New-York tribune., 1879-03-01
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
LETTER FROM Ex-GOv. CHAMBERLAIN.

To IA, Edifor Of The Trt6une.
SIR: think it is cause Tor deep and general re-
gret. irrespective of party feelings when pupH'
man of commanding force aud influence able ana
ambitions to lead takes false position on qcS-
tion vItally affecting our good conduct ana h"uor
A. Nation With such feelings ! have read MI
BlaInes recent letter III THE TRIBUNE. do not re-
call another leader in whose fidelity To Just ana
true ideal OF Republican principles we nave pee"
wont to trust who has thus disappointed u.s.
Though not wholly applicable. cannot help beng
reminded III his case of Brownings lines IN tho
" Lost Leader:
"Hc alone brca's from the van win he freGmen'
Healone sinks 10 the rrar with the slaves
Mr.. Bloine's letter Is probably good plea as
we shall see for the anti-Chluese bill Inc answer
f., oll rs arguments seems to to lie on the sur
face and to be mainly suggested by the letter itself
Inv MENACE TO oTHrE RACES.
Ers.-Without following IN exact order Mr.
Blaine, Arguments, his first and most general
position is that the Chinese immigration Is
au oycr-hqdowng menace TO the welfare
of the otlcr races who compose our poI"-
l,tiop Judce now Of the extent Of this
menace by the facts stated III Mr.. BIancs letter
He SET, down the whole number of Chinese now IN
California and the adjacent Pacific States and
Territories" al from 199. 900 to $4,000. The adj
i,c,nt States and Tcrritorc, are Nevada Oregon
Idaho. Utah and Arizona. The area of the Iu'ed
States. not inclulug Alaska, is %ojl,13S square
miles with population Of. say, 5ooOoooo IN'
area of California and the adjacent Pacific states
and Territories is 900 square miles, VITA a
population of, say 1,oOOOOU.
We find then. that we have IN the United 3iaj'''
upou Mr Blaincs showing, not more than one
Chlramau to every tvcuty-two square miles ana
not more than one Chuaman to every 3I3 OF the
other racesl We find again. taking the region
spccifed bv Nlr Blaine. that in " California ana ile
adjacent Pacific States and Territories wa have
not more than one ChIuamau to every five square
miles, and not more than one ChInaman 10 every
sewer, and a half of the other races! Or, taking
California alone. with an area OF $4,000 square
,,',. ,,.5 -, nonul.t,on Of saw G70O0o. we ind
-, -. Ar ul.iu,'s Gcure,. ONLY one China
,,.o and t,,. .l,irI. .ou,re miles. and
"'"" w. 49,. C,I.;,,..,,, f. ,,.,r,. six Of the
.. mutt, occ,,rat.,. indeed
.,i'.'.,e ~. c,, t,, ,,r,-.,t pnrposc-tilt
go" -: -, -. Ior,.r tb,, Nr,c-Vurlaud.
,..... ..J o,i,r And Get we
''" "' 49,. A.. pi.,,, that loo 600
"i' ~ '' ..., ..,.. ,. o,,,,,,,,,,, 81,
en- onn and ,or,l,le If maintaining
'''.'Ia.il,, o,,,al to fine nr.sant ropulatlon of
~. L,,,.,l.rJ %cv-Yorl, PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio
saw Il GOO OOO-we are 10 be persuaded. ! say that
100 600 Cinnamon are TO swamp he white
races ~
rp+ Mr. EI,iue looks to thc future! lie secs
. ,,,..,,,,. hlrl.. of ..,r,-lle Nonrolians" who.
,.ro.istel ro,y ,rs,o "co,.icn American work
;,,,.,, ., t,,,,,il,,t,o,, and rovrrty" Now,It is
U pli,. ,vbo calI. our attention to the fact that
"Chinese immigration TO California began with the
,,,cric,, Enumeration i'm istS." In more than
tbirt, ,.cors then. a4 Mr.. Blame shows California
has ocourcd a Chinese population OF lO9. 900! An
immigration al the average yearly rate Of 5000
soulsl II Is Mr. Blaine too who states the fact
ti.t 40 Der cent Of all the Chinese who have from
the first landed in California have returned to China!
| ask, IN view of these facts, does not Mr.. Blame
show. past all need of further showing, that the
danger present or prospective, from the extent oil
Chinese immigration. is pure chimcraf II Is not
a present reality nor a probable future result
But MIR. Blaine asks rs to leelsate now against
" the next general famine IN emma mas h"'
China recently been suffering, # she Is not a''H'
from terrific famlue-milllons ol hcI people s'ar'
ingf To legIsldte now withfeicIchce 10 ll'uI'
famine IN China Is chlmercAl enough ono """'u
think; hut all experience mp 10 the present '.'"c
shows that when iannes do come III OhI'" tH'N
have no apparent tendency TO stimulate HhlhlsId-
hon to this country.
no DISTNCuoS BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD MIN.
Serond.-But Mr. Blame pants iH' vices ol lh'
/ Chinese immigrants an" '9'S "' ~ A''"'' t''' '
whole ChlneNe race Oh Ine S'lHo I''""H v" ""'''i
we eAciu'e ln''o''o"' -.
classes 40 h"l ooy'''' no o"' "'y,'" ~
the most TISld excursion oil 'iIIl'n'' 'i"'''''
but docs Mr. Blaine say that all Cinnamon are
criminals, or that all Chinese women are proSii-
tutc,i OF course he utters no such slander openly
or consciously. Yet this Is the PLAIN loHc oi his
position. Because some or many OF even majority
of Chinese immigrants are vicious Therefore Only
fifteen Chinese, good OF bad shall ever come here