, 1879-03-24

evening, Including quito number ot leading
ttizens md few Cllinatnen, the occasion being
the fccture Of tile Ney. Chan PAX Kwal, 4
Cl,rtstian-nat n heathen-Cblnaman. OF 6an
Francleen, aud gentleman from tlle Celestial
Empire who Is nut altogether unknown to fame,
. utpt who has been advertised br so1ue "Afe3lcan
man " a. M tmpostor. The lecturer ts good
typo Of the Cl,Innmap, Hc speaks the Presidents
American 1uite fucntly, though with some oc-
cnslnnal hrsltatton III tho uttcraucc Of words,
md, ~ far ns tho reporter WAS ab1o to Judge,
spoke tho Chinese language correctly. Ills
yoirc js pleasant one IN its tone,
an.l free from any Objectionable acccnt; but he
did not follow ShAkspcarc's adyicc In suting the
nct!ou to the word and tho word to t'ls actlon,
seeming to prefer to do his Ncssuring by cu,i.
stantly pointing the Index nDgcr Of Ills right
llund toward the auditors.
After tlie customary devotional exercises, the
Nev. Ur. Pnrkhllrsf, pastor Of tic church, pre-
faced tho Introduction OF the lecturer by dcnv-
lug that tile latter was frau1 n1l tint bis
speeches were written by some one In Calt-
fornIa.
Chan PAX kwni nude h!a bow to tic audiencc,
anI said that he felt somewhat embarrassed in
appearing before ~ largo an asscmbtage OF Ia
dies mil gentlemen. liz, like many Of ILLS
conntryInctl, came to California 10 dig gold nnl
tllAhE u 1UltNhtt 4iE a4Hl CtWG AElQ5E NlS
hcarers to crsol the vlrtues nor the vices Of Ills
people, but to set before them the Chipcse qucs.
t0n from a Chnaman's standpoint. lie WAS
nothing but poor chinaman, md was but nuorly
educated, even III the language Of tis own
county. Every Chinatna,, he said, was proud
of his owl country mud Of Its iuslltutInns. A,ld
proud to feel that lie wa8 ONO Of its 400, 0,00oo o0
of people. C!liun stood to-day Ola Of tile most
promising nations OF the earth so far as her
prospucts were concerned. silo was far irotn
belng nation Of nnrdasians; she had boots
n1,d scholars, farmers ati1 mechanics, ana all
the otl'rr soueomtaats Of civilized countries.
ot Confuetus were the textbooks Of ali the
schools. Industry was respected, aud education
rewarded by oleia' promotion. China had not
70 ye heF.ef her az 6Ss
ness. The Chinese, lie continued, bod so,Isu
pretty good diplomats, and he mentioned
,lic Minister Plentooicntiary to the United
saI:iencral q. % good a'ia specimens. s TX, II
exclude the Chinese from America now, since
the United States has held out such !nt!urc-
Mcnts for tile mcn Of all the nations Ut the
had enugtt to convert the hcailleu Chnee TO the
Christian fnitb, would be more Ike IiglltI,,l.
against tod than auafnst tle Chinese.
The speakcr referred To the Burlngame Treaty
to show how the Governments Of both tho
United States md China had nerecd to the
right Of the citizens OF both countries to cauge
tht!r residence nn enjoy thu fruits Of liberty.
Our Government had Subsidized Hue Of s,calll-
ers to bring the Chinese over to this land, hlc,
on the other 'laHd, Chtna had lunu nothing.
AT first thr Chinese wcra well received III Cali
fosnia, but t'1cy soon developed 4 competition
lid been raised to them. The
Europcau immigrant Mns given the right
Of su[ragc, md It Was said, to v0tc early, often,
and latc. Tile Chincse lnborcr was determined
crs, a,ll wtcn European lnbovcrs had asked
wages that The employers would nut pay, nnti u
difficulty thila arose between tlcln, the Clifna-
man stepped In mud Eot the job. The speaker
having Chinese lat'orers = California: Not
wlthstnnting the competition OF tie Chlncae,
the whtto men. coaid get better wages
~ a caSaaa sons i n s u sng gness S'sr rcssysi s9s
better pay than the Eurupcans. nut
tn the mud, unreasonable persecution OF tic
Chiuosc oil sorts Of objections Ind been offered
aud the press Ind Gccn too willing to MD IN The
was always looking to pct - back
to HI. inn'c. Tic emigration of Chinese
to this country M od% dad been E"!ng on for thirty
5000 annually. Ill.trcatment by tile whites had
caused decrease. Several millions Of people
In the northern provinces Of China had been
destroyed bY famine within q few, years, mud yct
marked that the 40.o0o,0oo Of people III the
| United States might 70 over 10 Chfna n.ltl 1layo
much tlc best Of It III soil, climate, and produe-
tiolls.
Tic attaek on tho Chtnc.e, he said, came from
the trreligious class nnd from party politicians:
It lid not come from the Religious press. but
thjs great people 10 think that its Institutions
would bu oycrthrown BY e00,OJO Chinese With
out tic aid Of tl,e ballot! Vas itlolatry 30 much
stronger than Cllri.tianityl He spoke about
tic curses u,.d complaints heaped upon his pco-
pie, and said tint tho Chinese Of sau
Treasury Of that city for tho support Of t!e
punc ~, SCHOOLS. and YET aot &C., child q one Of
t,ide Of lppant objections lad hccn urged
acAtl,at tho Chinese, H,ld one OF them was ll,at
they came to America to make money. or
went to California to mako money, and hc made
another witty point on tilat head by saying tilut
they tthc whites) did not conio to better
tllelr condition. Oh, no. llc alluded to
tic tic rew Gonstituton Il California, md paid hs
respects to Mr. Dainc, who had been wrangly
informed III regard TO the etnigrants from Chlna.
The Chlnese believed that China fulfilled ille
had. lie denied thnt the Chinese were slavcs,
and llad bccu hired out to tho Companies that
assisted them oyer to tbs country; t1e China-
!nan made h's s. own s. narga'n A. 4!d spspt ; own
a libel on tic Chinese pcorlo WIS -.
The itpcaker sa'd something In CAnesa which
te dd H., no1 hn. s1ay.y eats ss.n, Kns BE-
coso WIS butter ttsan our own upen.door hys-
TEN. Tho speaker cosctlw with quotation from
hts own language, and was well app!audcd on
tnking Ills sent
a collection was taken up for tho hcnellt Of
the Chincse ,nlsslon In San Frauclsgo, md sub.
scquently Chan Pax rwai saMg .1%hcn Scatter
III: Seeds Of Kindness" Dr. parkhurst e1.
plnineh how difficult It waa fnr Chnanan to
lnnrI tn1lsIt. md brfura 0[sn tARuE tliy crnprp,