The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-03-21
A CHINAMAN's VIEW.
OF the Chinese Question and Mr. Blaine's
Treatment Of 1t.

Treatment OF 1t.
Boston Advertiser.
1.-THE following Is printed, without change
from the manuscript of the writer, Wong ar
Chong, now resident of this city.l
In your Declaration of Independence
it is asserted that all men are born free
and equal, and it is understood by the
civilized world that the United States of
America is free country, but fear there
is backward step being taken by the
government The able senator from
Maine, IN aping that selfish stump speak
er, Dennis kearney, says the Chinese
must go, and gives his reasons. Many
things he says | agree to; great many
more / do not. i think he takes Il wrong
way to rectlfy the difficulty. l claim for
my countrymen the right to come to this
country so long as other foreigners do
If they make themselves a nuisance, es-
tablish proper health laws and enforce
them, and if my countrymen don't like
them let them go back home again; but
they must conform to American ideas of
law and order if they wish to stay. That
is my idea, but you cannot bring it about
by such law as is now awaiting the
Presidents signature. You must do to
others as you would have them do to you,
if you wish to gain their confidence.
The honorable senator calls us heath
ems, but should judge from the tone of
his letter that he was somewhat lacking
in christian charity. Also he gives all
Cinnamon the name of coolies. If sena-
tor Blaine has education, why don't he
use it to find out what the word cOolie
means? A coolie is laboring man, a
man that works at anything he can get to
do; that is what Cinnamon mean by
coolies. He says China the people pay
no taxes in this country, but think if
he Will take the pains to look into the
matter he will find that they pay as much
taxes in California as any other foreign
ers-say about $200,OO0 He calls us
heathens, but let him look at the records
of fire in Chicago and yellow fever in
New Orleans, and he will find China
men giving as much, according to their
means, as any other people. Such heath
ems cannot be so bad after all. He says
China people are not healthy, do not
keep their places of habitation so clean
as other people, and that they smell bad
ly, etc, etc. / could mention several
other nationalities, each having its own
particular smell. Also, that no decent
China women come here, that they are
mostly prostitutes but do not the women
of other nations furnish a goOdly num-
Der of prostitutes
My idea is that if the Chinese are al
lowed to come to this country and enjoy
the same privileges as the people from
any other foreign land, they will educate
themselves and conform to your laws
and manners, and become as good citizens
as any other race. The Chinese people
are willing to work, they mind their own
business and do not get drunk, and why
is 1t they have not as much right to come
to this country, and in as large numbers
as any other foreign people? If you do
not allow it you go against the princi-
pies of George Washington, the father
of his country, and the first steps you
take are against the principles of your
government. You go against the Ameri-
can flag, and you act in conflict with
christian charity and principle. Senator
Blaine's information must be very limited
when he says the trade between this
country and China only amounts to a
few hundred dollars, when it is known
to reach several millions of dollars every
year. | fear he does not know what he
is talking about.
| You do not allow Cinnamon to become
citizens in California, do not allow them
to vote. l ask you, where is your gold
en- rule, your bible teachings when you
talk about doing to others as you would
have them do to you? i guess Senator
Blaine, by his argument, wants to tel
people what to do, but don't want PEG
pie to do what he does. / don't know
who are opposed to the Chinese, whether
they are Americans or foreigners; but
think they are as much foreigners as thu
Chinese themselves. think so, because
have travelled In America-north, south
east and west-and have never found ma
tive Americans so much opposed tC
Chinese as foreigners are.
Of lNa hi nod 1f
cause other men have no work it is no
their fault If merchants carried on bus
mess according to their means, with thei
own capital, and paid 100 cents on thu
dollar instead of failing and goins
through bankruptcy, then laboring mel
would have plenty of steady work. Thu
failure of one firm will influence other
connected with it, which also fail anC
throw many men out of employment.
As it stand now, it is 5000 Caucasian
to one Monaghan, yet you charge thu
Cinnamon with robbing you of work.
ask God to forbid that Senator Blaine
should fear the odds of one to 5000. L
the letter he wrote to Mr.. Garrison con
tains his sentiments / think he is no bet
ter than the great California blower, Den
mis- Kearney, and like him, cares little TO
the country, but likes to hear his Owl
noise.
| Senator Blaine, in very polite way
wants to send message to the Chimes
empire to ask them to change the Bur
lingame treaty; butwhy don't he go ant
make new treaty himself? He is try
ing to initiate Gen. Butler, but cannot d.
it successfully. The grapes are too higl
for him to reach. He tries to climb, tn
vine gives way, and he doesn't know
where he is. WONG AR CHoNG.
NoTE.-When a vessel is built anC
ready for sea there are plenty of captain
to take command, but when you ask on
of the captains to build vessel, he dom
know how. That is the way with Blain
and the Burlingame treaty.