The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-17
The InteIlIEeneer and the Chinese Ques.

The InteliiEencer and the Chinese cues
ton. 4
CIarksburS Telegram. 90,
The "IETELLiGESCER says, that Martin,
Kenna' and Wilson voted right on tho
Chinese Question-that is, voted 10 restrict
emigration to Is by any one steamer. u
Will our friend tell us whether this is a
Just fulfillment OF the articles OF our
treaty which We sought? Is it not morally
the same rs the reputation OF national
debt? Are you in sympathy with Ameri'
can progress?
As the very point made by tho Telegram
was extensively discussed in the United
States Senate on Friday last, We Gun not,
perhaps, better reply to our esteemed CO.
temporary than by taking an extract from
Senator Blaine's speech as reported in the
Congressional. Record Of Saturday last. Mr..
Blaine read the 9Th article of the treaty
wifi China, andiclaimed that she had per,
sistehhy 3iolated.it. from the time OF its
enactment. 1t is as follows:
The United States OF America and The
Emperor OF China cordially recognize the
inherent aud inalienable right OF man to
change his home and allegiance, and also
the mutual advantage OF the free migra.
lion and emigration OF their citizens and
subjects, respectively, from the one coun.
try to the other, for purposes ofcuriosity
OF trade, or as permanent residents. The
high contracting parties, therefore, join in
reprobating any other than an entirely
voluntary emigration for these purposes
They consequently agreeto pass laws max.
ing 1t penal olIense for u citizen tOi the
United States or Chinese. subjects to take
Chinese subjects either to- therUnited
States or any other foreign country, or fol
Chinese subject or citizen Of the United
States to take citizens OF the United States
to China or to any other foreign country
without their free and voluntary consent
respectively.
In commenting on this article OF the
treaty Mr.. Blaine made the following re.
marks:
II am told by those who are much more
familiar with this subject than am thai
there Is no notice at tho State Department
that China ever complied with that proyi.
sion to make law; and ! suppose that
when q nation In treaty agrees 10 make
alGw. II agrees to enforce Il. The mere
making Of law and then'not enf6rcingit
would be no compliance. They agree, in
other words, to enforce the provision that
there should be nothing else than Volun.
tary emigration, and entirely voluntary
emigration. They have never done It,
and have been absolutely false and faith.
less on that point.
The treaty stands broken and defied by
China from the hour it was made to this
time. II never has been complied with.
We had to legislate against 1t. We legis.
: lated agains 1t in the Coolie law. The Chi.
nese were so flagrantly and so palpably
violating 1t that statutes OF tho United
States were enacted TO contravene the evil
they were doing, and It has gone on, prob.
ably not so grossly since those laws were
passed as before, but in effect tho same.
So. that all tbs point about our Punic ialtll
inySttempting TO break this treaty, ia an.
swered by the fact that lilo treatylias been
broken by the other power continuously"
In connection with the above reply to
the ittgum's remarks, We may appro-
priateIy note, in this came connection, a
recent comment Of the Charleston Leader
on our position, asking us, in effect, II the
ISrELLIGRScER had not lost its usual mod
Grafton in discussing the Chinese ques-
ton. We answer tho Leader that We think
not. The ISrELLlaRScER recognizes that
we are confronting one of the most dan
gcrous problems OF our civilization In tho
shape Of Chinese immigration to this coun.
try. We arc deeply impressed with the
conviction that this immigration Is .
threatening calamity 70 the country Of
overwlelaipgp oportiops. To shoytlow
itBto be viewed, as a problem affecting
The Interests Of American labor, We make