Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-13
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Special to the HERALD by the Western
Unios Telegraph Company.
Pacific Coast Fiews.
THE Convention.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 12.-Consid-
Grafton of the Chinese section,
Barnes spoke against the commits
tee's report, and submitted the fol
lowing substitutes: The people OF
California, while recognizing the
paramount authority of the United
States Of America to regulate com
merce with foreign nations aud all
treaty obligations, demand that, as
they possess the ihalienable privil.
ege of controlling their domestic
affairs, to the end that serfdon in
every form may be abolished and
the mselves protected from n vicious,
non.assImilating population, incap-
able OF the duties of American citi-
zenship; that, as intelligent citizen-
ship must be the reliance of
representative government, so
must the presence OF large num-
bers OF persons incapable of such
citizenship be its perpetual menace,
that in the immediate presence of
this danger and threatened with
its overpowering continuance, a
contingency not forsseen and,
therefore, not contemplated in the
grant of the power to regulate
commerce made by the people to
the Congress of the United States,
the public safety authorizes aud
demands The following Constitu
tional provisions:
rst-All Mongolians within
this State shall be required to re :,
move therefrom within four years
from the time this Constitution
takes effect, and that, at the first
session Of the Legislature convened
here, provision shall be made for
judicial proceedings to compel such
removal and for the seizure ami
sale of SO much of the property of
such Mongolians as may not there
totore have voluntarily departed
within the period herein limited as
may be necessary to defray the
| necessary cost of their removal
from this State to their native
country.
Second-After this Constitution
takes effect, no Mongolian shall
carry Oh or maintain any business,
occupation. profession, or mechani-
cal trade for gain, or perform any
manual labor for reward, in this
State, and it shall be unlawful for
any person or persons, bodies cor
porate or polite, to employ, con-
| tract with or harbor such aliens,
except for temporary accom- moda-
tior, shelter or charity.
Third-All persons or bodies cor
porate who shall violate the pro-
| visions of this article shall pay to
the State suitable penalties to be
provided by the Legislature and to
be recovered in u civil action by
the people Of the State and no
property shaIl be exempt from levy
on execution or other process issued
to collect such penalties according
to law, and such penalties
shall be lien upon real property
superior to any other lien cieateti
after this Constitution takes effect.
Fourth-All penalties collected
under the provisions of this article
shall be placed in the State Treas
ury to the the credit of the fund to
be called "rhe Mongolian Trans
portation Fund.-" they shall be
expended as the Legislature NAV
direct in the deportation to their
native country of all MongolIans
who shall he unable to provide
transportation thereto for them
selves and, also, all Mongolians
who may be imprisoned in any
State Prison, county Jail or other
place of confinement for
persons convicted of crlme;
| also Of all such Mopgolians
as aforesaid, who shall be or be
come paupers, inmates of public
hospitals, almshouses or places ol
refuge for the INDECENT or destitute;
all such Mongolians aforesaid, VIII
shall, after this Constitution TAX 81
effect, be convicted Of any crime OF
offeDse against the law OF the land,
except capital offenses, shall, in
t.oth. 5 Be- : sen sentsniesedimp isa dimprisonment ol
from this State to 20 oeportaIloi,
theif nativity. the country ol
Fifth The LegislatL
due appropriations Of 'Ees,in,i niahe
eys for the purposes of ?ap',c mon mon
to supply any deticieiin's sece'oh
fund to he provided by seesy ~ .n' m
Of this article. ion 'hrs'
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