The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-10-31
From the n. Y. Sun.
Our Treaties with China.

Thirty four years ago the doors of Chini
were opened to the United States for tn
first time by the treaty of peace, amity
| and commerce which Caleb Cushing con
cluded on July 1914 We then sough
to extend our trade into that compare
lively unknown country, and wanted
protection for the adventurous and en-
terprising citizens who went there il
search of fortune. The nineteenth arti
Gle of that treaty provides that
"All citizens of the United States il
China, peaceably attending to their al
fairs, being placed on common iootins
of amty and good will with subjects o
China, shall receive and enjoy, for them
selves and everything appertaining te
them, the special protection of the loca
authorities of the Government, aoho Shal
defend them from all insult or injury af an3
sort on the part of the Chinese. 1t theil
dwellings or property be threatened OIL
attacked by mobs, incendiaries, or Other
violent or lawless persons. the local off
GERS, on requisition of the Consul, will
Immediately despatch a military force tc
drsperse the rioters, and will apprehend
the guilty individuals. and punish them
with the utmost rgor of the law
AuObDtf treaty WAS cOnCluueu OV w IL
liam B. Reed, June lS 1858, in which the
above article was Incorporated literally
and new privileges and rights were Sc
cured, as the result of fourteen years OF
profitable intercourse.
Ten years later, Anson Burlingame and
two Chinese envoys concluded at Wash
ington, July 4, 1868, supplemental arti
cles to the foregoing treaty, the sixth of
which declares:
"Citizens of the United States visiting
or residing in China shall enjoy the same
privileges, immupities, or exemptions III
respect to travel or residence as may there
be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of
the most favored nation and. recipro
cally, Chinese subjects visiting or residing q
in the United States shall enjoy the same
privileges, immunities, and exemptions
in respect to travel or residence as may
there be enjoyed by the citizens or sub
jects of the most favored nation.
In 1914 the prejudice among the people
of China against opening their ports to
foreign commerce and admitting outsld
ers to equal rights with full guarantee
of protection, was even stronger than
that which has recently grown up in
San Francisco and some other parts of
California against the Chinese. The pO
sitlous are reversed in single genera
ton. Then we were seeking entrance,
and shelter, against the long
descended traditions of an ancient civil
zati0n. Now, the children OF the sun are
a. king a return of those favors, according
to the narrowest terms OF an internation-
al obligation, which Is the supreme law
of this land
China fulfilled to the letter her con
tract, by reparatlon tor every injury in
hicted on American cittzens, by the pay
ment OF CLAIMS and 10y other acts which
nations boaatIng d higher civilization
would do well to initiate. 1t is sad
on our progress and on our
free system of government that in this
nineteenth century any foreign power
should have occasion to reproach US with
bad faith, or the want of faith, in the full
illment of treaty originally made in
our own interest and for the protection
Of our own citizens But the fact ands
to the discredit of the American name
that the Chinese have been outrageously
prosecuted on the Pacific coast without
hand being lifted in their defence at
w ashington, or the least respect being
paid to the terms of these three treaties
California is indebted for very much OF
her rapid growth, development, and
prosperity to Chinese labor. Without il
her public works never could have been
in the same space of time; nor
could her agriculture and truit culture
have advanced to their present perfection
without the patient, temperate. and faith
ul industry of this people While the
sailing was smooth and success was easy,
no complaint was made OF Chinese immi
IL was vitaH apcnupaue6 and
ltIlizrd in all forms. Now, however,
when the competition for employment is
sharp and prostration Of industry is gen
eral, a cry is raised against the Chinese,
which both sides try to turn to account
oy outbidding each other for the votes OF
he laborlng masses, who think the bread
S taken from their mouths by these
ltprOus intruders, as they are called
by sojt-spoken patriots like Kearney
China has sent a mission to Washing
on in the hope OF putting the relations,
,t the two countries, so far as this spe
,ial question is concerned, or a better
ootlng, and OF securing the lights of her
subjects under the treaty. The traudu
ent Administration will, Of course, eyadt
he PLAIN duty which is imposed by ma
ional honor, independent OF positive Oh
igatIon. Mr. Evarts will VIZ te notes as
ong as the moral law, the meaning OF
which will DEFY Chinese genius Things
Will DRIFT along until some new outrage,
more brutal and shocking than the many
hat preceded it, will bring on crisis
which must be met at Washington, ac
,ording the terms OF the treaty, or absO-
utely refused. Hating diplomacy will
rot SUIT such an occasion, but Mr.. EVarts
will doubtless try 1T and fail
We have large and growing commerce
With China, OF which San Francisco Is the
lirect beneficiary, while California in
general reaps from it a material profit
rhe manufacturers OF our Eastern States
ire now finding in China an excellent
market for the products OF their skill
md industry, oyer the English who
nave long held the primacy in the East
The prospect is encouraging for great
in the Immediate future
With the revi, al of business. All this
nay be sacrificed by imbecllIJy and cow
rrdice in diplomacy China is not de
pendent on the United States and when
We fail to do what she has done, the
short cut will be to Withdraw diplomatic
md consular relations, and stop CONNER
,lal intercourse by abrOgatlng the treaty,
which either side has the right to do
Without notice. This is the strong card
Of China, and will doubtless be played it
,he stern necessity should arise Tor using
t. When the goose that laid the golden
'gg is killed perhaps San Francisco may
-ejoice, and perhaps not
Ma" groaned Roxbury boy, who had
eaten half a dozen unrIpe
pears and was under the charge OF his
parent, why am | like an over
locked country dry goods store p Give