Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-19
CLEANING OFT the CHINESE.


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CLEANING OFT TINE CHINESE.
Two nen and y m were mur'
,lsred on a ranch near Rocklin. Placer
county. California. last Saturday. The
murder was a mos. brutal one. and CON-
mit,ed from the bassst Of motives, the
desire to gain possession Of . small sum
Of money which was known 70 Be In the
house. From the description Of q Of
the men before dying. the crime Wa
fixed beyond question upon three China
men. They were arrested. u men Of
any other nationality would have been,
and after narrowly escaping lynehins BY
mn Infatuated moi. are nov safely lods-
ed in tho County Jail to await trial.
There Is no doubt that they will Be con-
vietsd and hanged in due time. and
when this is done justice will Be- satishsd
NJ far ~ human laws can satisfy IL.
Here the matter should have ended. and
here II would have ended. had the cit.
ixsns Of Rocklin been men instead OF
iawlssx rufians. The community was
shocked, NO doubt. but no indignation.
however proper in itself. can justify the
extreme measures to which they re-
sorted to avsngs the death OF their fsl-
low citizens.
livery chinsman in the place was
ordered to leave the town. They raw
the hopsis.snsss Of resistance. and TAX
in; what little they could carry on their
persons. departed. leaving home and
their means Of subsistence behind them.
Then the citizens OF Roek,in demolished
chinatown. leaving not . stick standing.
The excitement spread all over the
county. and yesterday tie Cinnamon
were driven from Grass Valley. and
their houses. some atty in number.
burned To the ground. Iu other towns
the same scenes are being enacted. The
war Of determination has actually begun
ia Placer county, aud those having Il In
haad seem determined 10 make = clean
sweep Of 1t. When q movement OF this
kind is once started II 10 very liable to
extend. and IL will not 10 at all surpris-
ing u the val against the Mongolian
spreads all over the State, and results In
infinite trouble.
For years now We Of the Pacific Coast
have been trying to show u Eastern
friends something Of the evil which re-
suits from unrestricted Chinese smigra-
ton /: and every time that we have sue
ceedsd in making them realize TO some
extent the curse under which We are
grooming. some occurrence Of this kind
has transPired to undo all the good
which We have done. Congress. and
Congress only. al aid usin this matter.
and Congress will do nothing unless We
can enlist the sympathy Of Eastern
members. We are utterly powsrlsss to
help ourselves in the matter. and when.
ever the East shovs q disposition TO aid
Us. soms ill-alvised community. like
those Of Roeklin and Grass Valley, con,-
init IN overt outrage against the
Chinese. and immediately all sympathy
II transferred from rs to them.
The action Of the Rocklin people has
done more harm in M day than We can
undo in many years. They have Town
directly in tho face Of the Fslsral Gov
eminent. which guarantees to Cinnamon
the same rights and privileges enjoyed
by any other foreigner who makes his
residence in this land. The Burlingame
treaty, which is still in force. aud which
will remain in force 10 these outrages
are continued. il very explicit on this
point. The Sixth Article says that
Chimes subjects visiting or reading
in the United States shall enjoy the
same privileges. immunitiss aud ereup-
tons In respect to travel or residence a.
may there be enjoyed by the citizens or
subjects Of tho most favored nations"
That treaty is a. mseh the supreme Law
OF the land rs tho Constitution of the
United States. and so long a. IL exists
unmodiaei Cinnamon have as much
right 10 make their hons in Roekiin as
any white native born citizen.
With wha, grace can we ask Congress
to favor US when We are thus coutiuu.
ally flying In its face. and treating with
contempt its mos, solemn t~rsa,i.s1 We
must get rid Of the nlAimen and idiots
In eur midst before We can have the
iain,sst hope o. emerging from eur
Chinese sea Of troubles.