Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-06
W. II. P. DENNY
Chlnamen in a new Light.

In the debate upon the Anti Chinese
bill in, the United States Senate, Senator
Blaine endeavored to ,refute the argu-
ments made in the speech of Senator
Matthews. The Washington correspon-
dent of the New York Tribune reported
this speech and others in the following
language: -.
g Mr.. Blaine said the speech of the Sen
lator from Ohio carried an idea which is
quite generally prevalent in the public
mind that the instrument known as the
'Burlingame'' Treaty was entered into
by China only after the earnest efforts of
this country to that end. This the Sena-
tor demonstrated to be an error, Mr..
Bur1ingame, he said, had been sent; to
China as the representative of this .coun-
try, and had subsequently left the service
of the United States and accepted service
with the Emperor of China. AS the rep
resentative of that Power he had returned
to his native land at the head Of an em-
bassy for the purpose of negotiating a
treaty with US, -
''The Senator then argued that the
treaty had already been broken by the
Chinese authorities. The Senator from
Ohio, he said, had in quoting the terms of
the treaty stopped at a most significant
point. The~treaty recognized the rights
of citizens Of either nation to change their
allegiance for the purpose of curiosity
trade, or permanent residence in the ter
ritoFy of the other, but it was especially
an ~, cisSJ -, 4 . = Il, y +,.ao+4y f1,o
such changes involving emigration and
immigration were to be made with entire
liberty on the part of the citizen to gov
ern his own movements in this respect.
This feature Of the treaty, he asserted,
had been violated by China almost from
the day the treaty was signed. Six great
companies had been formed for the pJr-
pose of bringing to our shores coolies OF
slaves, drawn from the worst classes in
China, who were notat liberty to: govern
their own movements, but who had sold
themselves for a term of years to the i'm.
porters. China had agreed that there
should be nothing else than entirely vol
untary emigration. He alluded to the
utter absence of family ties among the
Chinese, and portrayed the dangers of in.
PRODUCING into this country people who
might easily outnumber our own, who
refused to establish homes, or to give any
of the customary guarantees of good citi.
zenship. ffs3
''Mr. Blaine aimed his remarks direct
ly at Senator Matthews and at last drew
the latter into colloquy in which the
Senator from Maine did not reap his usua
crop of laure1s. s 55i .'.,,.,. ..,s.5
Senator Matthews. showed that tht
Chinese Government was not responsible
for the acts of the six companies and tha
the dangers which the Senator had beer
portraying were all in the future ant
might be imaginary. tea- rf
Senator Hamlin also gave his colleague
difficult, nut to crack. when the heay
ems fall, he said, twewill catch the larks
swhen the time shall come, he continued
,, sthat the Chinese shall seem likely to over
whelm and out-number the Anglo-Saxol
race on the Pacific Coast, will join wit
my colleague in measuresto abrogate no
one little part of the, treaty. of which tn
Chinese alone are the benefciaries, re
; tanning all other parts which work favor
ably to us, but the whole treaty. Let u
treat them,' he said, mot like Pagans, 70
! the philosophy, of Confucius would re
! prove us; but like Christians.' fa5t
.7iFFTwo or three speeches which fol1owe
j! were not remarkable for novelty or any
q thing else except their greatlength.'