The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-24
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I. .1r DIILY LNTELLIdENCE&
JAMES G. BLAINE.
-. pIumed Knight Throws a
n Miphty Sharp Lance Into
tSe Chinese Discussion.
!. ,.a,, That will Be Read, Admired and
\ 'I,s E.s.ts.d BY The American Masses.

din the I1h'"' '''''o'''"
w,.uycroy, D. C., Feb. 81, 1870.
~. rln.toithcS, Y. Tribune
w. r'a mlIec,ions Of Mr.. William Lloyd
lnp o,, n mon the Senators who voted fol
jaiI'ss,1," M, ,"s.,,irtirs Chinese immigration
e y, ",Ie. w" / think, without the thorough
y ss,mination ,% which he usually brings to
tAlIl'.a"io IlI'.""s.iou Of public questions. Per
v 4, "', ,as viii plainness Of speech and yet
li y, ',S, ,So .in,rIr respect entertain for Mr..
,..,,i.Su, y, u. to state the grounds on which !
a, a. NJ nv yotc for the measure:
'T.% TT.;,%si-There has not been from the out
t',S asy immigration Of Chinese in the
= ~ "" which immigration comes to us
saS .a'e guropr. 1t has all been under CON
i0,s" ..i AM S@I through agencies, and II not in
uAs ~, ,s,pcci ~. OF the Cody type, the entire
e0gmSI,,stIon egS al from China has Ind the worst
~ ..I"s ,snost Al iemoralizei features Of Cody.
T., T., The BnrIinginc treaty specially re
ssbsted any other titan an eIttireiy roL'',l'
y, VVs, Immigration" aud yet from he first
G,ioan,sn that came, in lSiS, 10 the last
S.s 1,I that landed at san Francisco, it is safe
y y. ..y S'i Ibat not one in one hundred came
!" I'm A. .rntircIy voluntary manner. Up
@G.oirr l. lS7G, the records Of the San
Trrri.ro T Custom House show that 233,
w Chinese hal arrived in this country
'ni M That !tig7a had returned to China.
TFs I'M immigration since has been quite
i,r,. and allowing for returns and deaths,
Gs lssi statistics can procure show that
,sal 10000 Chincsrarci in California and
inm sl0O to 5000 in the adjacent Pacific
Sutts and Territories.
Se,ond-Oi this large population fully
,ipeipatl.s are adult males. The women
L,re not in all numbered over seven
,1ouNal, aud according to all accounts,
;bey are impure aud leWd far beyond the
InsI0.Saxon conception Of impurity and
iryIne,, Onc Of the bcst.iniOrmed Cal.
ibnjaus | ever met, says that not one
wr oi decent and pure women could
r,er have been found in the whole Chi
ue,e immigration. 1t is only in the inl-
iyael, rather hope the unimagined fec.
penre and iOulness Of SOdom and Go
aorah That any parallel can be found to
Ne a,tociOnS m6tincSs Of the Chinese
quarter Of sun Francisco. ! speak OF this
lmm aLOunding testimony lGrgely from
,hose who have had personal opportunity
,ostudy thcsubjcct in its revolving details.
lntle entire Chinese population Of the
Pacific coast scarcely one family is to
be found, no hrarthstOnc of comfort,
no fnside Of joy; no father nor
mother, nor brother nor sister; no
chilI reared by parents; no domestic and
tanOhIing influences; no ties Of affection.
Ihc relation Of wife is degraded beyond
III description, the females holding and
lshOnOring that sacred name being sold
nl transferred from Une man to another,
Jlhont shame and without fear; one wo-
uan being at the same time the wife TO
sYtnl men, MHnyOf these women came
bSln Francisco under written contracts
W prostitution, openly and shamclessIy
tnterra into. have myself read the
t'anslaion Of some Of these abominable
Documents. Ii as Il milton we have the
right to keep OHt infectious diseases, II We
haze the right to exclude the criminal
tlsies from coming to ug, We surely pos
'eS the right to exclude that immigration
WliClrccks with impurity and which can
MOI comcto us without plGnleously sowing
the seeds Of moral and physical disease,
destruction anil death.
Thinl-'The Chinese immigration to
California began with the American immi-
paiion in ISIS. The two races have been
Nde by side for more than thirty years,
neirI! an entire generation, and not one
Sep toward assimilation has been taken.
The Chinese occupy their own peculiar
quarter in the city, adhere to their own
dNsS speak their owa language, worship
lnlheir own hcathen temples, aud inside
Tie municipal law and independent of it,
NiR'utSter code among themselves,
even ptoaouRcing the death penalty and
executing It in criminal secrecy. Ii
this were Tor n year only, or for two OF
ave or even tcu years, il might be claimed
that more time WIS needed i0r dOmestiCa.
ton aud assimilation; hut this has been
going on for an entire generation and the
Vh'h9man to-day approaches no uearer to
our civilization than hG did when the
hoIlta Gate iirt received him. In sworn
testimony before the investigating commit.
'rOl Congress, DR., Mears, the health off
rf Of San Francisco, described us "a
careful AMI learned man, testified that thu
SIRd!tIan OF the Chinese quarter is "horri,
gie, Ilir1nccIvahly horrible" lie stated
.aa' the Chinese Us Il rule Give In large
gacNnGnt houses, large numbers crowded
" !a9 individual rooms, without proper ven
'Iaton, with had drainage, and under,
EN0Rd, with great deal of filth, the odors
y !Ioln which are horrible" lie described
uIelf 'mQde Of taking II room ten feet high
aal putting flooring half way to the
o!lilhg, both floors being crowded nt night
win Slerpels. In these crowded dcns
,ai;S o. smallpox were concealed from tht
EoIlTe' They live under ground II
Sa SankS' autobiography Ofthat portion o
Nalnadom issuch that you enter n housC
IIoaleIlme! ! and think that it IL u one. story
mouse aud yon will lind two or three sto
neS y down below on the side OF tho hi
Where they live in hIth." Another clos,
SHa accurate observer, u resident o
!a''Io,rnIa, says "the only wonde
That desoIating pcstilenccs havt
S w eaH'ci. Smallpox hns oftel
y, s'eii y, epidemic, aud couldalways be trace
70 NhlheSe origin The Chinese Quarte
!, Vas \! HIcc occupied by shops, churches, an,
aNsI'll'g' Of americans. Now these arl
SS,!.aoro'ghsy Monsolian as any nart o
.aat"n, NJ o'hcrNccs flee from the con
sacI Dr. McarS further testified and gayl
STiany Tiiy revolving details In proof that til,
Gnl',se ,;., y are cruel 0ndinlillerOnt to thei
S.S' ia. lie described cases Of Chimes
J,, %FsS %' lhe city hospital: "Their fee
SS%Gl~'I oil by dry gingrone and thei
@.'l'' S. were wasted anil attenuatOd. Thei,
CTgIS;st'na'IS dropped otr" lie said til,
SrI S,,I'rSe were gradually working castwart
S"' Si,i' would by aud by crowd into caster
,EI''ss; ,Eas, where the conditions under whicl
~ lux Y 1--WE IN San Francisco would produce
~ ~ Sae absence Of its climatic advantages
SSsHuc'lve Se,o peetilenceS." Perhaps a Chi
SsSS "vSJ quarter in loston, with forty thou
sSna I,Ia MI9nSoIianS located somewhere bC
tSS'.i ,SS u The south endani the north end q
Svo C KY NY and separating tho two, woul
*" SnS 'Ir' Harrison some pow views as /
I" S power anil right Of a nati0I
,ilarc"' S''i'ae t moral and physical pcs
s;,.. 49, y iron! its borders. In San Ffar
TSSo %o,,,l there is no hot weather. the thel
tSs tISon'sler @ rarely rises above 05'. One Z
II j'Si,6GlIV GVSt S Intelligent physicians Ia III
Al tS;'su States saysthatthG Chinese G,lRrte
Cbicaa Ca Francisco transferred to st. I.ouiI