Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-06
QUIZ CALIFORNIA LETTER
YUM CRY, MAY q. 1870.

/ thc NHlheSe QHeSllOn' Dul slHCe M r. Chap
man has so loudly called upon the preiu-
dice of the reader, whose circle OF know
ledge may be confined to his home paper
and as he has made very many 1agrant
assertions, unbacked by evidence or even
| by sound reason, coming from one who
presunIes to know whereof he sueaks, /
! feel ii due to myself, and 10 those who
might stand misinformed on this subject,
to state fully and clearly my position ON
! the Chinese question, with reasona for the
same, ns based, not on race preiulice, but
on proper aud unbiased authority. Any
ono who reads MIR. ChapmaR's attack upon
me would at once notice that lie considers
me as champion for Chinese immigration.
| ask Of the candid reader 20 look carefully
over my communications for one year past
| Il have them all now before me and point
me to any place where have favored this
immigration more than that of any other
nations in common. i did express a hope,
| lin my communication on Washington s
| birthday that tie Chinaman might i'm
! bibe the spirit of liberty here and that as
every crowned head in Europe is being
made n target, the fire might also shine
across the Pacific to the eastern coast of
| Asia. And as the east is exeitng an in
| fucnce over France and Germany and
Great Britain; so may the west exert the
same sublime influence on the states of
! Asia. Nor do | see any reason why the
! Chinese should not mingle with Ills, at our
point of contact with their nation as well
MS the English, the Ere nch, the Irish and
Germans, at their point Of contact, l. e.,
the Atlantic seaboard But / must for
ever despise that nnrrow minded policy
/ 4. ..,..
color instead of personal merit Such
phrases az "Opium smoked" almond
eyed Leprous,"" Black plngne,"" Cholera
breeding" &C., crack in the civil eur like
the lash OF the slavc-driver, and come from
the same source. | limited that We were
situated Mt the point Of contact with China.
| repeat 1t. If distance be measured by
the time necessary to make the trim, then
we are nearer China than CeaSar was to
Egypt They are our next door neighbors,
and it is Just as necessary to nlingle with
them ms with the Irish, the Germans, or
the Spnniards; and acknowledging the
communicating influence Of minglng with
narrow-minded, sriperstitious people we
have many preccdcnts OF the elevation OF
those CLASSES to our owh Standard hy the
inspiring influence of religious liberty
Thus are we playing our true pnri. If
our institutions are based upon truth and
eternal Justice they will win to theirstand.
ard anything OF lesser merit. If not. i'll
hail the nation or people that by contact
can elevate the standard to truth serlal
Now, Mr.. Chapman says, (amopg pther
numerous like lhiugs), " Is there abusi-
ness man on all the Pacific Coast that is
not against Chinese immigration ?" Let
business men answer. But as to our COM
mercal relations, will answer from official
reports Of the custom hunse ut the LbiBese
port OF entrance, San Fransisco
Duties paid by Chinese importers 81 500 900
Freight passage money from China B5U 900
Rent for stores and storage ......... l 600, ,Hu0
For State license and nxes.... 2,25Q. 900
Money paid for American products. 100 0O0
Water rates Tor Chinese miners.... 2 20O2000
For mining rights ts'''''''. '..' '''.'' 1850 900
So much for the benefit of Chinese to
California, for which | ask investigation
ci the above stated authority; also Senu-
tor Morton'S minority report in the Com
mittee OF Investigation in CAL, in 1876,
also Kwang Chang Ling's letter to the San
Fransisco ArgonaH, and the Rev. o. Glib
sons Vol. on "rhe Chinese in America. :"
Besides, China clothes population OF four
million, principally with American cotton.
What do you think business men of Gal.
would take for their commercial relations
with China? Why should the blatant
Hibernian orator boast on the ." sand lots ~
of San Francisco, either of his own morals
or OF the commercial relations Of his
country. Let him go to Mass. and try
his influence nearer home.
Next, as TO the Individual benefit of
Chinese labor 10 the commonwealth of
Cal. Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, inves-
ignieh this question last winter and is
responsible for the following: "The sur
veyor general OF Cal. says: The Chinese
have increased the valne Of properly in
California 100000, 900, by clearing of and
reclaiming Marsh lands, and this property
IL held by white men" | said, "fhcv are
nnreasonnbly taxed, all of which they paw"
also, "They are Industrious and inofftn-
sive"
Hon, Joaquin Miller says, that while he
WAS Judge in county "whcre the un-
iority Of population were Chinese there
were tif remember rightl ten indictments
of white men to one Chinamnn, and that
in an extensive experience with that pc
culiar race he never saw Il drunken China.
man, Chinese beggnr or n Chinese pauper
or tramp. How does this compare with
our uibernan population. / must beg
pardon however, for turning those things
in comparison with the Irish people, for
we have thot,sandS of noble citizens of that
descent. Al honor to them. But these
abuses come from the Communistic sanu-
lot" bowman, md like the Boomerang
must recoil on the party that projects the
weapon. 1t is argued shat Chinese viii
not assimilate Americans, INT will always
be distinct peop e. The Chinese studehes
in the east are not unpopular in theirclas-
ses. Yung Wing married an American
lady. He was graduate of Yale Cbllege.
One OF the witnesses brought before the
Morton Committee in San Francisco, li
1876, said: : "There is not grander man
on the face of the earth than this same
Yung Wing. lie is noble fellow. RI
want yOn to get acquainted with him. He
has grand head--a Dauiel Webster head.
He isan American citizen now" (Report, i
p. 4G4.)
Mr.. Chapman says-rather Speeringly-
that Z" the Chinese cannot be clristianizrd. !"
Protestant Missionaries have $4,000 con
verts in China, the Ine Ping rebellion was
II religious insurrecIion and might have
been successful but for the arms of France
and England. AT Pekin there is n Nation
al University under English and American
teachers, Report ON Foreign AIissions)
"rhey bring no wives and children with
them" They are prohibited 10y law from
bringing their wives to this coast. "The |
women they bring are prostitutes" Are
there really women amoug those heathen
who are prostitutes, aud | suppose, men
also, who nre prostitutes. On, that our
prond rnee were gniltless. Then might
they throw stones.
Now for the last question in which Mr..
Chapman positively eontradicts my asser-
ton, but offers no shade Of evidence. !
proposed to hold white capitalists respon-
sihle for the sanitary condition of Califor. |
MIA cities and towns. Oi course here posi-.
tive evidence would criminate and do |
not propose to so to law, but this we do |
know. lhat il white men own those cities,
and Chinese blocks in cities, that those
Chinnmen nccmnY them hY lheir cnnsenI.