The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-02
and City Official Press.
Monday, October g, 1875.
THE CHINESE PEST.

Francisco. in his report 10 the Board Of
Hath regarding the smallpox Ell |
ieinic which is stall raging ia that city, |
commences his report in the following
emphatic language concerning the cause !
Of It's outbreak
nnhcsits,ingly declare as my
belief that II y the presence In
our midst Of 80 0O0 A. class II un-
.crupulons, lying aud ,reacherous Chi
namcn, who have dI-regatded our sani-
tary laws, concealed and are concealing
their cases Of smallpox, which are only
known ~ exist 10y the certificates OF
deaths furnished by our City Physician,
unless by accident some living case IS
discovered, Worse than this, as raie.
their dead bodies are removed Ia some
obscure PLACE from the residence III
which they dlsd, 20 tina, !, is impossible
Ia disinfect their houses, for by no in
gently can IT be discovered from
whence the dead bodies have been re-
moved When ! inform You, gentle
men. that sixty casss al death from
small pox have occurred IN this popuia-
ton. aud allowing the same per cent OF
death "a occurring among the whites.
YOU have the alarming fact that there
must have been 800 cases Of this terri
ble seourgc in this crowded population,
aud that out If these 800 cases not more
than five or SIX have been reported at
this office, are You surprised tina: this
epidemic still RACES ia cur city In all Of
its malignsncyg That this laboratory
of infection. situated III the very heart
of our city. distilling its deadly poison
Ivy day and Ivy night, and sending it
forth To contaminate the atmosphere of
the streets and houseso u populous,
wealthy and intelligent community is
permitted TO exist Is disgrace 10 the
civilization of the age. Alien 10 our
laws. alien to our religion, alien TO our
civilization. neither citizens nor desiring
On become So, they are a social. moral
anil political curse 10 the community.
These woris are not hastily or
thoughtlessly written, but express the
deliberate aud well considered opinions
Of onc who. as your Health Officer, has
had opportunities OF observation at
forded 10 no other individual OF witness
ing the destruction Ct life, the ruin Of
families. children made orphans. fathers
anil mothers rendered childles., young
men stricken down IN the bloom at
their youth and vigor. all 10y
the willinl aud ,.iabolical disregard of
our sanitary laws 10y this infamous race
The Chinese quarter must be disln-
iected. have no power IN enter their
tenement houses, containing. perhaps,
one hundred or more rooms, break down
their doors and disinfcct zach and
every ono of them. 4 sufficient force
should Ia sent 81 each and every room
n every house 10 seek for and find
every case OF smallpox and disinfect
each aud every apartment. otherwise
this epidemic will not cease until it has
consumed every particle of unprotected
fool in the city. That this people as
class should 50 portinariously and will
fully disregard our sanitary laws. No
orlmnally neglect Ia report their cases
of smallpox Ia tie authorities, 50
naliciously pursue that course 1t con-
,luct which they know is bringing dis
,gcss upon our city by destroying the
lives OF our citizens. and seriously i'm
pairing the business of the whole COM
nuni,y, can only bo accounted for on
the superstition that they are enemies
of our race and people, and IN their
wiekelness rejoice IN our distress aud
sorrow. Self-pfcscrvation Is the first
law of nature This adage is true
whether applied TO the highest OF civil
lEation or the lowest Of the brute erea
ton. This people had ough, To know
that there Is point beyond which for
hearance ceases 10 be virtue.
The suggestive statements given
above are undenishIy true. They ma
turally prompt measures OF selfpro
lection on the part of endangered so
cicts. The Chinese movement
among The mas . an EAiAiorai. has had
the good csfeo. 10 check up to q certain
extern. the irrnption of those leprous
hor,ics FROM China this year as compar-
ed with last. Aud il was time. OF they
would soen have taken the whole
country aud drowned II under a wave
of filth aud loa.hsomc pcs,ilenoe.
There may have been irregularities
and outrages. hug these would nos have
hevn, saving two facts Flrst, were their
presence no, repaisiyc TO the American
sense Of refinement and iecency as well
as imperiling their very existence, and
secnd if they could otherwise obtain
any remedy from the government " hich
tlevcurs their money In enorsnoa,
tases, aud affords them no protection a.
in duty bound in these most vital inter
es.s. There is no question but ,ha, th'
outrageous hoo.llamism which Is the sils-
grace Of this eoas,. Is itself largely du.
to the icmoarliEiug influence Of this IN
innate inisr- assoeis,.on Of the Chimes
that Is permitted Ia our towns.
There is gcol deal Of sque.aish
sentiment, and mawkish pAilg.,hr,ch,
Indulged ia regard to t. ch,nes.
We don', Nan, TO us-n .nv r,or,i -,
Gers IN ,a. ID. -. polite The eurr fo'
incorrsg,h!s human derFass'y Is the lasl
and not soothing syrup II there !