The New York herald., 1877-10-21

ratons Of Mr. Meade with citations from the testimony
OF men above the Suspicion OF misrepresentation. !
progress ON tho Pacific coast Is too we'll appre-
ciated TO require argument But Tor tho labor
supplied by Them the majority OF their perse-
cutors would never have reached the Pacific coast
They have proved themselves skui. patient, psrse-
yerng operatives IN many OF the mechanic arts. To
their labor greatly duo that vast railroad develop
ment uniting the Pacific with the Atlantic States and
which pervadcs the ormer IRON south 10 nortn They
have reclaimed a million acres or swamp lands
which produce iity to seventy bushels OF wheat
10 the acre, whose fertility augments the wealth the
state, and through humorous channels employ
ment 10 thousands Of white laborers. They have
proved OF Immense value in agriculture, the vast capa
bihtes whereof in all ITS varied branches they have
possibly DO saved but through their aid. The I'M
ports. exports ana internal commerce they create af-
traders and iaborers than there Cinnamon Cali
iorna, while OF the present value OF the State twenty
per cent is conceded 10 their energy. industry and
hdety They have been the ballast TO labor
ing heir contracts and wardng on "strikes," have
enriched their employers and augmented the revenues
anu Resources OF the whole country.
such are the people whose prosecutions form Of
the darkest spots ouI honor and OF justice,
and to which the national government has ever been
AMERICAN WANT OF PATH
Ihe Chinese are not aggressors We forced them 10
CHINA, tempted by antcipatons OF great ommerce.
coveng LABOR to develop the Pacific which could
only Do mad from the East We bcgulcd some OF their
great men here 10 witness our growing importance
ana deceived them by IN outward show Of delerenco
mn
who should come here under treaty stipuiatons Would
ENJOY, not the asylum have ever pioessed to ex-
tend 10 the oppressed OF all nations at least
from persecution by State laws ana outrage from law
less combinations OF our people. In place OF this-we
having acquired an inroad to China where our people,
by treaty, are free from responsibility 10 CnInesc
courts AND Jures, where our own officials arc
their Judgcs-tho Chinaman arriving here
from the moment his feet touch our hos
piable shore until he again sets his face
eastward, runs gantlet Tor his life Individuals
persecutc him when alone, and associations OF bad
~ and tuLn htc "A
finds only partial refuge Ia concentration in cities
on farms or ~ the mines. The crime OF individual
lncurs persecution to community and race. An cec-
tive Judiciary has but little compassion for people,
however moral IN the aggregate, VINO have ballot
but are the victims OF prejudice in those vote
ministers oi relgon, who view men according TO their
Contributions 10 tho Church, to seen uniting
with the rabbe IN expelling from tho sight OF the
cross hcathen people," who, in tho language OF
(not ony) Colonel Bee "are the peers oil an foreign
population winch comes here IN their appreciation
OF tho laws and usages OF The country"-a people OF
whom the secretary OF tho Merchants Exchange at
San francisco writes me, 'in morals ana capacity
meet the highest demands Of our civilization
OUTRAGEOUS LAWS
The statute books oil California and the nun cipal
laws OF San Francisco other full OF acl
applicable 10 Cinnamon, which might blush alongside
oil the blue Laws Of Connecticut" tue miidest of
which exact poll tax without suffrage; school Tax,
with EXCLUSION from public education Encouraged
by priests the Judiciary the the
Tor political honors the rumseller lor John Cnina-
man does not take kindly to wnskey, ~ tho rabbo
complete the wickedness they mulate but lack tho
courage TO execute
II people will consider those facts ana
reflect upon the influence China which must
result from reasonable degree OF Kindness bestowed
upon sensitive beings, most oil to re.urn to
that country for good or evil contemplate the safety
Of our people VINO absorbing their internal
trade our commercial interests and consider iurther
that our continued violations VI treaty stipulatons
and persecution OF this people must inevitably Kndle
STRIFE, provoke retaliatlon exclude from CHINA all
American people, trade anu commercial intercourse
emitting moral considerations, think the common
sense oil Americans will lnterposc, and, believing in
the profit oil honesty, demand that bad tath cruelty
and persecution yield 10 reason, humanity aud justice
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