Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-06
VIOLENCE.

The legitimate fruits Of too much harp
ing upon one string are new being gath
cred. Yesterday construction train on
the Virginia and Truckee Railroad was
stopped by armed men and the train
forced to 60 back to the depot in this
city. Full particulars Of this outrage
will be found in our local columns.
While the question Of the abrocation OF
the Burlingame treaty is pending in the
United States Senate and the foremost
legislators of the Pacific Coast are doing
all in their power to effect it. the local
leagues Of the Anti-Asiatio Circle have
been holding meetings and inviting
speakers to address them. Some OF the
speeches delivered have been temperate
and judicious. Others have been fiery
and incendiary. Senator Sargent. the
most experienced and wisest OF our
Pacific Coast statesmen, has been max
ing strenuous exertions for the abrogs-
ton Of the BurlinRame treaty. His bill
before the Senate would supersede 1t ii
passed. Fearing that the ward Anti
Coolie Clubs OF San Francisco would
degenerate into mere hoodlum organ
izstions, he has written them advising
1.-THE wisdom OF the serpent with the
har,nlessness of the dove" But such
counsels have beer of little avail. Law
lessness in San Francisco against the
Chinese has been of daily occurrence for
wears. To advise tine hoodlums OF that
city to appear gentlemanly to the Chinese
is somewhat akin to asking.the wolf to
be peaceful to the lamb. And it is a
further fact that the more the meetings
Of the Anti -Coolie Associations the
greater the disposition to resort to vio-
lerce against them. Only about ten
days ago IAN enthusiastic Arti-Coolie
meeting was held in Eureka. The re-
suits 0! that meeting may be found IN
the subjoined local item clipped from
that paper Of last Friday;
Special officer James Mooney informs
| US that gang OF young hoodlums as
semb,e in the northern part Of town every
nigh. and stone the houses Of Cinnamon
| having laundries in that portion OF town.
The boys procure q lot of bailing rope,
ana tying the pieces together aftiI one
| end to the door knob of wash house
and a half dozen at the end hold the door
fast and keep the inmates in while the
balance stone the building. On Wednes-
| day night wash house on Busl street
| was thus served, and nearly every pane
| of glass broken. One Of the stones pass
ing through the window struck and
knocked over lighted lamp, and set the
place on fire. Fortunately officer Mooney
arrived inst in time, and rushing In the
! house, extinguished the flames. which
the thoroughly frightened Celestials were
too scared to do. The practice must be
stopped, and the only way of effectually
doing so is to arrest half dozen Of these
hoodlums and punish them severely.
Had the wash house once fairly got on
fire no one could tell what would have
resulted; certainly the loss of consider
able property in that section of town, If
no. the laying in ashes of the greater
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ford to have their lives and property thus
ieopardized by handful of hoodlrms,
and the first one caught in the desplcable
business should be arrested either by
officer or citizen and made az example OF.
Such outrages have a strong reaction
ary force. The law must be invoked to
protect the inoffensive. While peaceable
agitation is right and proper, the resort
to the rowdyism now so prevalent will
SO injure the endisought to be attained
that it is doubtful if any legal remedy
can be reached during the present ses-
sion of Congress. A word to the wise is
sufficient; but we fear there is little Wis
dom in those who brsndish clubs, hurl
stones, barricade doors and violate our
laws in the most indecent manner. For
such law breakers we recommend the
opposing OF force to force unit! the maj
estv of the law is vindicsted and the
criminals duly punished.