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AN ADDRESS BY
HENRY WARD BEECHER
THE CHINESE QUESTION,
d Delivered IN Philadelphia, March g.,
1870.
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On Monday evening last, Mr.. Beecher de-
his new lecture, thus entitled, to an
apprcciative audience OF over 5000 people
which thronged the Academy OF Music at
Alexander Mcclure. After O brief but elo-
quent e1ordium, in which the nd OF stran.
gers Of vnrIous nationaIities In our midst at
different times was reviewed. and their inf1u-
try indicated, the speaker thus deycantcd up
the special topic OF the evening: the posi-
tion Of the Mongolian In the nation. He
The first point which Mr.. Blaine suggests IL
immigration OF Chinese In the sense In which
immigration coHles to us from Europe. 1t
has been under contract. he says-through
agency and II hot in other respects OF the
Coolie typo the entire immigration from Chi.
has had the worst and most demoralizing
features OF CooIielsm. He adds; II is safe to
say not one in a hundred comes In an entire.
~ voluntary manner; Now nothing can well
be more misleading than that; l will give IN
answer to 1t In the words Of one himself a
Chinnlnnn. as It true that nearly all who
come to this country do s under contract 2"
He says, Yes; but 1t Is n voluntary contract.
. --tI = 1890 H. Al t. Ait. $500.
try than they ran get ct home, and they are
glad to come. They have nd, money TO pay
their passage or live on when they e there. so
they bind Themselves 10 work for SIG n month
for n certain time TIL they have paid the pms.
sage money and the advances made by those
companies who have assisted them 10 get
here. There Is no slavery about 1t. The Chi
nese government will not allow any China
man to be brought here except he comes vol
UNFAIRLY. II they come IN any other way 1t Is
through English ports ard not Chinese. l
came here to be educated not under con-
tract. I have relatives who came here SINH
larry"
Who Is this who gives this testimony7 lie
Is a member Of the Methodist Church. His
name is Men jim Kcc. an intelligent man
much sought after for counsel BY business men
engaged In the Chinese trade.
H CHINESE oME
Mr.. Blaine makes an appeal to our sympa-
thies when next he says Of this large portion
VI liz alC oNldlk lAdlC6s
the wonen numbering In oil some seven thou.
sand, and according TO all accounts they are
Impure, lewd lar beyond the A~nglo-saxon con
ception Of impurity and .lewdness, and sign
He says:"I speak OF this from Astounding ties.
timony-largely from those who have had per-
son opportunity to study the subject In its re-
voting details. In the entire Chinese popu-
lation OF the Pacific coast scarcely one family
IL to be found !: no liearthstone Of comfort, no
Preside OF JOY; no father nor mother, nor broth
or nor sister; nc child reared by parents; IL
domestic or ennobling influences; no ties OF
affection. The relation Of wife IL degraded bc-
yond NIL description, the females holding and
~dishonOring that sacred name being sold and
and transferred from one man to another,
without shame and without fear; one woman
being Mt the same time the wife OF severnl
men,"
FOR wuoM they ARE DROUGHT.
This IL his statement, and 1t Is calculated ia
produce q profound impression on the lnOrnl
scnsibility Of people ignorant Of the true fncts.
1t Is true TINT large numbers OF the Chinese
women were brought out Of China-undcrc con
tract, too-but not for Cinnamon: not for thcii
W pe0plG-but for The Goref1n population thu
reside in California;. When the Chinese nuuit
their representation, conctrrcntly with thai
OF tho moral residents OF san Francisco, t0the
government, laws were enacted which put nm
entire stop to tho trntfic. 1t Is ended. Tho
more respectable Chinese Of San Francisco not
only were glad, but actually undertook to send
back again those miserable creatures. \ large
number OF them were gathered together. nut or
board ship, their passage paid, and thin tho
lawyer employed by the employers Of these
poor creatures got out n writ Of hdbcas corpm
and brought them nll ashore again. ard Onl,
when compelled by the court lot them 20 away
And this man was ono OF the committee thu
went to Washington from San Francisco tt
represent to our government what abomina
lions the Chinese population were .
THE REAsnS FAMILIES no NOT COME.
Why arc there no families? The snmo Chris
tIan chinese gentleman whose words I hnv,
uttered says: an q great measure II Is tru'
that many OF the men who cOme hero out q
Inent the Chinese have received In this O
try. The better classes OF women do not como
here, l~,ccnisc they arc subjected to insults ant
nll other h%nrLships. could not bring my wifi
hero. There ARE mon whose wives live In thi:
city who had to bring them here In ment
clothes to save them from the Insults Of hood
and others. 4 Chinamnn Is not allowed
to become /, citizen. lie Is obliged to go back
tn thlna 80 they Ito not bring their wivc
here"
Is not TINT n good md sufficient answer?
DO THEY AssIMILATE?
Tho third point Mr.. Blaine max s Is that 9TH,
Chinese Immigration to California began will
the American immigration In 1915. Tho TIVE
races have been side by sido for moro thar
thirty years, nearly MI entire generation, ant
not one step toward assimilation has been tn
KEN
shameful, no matter who says 1t! Whe
tho Chinese immigrants arrived, from the tcs
timOny OF uncomfortable witnesses, their hOus
were pursued by liooting MODS, who hurt, shot
pcltrd them their heads were cut open. theil
bodies bruised and b,ffcted, and thut was tlcil
reception In the land OF liberty.
That WINS their first lrssOn-that was the frs
step towards assimilation.
THEY ARE rNJCsTLY TAXED.
Then they nave been taxed inorrlldatcly In
every direction by class taxation ; taxed as nc
American citizen and no other Immigrant hn,
they were moi permitted to send a child. Tina,
was the second step In assimilation.
When several OF them applied for citizen
ship, wishing to have the privileges OF others
not become v~Otcrs-whlch was u third step TO-
ward assimilation. They have been huntcc
and hunted, and shot down, and In every way
conceivable abused without relief, without de
tense. No the foxes In the field, nor thu
wolves In the wood, nor the bears In the noun
tains, lave been hurt and hunted ns thcS'
multitudes without redress; another step to
ward assimilation. When the Gospel is preach
50 converted. Even stephen took refuge ~
heaven when the religious arguments were
stones. Can you marvel TINT the Chinese dt
not like US and do not like our religion?
lIC DCtlcT CltlSS, IL IN VI W, uO llII COlllC JleIt
because they do not get kind treatment, nne
more particularly because they cannot bring
their wives with them 10 settle here as thu
Irish do. They would gladly, II they were
granted the rights which are not denied to tho
lowest foreigner. ~ would like 70 comr,' they
say, nm cut Off my queue and bring my wife
with me here II l can acquire property and be
protected"
c0NFIscArING TuEIR z
Ching Loong was n famous Chinese mcrchan'
who died twelve years ago In California wortl
u great deal Of money, leaving n wife and nin'
ken away BY the state and hts MmiIy left des
titutc. That was n great lesson for the China
men, n that Is why they arc obliged to take
their savings II they have any, back to China
settle on wild alids and become farmers. dc
not think since the Jews were expelled from
Spain their has been an instance OF more sui
cidnl folly than there Is exhibited In tho wilC
attempt to cxpcl the Chinesc; the very best la
borcrs they nave on the Pacific shore for tn,
work to be done there.
THE WAR THEY LIVE. y THE WAY THE,
ARE TREATED.
Mr.. Blaine next speaks Of the Chinese quar-
tcrs, and he docs not speak my too severely o
them. lie says that they are inconceivabl,
horrlble-thats because Mr.. Blaine has never
perhaps, been In New York. They live in larg'
Observation-Disclosures crowded into how
drainage, reeklng with NTH and dirt-whicl
IL horrible. Then he goes on TO give a long &C
count, quoting also DR.. Marsl's testimony, O
the Chinese quarters. I have been through
them md inspected them myself. Human
language cannot very well convey to you
sufficient idea OF their grotcsquencss and mite
unlIkcncss to anything else that Is on the earth
The laws Of nature ore entirely set aside by
the Chinnman. The Anglo-SaXon, It Is univer
sally conceded, must have mir to breathe; Blu
the Chinnman don't need any. l went into 1
little room barely large enough for one person
ten by eleven feet. In this q whole family