, 1879-03-11
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

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CHICAGO A'arch u+-ln all her hcnthcnism
Chiun has In ITO time surpassed tho Christians
IN t,,clr persecution Of races. We pcrsecutc
pcoplo on account Of tf,e,c lovic,a coniI,rt. ami
never on account OIL tleir nature or BIRTH. Tho
Chsnamcn hero arc persccutcl for no other rea-
Boa than because they aro Chtnanctl. Forget
ting tho most noble efforts Of your own illus
t,Ioua ancestors for thcir .,rea,ion ~ ~ ,ran',
..'s ae.' ,.. .os ..s.. e'eAt'o" VI 70 Efa'l"
a'lu nunaho eonstltutlon' under whose pro-
tccslnE arms tho Americans themselves have
grown, but, alas!-grown, grown IN to bo
tvrnnts-ennmfc, IN thctr ;,Inot linn. drodt
~ az css,.,ss.s ~ W. s..' ,.s ss',oun asau1
sns ens!st'ans' Who c4alm 70 Do Inc moss
enlleh1ened' Inc most confederate md h,ttnano
Of alt peoples, cannot themselves be con-
,nOv do,nd u o.sr. .uv ~ % y" ,saa au 1a"s Ina.
80 " S,'ss 80. .,' ~ Wv ~ s', W. w nos
KNOW what right they hnFc to chaatise tho hea-
thcns This Is not ouly unchristtanllkc, but It Is
m Outrage on tic principles Of honor and a luck
ovo,, a,,,a.a.. ,,,s ,,nnt,,an. ~''"ssA unu'an'y
w" u"ouEot tns As"snsan' NO.,
IL Is a matter OF very little Interest to the
general public OF China whother your ports are
casO il Affects but d yery small portion nf tl,o
EmpIre,-a very small 1iortinn }nneeI'.-, mr..
tton OF the Empire tint docs not propcrlY be-
long to China, but belonged to ENGLAND a. a
present writing there arc but two Cinnamon for
q dozen Mt tho inost) 10 the whole United Stases
that pronerly belong to tic Ch.ncss Etnnirca
Most nit the Ehlnamcn IN the United Stntcs are
souare miics about uone Kong. whit, hns i,cnn
nh Fnriiah tiomaIn for thp nast iIitrcn .vcsra
To show you further 1t docs not concrr1, ar NJ.
fect In the lcaat tho public Of China whether
mol viii state that for ys ong yeara puns tcrrt. "
lid fumIne bns cxistod Ia tho nort!,crn nrovfucrs
Of ihu great Empire, when ncnrly 1000. .om of
It's population were actually starved to Gsath.
children than TO caigrate 10 any C country u
foreign to their own. 1 maJ safely saw that
amidst ali TINT torriac suffering an1orzst i,,nrlr
1OO,O00, 900 OF souls there his not bren on1
from That quarter or INV other niaco of
China except uoug Kong,-tsc british IomaIn.
The writer Is q native Of these Unfortl,nate
territories himself. Came hare, however. he
arrival from those nortilern proyluees would
have been informed, and would IN aer lin
within the Un{ted States. Tho 1nnrnnro ~
these CLinamcn now in Americu i cannt,t IN.
derstanl, neither can they understand mine,-
aud therefore cannot keep their company.
Whatsoever Ia thu feeling OF thc Northern
Chnu1ncn ii, regard to leaving their own cnut,-
try is lkowise tIr feeling Of the other nrovinccs
except that SPOT Of tl!c country in tic imme..
whcrc competition Is 80 grcnt that thcy had T.,
seek now nInrtor8 ior d ifylnr. '+A% W
Even il there Is such thirs as the posa,bil.
fly Of bringirg ilyo Of s!x hundred millions Of
the sa1no right to como hero as men from oti,cr
natIons7 Is not this lis country ti,at boastcd
Of its ftco and liberal institutions@tIe % land of