California are too woak to
control the present ratio of Mongolian increase,
the method of checking the latter demands
the exercise of the profoundest wisdom ard
forbearance. We see no evidence of either in
the extravaganza of the Arti-Chinese move
ment or the haste and carelessness of the
Congressional response to it,