Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-22
Solution Of the Chinese Question.

washington, Marcn Soth-t was
foregone conclusion:
The United States Supreme Court
this afternoon delivered, through
Justice Miller, a unanimous opinion
reversing the decision of the Cali
fornia Supreme Court in the so-called
Chinese case and ordering the wom-
an, Chy Lung, to be released from
the custody in which she is held
under the Foreign Passenger act OF
that State. This decision sustains
the ruling made by Justice Field in
similar cases brought before him In
the United States Circuit Court The
Supreme Court accompanies its der
cision with a severe criticism of the
law of California on the subject. A
decision was also rendered in the
case involving the constitutionality
of the New York passenger laws.
The court declares them unconstitu-
tional and holds that no law pre-
scribing conditions as to the landing
of passengers from abroad can be
constitutionally made by any other
power than Congress.
1t is possible that some extraordi-
binary measure, or treaty regulation,
NAV be effected and enforced on the
part of cur Government, whereby
the disagreeable business in ques-
ton may be brought within bounds,
but our belief is that the final solu-
ton of the entire Chinese problem
will come through the laws Of trade,
and the progress of modern civiliza-
ton within the Monaghan empire
itself. So far as the Coolie, or semi
slave, emigration is concerned, our
country might certainly be able to
prevent it; otherwise, it is contrary
to the spirit of American institutions
to prevent any foreigner whatever,
who pays his or her fare, and is free
from epidemic disease, from landing
on our shores. However obnoxious
to some, alarming-this Chinese
travel to and from our country may
be, it must go on indefinitely; must
spend its force only in its
own good time. Our coun-
try is yet comparatively a vacu-
UNI as to population, and in
the nature of things we must expect
that the poor and enterprising OF
every race will take advantage OF the
situation.
From what we have seen in the
past score of years, with respect to
Japan, have we not good reason to
hope for the best regarding the Chi
nese problem9 Steamships, railroads
and telegraph lines completely revo-
lutionized the Japanese Empire
once as exclusive as China with her
great wall. Japan is as dcnsely pop
ulated as China, according to the au-
thorities on such subjects, and it is
nearer to our shores, and yet our peo
pie are not annoyed by the presence
here of those islanders. We believe
that when the dusty government and
institutions of China begin to crum-
BILE, they will go with rush, and
then and not before will the reaction
set in. The combined and aggressive
enterprise of England, Russia and
America, and other "outside barba-
rians," will, at no distant day, let
such food of light and fresh air
into the old empire as will materially
renovate the social and political at
mosphere, and bring about much
more beautiful equilibrium for all
concerned.
In the meantime, it is or ought to
be plain to the most stupid mind
that the English-speaking people OF
the globe have put in motion a mis-
sionary ball which all the world can
not stop. We invite these "heathen'
to our shores-educate them. sing
psalms with them, employ them, abus'
them, turn them of, hire them ove'
again, resolve 'and resolve, and tn
patient Celestial goes and come
apace all the same. What is Their
left to do about it but fight it out OIL
that line9 Any law to the contrar.
will be little else than repetition o
the Pope's bull against the comet.
A late Washington dispatch says
ssDaua's friends cOnfidantlv expac