Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-15

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substance. First, may we rightful
ly adopt this mode of modifying ,
treaty? and second, is it desirable
to exclude Chinese immigration
He claimed that China has contin
uously dfsregarded and violate,
the articles of the Burlingam
treaty, which provided that botl
governments should make laws t,
prevenTs involuntary semigration
and he also claimed thatsthere ha
never yet been full compli
ance on the part Of China
There has not been any free EN-
igration from China likerha
from Europe. He claimed that this
treaty, unlike any and all Others
entered into by the United States
contained no provision for its OWL
termination or any measures fo
terminating it. He showed that
by international law, we would bt
entirely justified, under these cir
cumstances, in abrogating the
treaty without resorting to diplo
matte negotiations, and, in view
of the fact that executive attention
was called to this matter yeai
ago and nothing had been accom-.
plished, there should be no hesita-
tion in taking legislative means tc
protect our interests. He next re.
ferred to the action of Congress,
especially the vote of thirty 'one
against nine in the Senate, by
which it was decided that the {:
nese should not be admitte'i-
citizenship, and he argued thaton
in the highest degree unwisethe
dangerous to permit any large inn
migration of a class of people
whom we consider unworthy to adj
nit to naturalization. He showed
that the vast hordes of China are
nearer to the Pacific Coast, In point
Of cost of transportation, than are
the people of the Mississippi VAL
ley, and that we should not un-
derrate the danger which is already
foreshadowed by the action of the
Chinese themselves in establishing
steamship lines to facilitate the
further importation of Mongolians
to our shores. He insisted that the
question was not merely one of
cheap labor and ordinary eompeti-
tion, but of the disastrous effects of
the pressure of q servile class which,
as in the days of slavery, degrades
and keeps out free labor from o
State where 1t Is found. He
insisted that the question is
whether the Pacific Coast shall
be given up to Asiatic occupa-
ton or kept for American
citizens, and closed with an elo-
quent peroration that was applaud.
ed by the galleries. His remarks
were from time to time interrupted
by questions and comments by
Hamlin, Matthews and others, all
of which were successfully answer
ed in his usual happy style. He was
followed by Mitchell, who delivered
q brief speech from manuscript.
Mitchel's speech continued about
forty minutes. 1t traversed the
same ground as his former speeches
on the subject, and also briefly re-
viewed some of the more recent
phases of the question.
AT the conclusion of Mitchelps
speech, Matthews submitted, as Il
substitute for the pending bill, II
proposition requesting the Presi-
dent to give notice to the Emperor
of China that the existing treaty
stipulations anu practice of immi-
grafton, which resulted thei efrom,
are not satisfactory TO this Govern
ment, and providing that, unless
China shall consent to satisfactory
notifications by the negotiation of
new treaty to be submitted to the
Senate on or before the lst OF Jan
uary next, the President shall then
be authorized and requested to give
notice that this Government abro-
gates the existing treaty from and
after the first day of July thereaf.
ter. The amendment was laid on
the table for the present.
Thurman was the next speaker.
He cited as a precedent for this bill
the abrogation by act of Congress
of the French treaty in 1898. He
criticised Matthews's proposition as
involving useless and dangerous
delay land also pointed out that if
all existing treaties were abrogated
the Chinese could and would
still come to this country as
securely as now till Congress legis-
lates on the subject. He further
argued that the House of Repre- =
sentatives should participate in the
settlement of this question, and
that 1t ought not solely to be dealt
with by the treaty-making power.
Sargent offered several amend
ments OF a verbal nature, and also
a provision that 1t shall not apply
to Chinese Embassies nor to ship
wrecked Mongolians, and that
formal notice shall be given the
Emperor of China that the bill
will go into effect on the 1st of July.
All these amendments were
adopted.
Jones, of Nevada, then took the
floor, and at $3.50 p. NJ. has com.
menced the delivery of "A speech
which will probably occupy nearly
two hours. Among the prominent
auditors of the debate to-day are
Secretary Evarts, Justice Field and
j. z. q. Kennedy, Agent of the
Chinese Six Companies.
Nominated for MsntDareeser.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.---The
President has nominated Horatio
@. Burchard, of Illinois, for Direct
or Of the Mint Vice Linderman.
Earthquake Ia Peru.
PANAMA, Feb. 6.-Peruvian ad-
vices are that Quippa was visited
January 9th. midnight, with the
which destroyed the city August
9th. The inhabitants ran frantic
ally through the streets. Other
shocks are feared. The last account
was that the earthquake was Sc
verely felt on the 18th at Iquique
Grccinn Affairs.
ATHENS, Feb. 14th.-The Greek
Commissioners have been ordered