St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-02-21

Dlgn pay, VIII lOaI around Une saloons
and corner groceries when he cannot get
it, and will too often fool away or tramp
away his money when he does get it,
while the Chinaman will save money
out of his half pay and live as we'll as
many of the whites do. In this broad
land of plenty, how many poor, suffer-
ing people there are who would be well
housed, if they would adopt the habit
of patient industry, economy, and tenn
perance, of these despised heather.
The Chinaman came to this country
hoping to better his condition, and GER
tainly has as good right to come, to be
protected, to stay or to go, as any one
has. For many years he has been
shamefully wronged in many ways. If
the people of the eastern states could
read the story of the fearful outrages
that have been practiced toward him,
they would be amazed: The story |
would he well nigh Incredible. Years
ago our Legislature passed an act known
as the "Foreign Miners Tax Law
which imposed a tax monthly, of four
dollars per head on all foreign miners.
The law was intended for a slap at the
Chinese, and during number of years
enforced with the most revolving cruel
ty, till it was decided by the courts to
be unconstitutional This wholesale
robbery of a weak and innoffensive
people by authority of legislative en-
actment was attended with acts of bru-
tality on the part of many of the col
lectOrs that would shame old Legree of
'Uncle Tom" | am afraid you would
think me prejudiced and given to exag-
gerating if | should recite some of the
many acts of civilized cruelty that have
come under my observation, as they
were practiced by collectors of the ''for-
eign tax" There are many living wit
nesses ill this county of Nevada, who
can testify, with me, to the acts of cru
city of one of the most inhuman wretch
es conceivable, who collected foreign
tax here few years ago. This collec-
| tor was one / s., brutal, cowardly
scoundrel, compared with whom Legree
was gentleman. This monster of in
humanity went through the country
armed with revolvers and "black
snake whipping and threatening to
murder any unfortunate Chinaman who
failed to pay up. There are some now
in the county whose backs bear the
| the stripes made with that black snake
III the hands of S. The law gave the
collector no authority to practice such
acts of cruelty, but they were winked
at because he was Il successful collector
or rObber.
L. NJ, of Yuba, will be remembered
by many of the old residents of Parks
Bar, Long Bar, and Marysville, as an
other brute, who, assisted by one L.,
collected tax in that county, and was
punished for his cruel acts by being
dismissed from office, and who after
ward joined the famous Walker expe-
dition to Mexico, where he met his
death. This wretch, NJ, while on one
of his official trips to Long Bar, collect
ed such Cinnamon as could not, or
would not pay up, tied them together
10y their cues, and marched them
through the street, "black -snaking''
! them as they went, and threaten
ing to shoot any white man who dared
to interfere. To the credit of the peo-
pie of Yuba be it remembered, such a
storm of indignation was raised against
the collector that he was ''hoisted down.
from office with very little ceremony.
If we admit that all the fearful ca
! lamitieS that are said to be coming up
on the country unless the Chinamen are
driven ont, are really on the way, that
it may be true that "the presence of the
MongOlian is destructive to our civili-
zation" and that the Chinaman must go
or the white man must be slave, as
has been declared by some learned
members OF our Constitutional Conven-
ton now sitting and writhing in the
throeS of labor on this momentous ques-
ton, what must we think of our civili-
ZatiOn What must we thing of our
| Christianity If the coming to our
shores of il chloride of baI Librarians" who
are, physically and mentally, our imfe-
TiorS, can destroy OuI Christian civili-
ZatiOn, what is there in that civiliza-
ton worth contending for If our civ
ilizatiOn cannot stand up against all the
barbarism in the world, away with it
the sooner we ale rid of it, the better.
There is no danger to our civilization
from the Chinaman. 1t cannot be de-
StrOyed though all the barbarism in
the world be brought against it. We
may us well settle down to the stubborn
fact that we have the Chinaman and
that we shall continue to have him
that no power that is bounded by right
can drive him out ofth country or pre-,
vent his coming to the Countrywide
the best thing we can do is to act justly
toward him, learning some wholesome
and much needed lessons in economy
and patience in labor, and reciprocal.
by converting him to our civilization
and Christianity as soon as possible.
: we continue to treat him as we hav,
been, and are treating him, what pros
pect is there of converting him and ush
ering in the millennial good time?
have no wish to champion the China
: men, but like to see fair showing @
justice towards them, and feel as | woul,
toward any other people who were be
ing wronged. Every thing that can b
e raked together and brought TO bear fo
the purpose of influencing public opin
ion to demand the breaking down G
5 the solemn treaty stipulations eXistin
/ between our government and China
persistently paraded before the people
Can we afford TO break the treaty with
7, out the consent of the party of the sec
5 Ond part Can we afford to be dis
! honest ?-W. II. H., in Portland Trar
Il script.
y u This is II grand brass-edged era
= = fraud. 1t looks now as if Capt. A. I
" BOgaIdus, champion wing shot of tt
l. world,' was fraud. He recent
achieved the name of having performe
!, | the wonderful font of hraol;nr : IS