The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-05
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
MEMORIAL TO PRESIDENT GRANT IN DE-
FENCE or THE BURIrNGAME TREATY.
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FENCE or THE BURIrNGAME TREATY.
WELL. WRITTEN DOCUMENT.
The following memorial to the President Of the United
States fully explains itself II is the reply Of the
Chinese through the Presidents OF the Six Companies
the movement being cnergetically pushed 10
stop the tide OF Chinese emigration and head of the
attempts 10 repeal or modify the Burngame treaty.
Il is particularly reply 10 the address and rcsolu
tons OF tho late anti-Chinese meeting In this
city,
To HIS Excelency u s. GRANT President OF the United
saR-In the absence OF any consular representative
We the undersigned in the name and IN behalf Of the
Chinese people IN America, would most respect
fully present your consideration the following
ments regarding The subject OF Chinese emigration TO
this country
l. We understand that Il has always been Tho settled
policy OF your honorable government to welcome cin-
grafton your shores from all countries without let
or hindrance. The Chinese The only people
who have crossed tho ocean 10 seek residence In this
land.
H. The treaty Of amty and peace between the United
States aud China makes special mention OF the rights
and privileges OF Americans China aud also OF the
rights ana privileges OF Chinese in America.
,be .oyernme, have visited The ports q China and
invited our people to TO this country 10 ind en-
ployment and improve their condition. Our people
have been coming TO This country for the last twenty
i've years. but up 10 the present time there only
1850 900 Chinese all these Uned States 60 900 of
whom in California and 80, 600 the CITY Of San
Francisco
THE CHINESE
w. Our people in this country for the part
have been peaceable, law-abiding and Industrious.
They performed the largest oil the unskicd labor
in the construction OF the Central Pacific Kail-
road and also OF all other railroads on TINS
coast They have found useful and uner.
alive employ in all lac manufacturing establish
mcns Of this coast, in agricultural pursuits and
IN family service While benehting themselves with
the honest reward OF Their daily toll, they have given
satisfaction their employers and have left all the
suits OF .hclr INDUSTRY 10 enrich The STATE They have
uco.iy Vh lab Int
have simply. multiplied the industrial enterprises OF
the country.
to interfere the established order OF things in this
country, either Of politics or religion. They have
opened no whskey saloons Tor the purpose Of dealing
poison and degrading their fellowmcn They have
promptly paid their dutics their tsxes their rents and
their debts.
vi II has often occurred about the time OF the State
and general elections that political agitators have
stirred up the OF the people in hostility the
Chinese, but formerly the hostility has usually subsidized
alter the elections were over.
MEETING.
VII At the present time intense cxcitcm and BIT
ter hostility against the Chinese this land against
further Chinese emigration has been created IN the
minds OF tho people, led on by HIS Honor the Mayor Of
San and his associates in office. and approved
by HIS Exceliency the Governor and other great
the State. These great gathered 20 900 of
the people OF this city together he evening OF April
and adopted address and resolutions against
Chinese emigration. They have Apo three
tone OF whom we Understand 10 be the author of
the address and resouon to carry that address and
further objections, possible against the emigration of
the Chinese to this country.
VIII. In that address numerous charges are made
against our people, sume OF which highly colored
and sensational, ana others, having no foundation
whatever in fact, only calculated TO nslead honest
minds and create unjust prejudice against us. We
wish respectfully to call your attention, and
through you the attention OF Congress, OF the
statements Of that renal kaole paper and ask careful
comparison OF the statements there made with the
facts OF the case.
CHINESE WOMEN.
d.) II Is charged against us that not one virtuous
Chinawonan has been brought to this country. and
that here have no wives nor children. Tho fact is
that already lew hundred Chinese families have been
brought here These are all chaste, pure kccpersat
home, not known the public street There also
among us few hundred perhaps Thousand, Chinese
children born in America ihe reason why few OF
families brought TO this country 1t
contrary to the custom and against the inclination Of
vrtuous Chinese women to go far from home. ana
because the frequent outburss al popular Indignation
against our people have not encouraged bring
families with US against their WILL Quite number OF
Chinese prostitutes have bcen brought this country
by unprincipied Cinnamon, but these irst were
brought from China AT the nstigation and TOR the
qualification OF white men. And even at the presei.t
time u is commonly reported that part OF the pro-
cccds OF this villanous traffic goes enrich certain
class Of belonging TO this honorable class
OF men, too, who are under solemn obligations sup
press the whole vile business and who certainly have
1t in their power to suppress II il they SO desired.
few years ago our Chinese merchants Tried to send
these prostitutes back to China and succeeded in get
ting large number board the outgoing steamer but
A CERTAIN LAwYER
Of your honorable nation tsaid to be the author and
bearer of these resolutions against our people) in the
employ OF unprncipcd Cinnamon, procured writ OF
habcas corpus and brought al these shore
again, and the courts decided that they had right TO
stay In this country II they so desired Those
still here and the only remedy for this evil and
Tor the evil of Chinese gambling, lies
see in an honest and impartial administration of
municipal government IN all It's details, including
the Police Department IL officers would refuse brides,
thon unprncipcd Cinnamon could no longer purchase
immunity from the punishment OF their crime
lb1 IL is charged against That nave purchased
no real estate The general tone OF public sentiment
has been such MS to encourage to invest real
estate, and yet our people have purchased and nos
over $500 worth OF real estate IN San Francisco
alone
vegetables IL is true that dict slightly different
from the people OF this honorable country; tastes
in these matters are not exactly alike and be
forced. But that sin part Of sufficient
gravity to be brought before the President and Con
gress or the United Statcss
THE CHINESE BENEFIT THE COUNTRY.
(d) IL is charged that the Oh ncse benefit TO
this country. Are the railroads built by Chinese labor
no benefit TO the country Are the manufacturing
adjustments, largely worked by Chinese benefit 10
this country DO not the results OF tho daily toll OF
100 900 increase the riches OF this country Is
benefit to this country that the Chinese annually
pay 81 600 600 duties ut the Custom House OF San
Franciscoy Is not the 500 600 annual poll tax paid
by the Chinese any benefit And are not the hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars oil taxes personal property and
the foreign miners tax annually paid TO the
OF this country any benefit
() II charged against that the six Chinese COM
lals and prisons and secretly exercise judicial
thority over the people. This charge has foundation
in fact These six companies were originally organ
tied Tor the purposes of mutual and care OF
our people coming to and gong from this country.
The six companies do not CLAIM, nor do they exercise
any juacm authority whatever, but are the same as
any tradcsmen protective and benevolent societies
II were true that the companies exercise judicial
authority over the Chinese people, then why do all the
Chinese people still go TO Americas tribunals adjust
their differences or 10 the punishment Of their
criminals Neither do these companies Import either
women into this country.
NO CHINESE SLAVES
On IL Is charged that all Chinese laboring are
slaves. This Is not true IN single instance. China.
labor tor bread They pursue all kinds Of indus
tries for livelihood l. 1t So then, that every man
laborng for his livelihood slavcs II these arc
slaves then oil men aboring Tor wages are slaves.
(a) 1t Is charged that the Chinese commerce brings
no benefit to American bankers and importers. But
the fact Is that immense trade between
China and the United states by American merchants,
and all the carrying business OF both countries,
whether by steamers, sailing vessels or railroads is
done by Americans No China ships engaged in
the carrying traffic between the two countries Is IL
SIN to be charged against us that the Chinese merchants
able TO conduct their mercantile business their
capitas And is not the exchange Of millions of
dollars annually with he hangs