Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-03-11
WASHINGTON, ID. C.,
Feb'y y, lS59.

Feb'y p, lS19.
To rIIE EDITOR or THE Y. Y. TRIBUNE;
The reflections of Mr.. William Lloyd
Garrison upon the Senators who voted Tor
the bill restricting Chinese immigration are
made, think, without the thorough exam
instlon which he usually brings 10 the dis
cussion OF public questions. Permit me,
with plainness OF speech, and yet with the
sincere respect | entertain for Mr.. CARR
son. 10 state the grounds on which cast
my vote for the measure.
First There has not been from the out
set any immigration OF Chinese in the sense
In which immigration comes 10 u nom
Europe. Ii has all been "under contract
and through agencies, and If not in every
respect OF the Cody type, the entire immi-
grafton nom China has had the worst and
most demOralized features OF COOlyiSm.
The Burlingame treaty specially 'reprooat-
ed any other than an entirely voluntary
immigration" and yet from The first China
man that came, in ISIS, 20 the last one
that landed at san Francisco, il Il safe 10
say that not one i'm one hundred came IN an
'entirely voluntary manner. Opto Octo-
Der I, 1876, the records OF the san iran
cisco cuStOm-hOuSe show that 2SS 1876 I III
nese had arrived In this country and that
grafton since has been quite large. and
allowing for returns and deaths, the best
statistics | can procure show that about
los. 200 Chinese are in California and from
10000 20 25,OOO in the adjacent States and
Territories.
Second. or this large population fully
nine-tenthS are adult males. The women
have not in all numbered over seven thou
sand, and. according 90 al accounts, they
are impure and lcwd far beyond the Anglo
Saxon conception OF impUrity and lcWd-
ness. one OF the heSt-iniOrmcd CalitOrui-
Ans | ever met. SAYS that not one score OF
decent and pure women could ever have
been found in the whole Chinese immiSra-
ton. II j. only in the imagined, rather
hope the unImagucd, feCucucc and foul
ness OF SodOm and Gomorrah that amy par
Allel can be found 90 the atroCiou> ua>tl-
ness OF the Chinese quarter Of san Fran
cisco. | speak Of this from Astounding
testimony-Argcly from those who have
had personal opportunity 10 study the sub
ject in it. revolving details. In the entire
Chinese population OF the Pacific coast
scarcely one family Is to be found; no
hearthStone OF comfort no tre>idc OF joy
no father nor mother, nor brother nor
sister; no child reared by parents mo- do
nestle and cnnObliug influences no tie OF
affection The relation Of wife i degraded
beyOnd all description. the females holding
and dishOnOriug that sacred name. being
sold and transferred nom one man % au-
other, without shame and without fear
one woman being AZ the same time the wife
70 several men. Many OF these women
came 20 San Francisco under written COM
tracts Tor prostitution. openly and shame
lcss.y entered into. ! have myself read |
the translation OF some Of these abumiua- |
ole documents IL n nation We have The |
right % keep out infectious diseases. if we |
have the right 20 exclude The criminal
classes from coming 90 u. We surely pos |
seSS the right 20 exclude that immigration |
which rrrkS with impurity AMI which can |
not come 10 u without plenuiuily sowing |
the seeds OF moral and physical disease, |
deStition, and death.
Third. The Chinese immigration 90 Cal |
iforuia began with the American imniCra- |
tiOn in lS4S. The two races have been side !
by side for more than thirty years, nearly |
Al entire generation, and not one step tl- |
ward assimilation has been taken. The |
Chinese occupy their own peculiar quarter |
In the city, adhere 90 their own dress, |
speak their own language. worship in their |
own heather temples, and inside The mu- |
nicipal law and independent OF 10. admins |
ter code among themselves, even pro- |
nOunCing the death penalty AMI executing |
u in criminal secrecy. II this were for a |
year only. or for two or five or even Ten |
wears. 10 might be claimed that more time |
was needed for dOmeStiCation anu a>>imi- 4
latiOu. but this has been going on for AN |
entire generation and the Chiuaman today |
approaches no nearer 20 our civilization |
than he did when the Golden Gate first re-
ceived him. In sworn testimony before au /
investigating committee OF Congress, Dr.
Mears the health officer OF san Francisco,
described a. "a careful and learned man,
testified that the condition Of the Chinese
quarter i horrible. incouceivably horri-
BILE" He stated that the Chinese a. "a rule
'.liye in large teuement-hou>e>. large num-
bers crowded into individual rooms. with
out proper ventilation, with bad drainage, |
aud underground with a great deal OF hlth,
the odOrS from which arr horrible. He |
described their mode Of taking a room ten
feet high and putting flooring half Way
10 the ceiling, both floors being crowded
Al night with Sleeper>. In these crowded
drns cases OF smallpox were concealed
nom the police" They live underground
In hunks The topography OF that portion
OF ChiuadOm is such that YOU enter house
sometimes and think that it il oue->tory
house and YOU will ind two or three stories
down below on the side OF the HILL where
they live in great nth. Another close aud
accurate observer. resident OF California
Saws 1.-The Ouly wonder j. that de>Olatng
peStilencc> have not enSucd. Smallpox
has omen been epidemic. and could always
be traced 10 Chinese origin. The Chinese
quarter was once occupied by shops,
churches, and dwellings OF Americans
Now these are a. thoroughly MOuSolian a.
any part OF Canton. AL other races fee
nom the contact" DR.. MearS further ties
tinrd and gave many rcvOltiuS details IN
proof that the Chinese "arc Cruc. and lu-
different 20 their sick lie described cas-
~ OF Chinese lepers al the city hospital
''Their feet dropped OF by dry sanSrcnc
aud their hands were wasted anu attenu-
ated. Their tnser-nailS dropped OF. IL
said The Chinese were gradually working
eastward and would by and hy crowd into
eastern cities, where the conditions under
which they live in san Francisco would
produce. in the absence of is climatic adj
Vsntages destructive pe>tllence.' Perhaps
= Chinese quarter in Boston, with forty
thousand NOngolians located somewhere
between the south end amt the north end
OF the city and separating the two, would
give Mr.. Garrison some new siew> IL 90
the power and right OF q nation 20 exclude
moral and physical peStileuce nom it, Dor
d.rs IL san Francisco there i no hot
weather the thermometer rarely rising
above % :. One OF the most intelligent
physicians in the United States SAYS that
the Chinese quarter of san Francisco trans
ferred 10 saint Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati,