Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11
OUR CALIFORNIA LETTER
FoRrsr Il1LI. Juue is, 1879.


certainly must have one more slash at the
gentleman.
lie orens in his last by accusing me Of
"calling loudly upon the prejudice OF the
reader" and Of making ilograut asser.
tions, unbocked by evidence or sound
reason" &c, TO all OF which defy him to
put his fngei upon q single statement that
! have made that is not true. On the
other hand can poin to several assertions
IN his letters that are legitimate ohsprings
Of his fertile Imagination for instance,
"The Chinese are unfensUnably taxed, yet
pay all without muimrr." That is y
double mis-slaiement; for they are no
unrcnsonably faxed, nor do they pay sol.
itury cent without murnur, and, M have
before stated, offer open, armed resistance
to the asscsoOr in many cases. Aud,
the "Chinese marched with the white
men last Washiugton's birthday" Non.
sense. Any old resilient OF California will
tell you that the Chinese never have taken
the least part in our public entertainments
or demons ratiuns.
II give him credit for honesty in his
stand on this question, il mus be at the
expense Of my opinion of his cunmon
sense aud judgement. And Inever Inserted
nor insinuated that he was champion for
Chinese immigration any more than for
any other va ion but that lac should look
| upon it with the least degree II tUerntiun,
living MS lie does in II country that is
grooming under it, load of heather slaves,
il matter of utter incomprehensibility to
| me.
He gravely remarks Of our "poiut Of
| contact" there can be no reason why we
should not mingle with them. Very logi
cal. Ii our point of contact" hrppened
bring the abode of the damned as near
us ns was Egypt to Cesar" then (pro vid-
cd they were at liberty To emigrate) we
would be obliged to mingle with the devils,
lost spirits, and hobgOGlns of that awful
| place.
used the terms Opium smoked" !"
Leprous," Black plngne and Cholera
breeding" because the facts in the case
bear me out in them fully. You cnnnnt
deny, sir, that the Chinese ure II nation OF
| Opium smokers. Thousands of dollars
worth Of Opium IL shipped into this State
yearly, aud il smoked 10y these industrious,
inc6ensiOs, to1poy;ng creatures. Ii the in
fernHl habit were confined to Themselves
| Many of the youth uf tins coast have con
tIacted the fearful habit. and daily lte-
! quent the Chinese dens, where, for siipu-
Lated price they are prrmi,ted to absorb
tie uccursed poison. This is no fancy
| picture. Mr.. Riuh, you may Estimate the
| Chinese as the equals of Europeans if YOU
will, but no European nation has introdu
ced among It's go destructive, yet f,clnaling
II habit. And | trust that you will not dis
| pute me when assert that the Opium hab-
IT is national one with the Chinese. But
yesterday | read III an Eat IN paper that
the Chinese Government had now under
consdera ion the expediency OF furnishing
| with death the seller or consumer Of Opi-
um. This is tolerahly fair evidence that
the habit has assumed alarming proper.
tions in the Celestial Kingdom.
| Happily the terms Leprous, Black plague
and Cho era breeding to the Chinese, be-
cause The annals of historical medicine
record China us the urual starting point Of
these fearful scourges that have been
| known 10 circumnavignte the globe. And
these diseases ARE but the natural results
OF extreme tilthiness, and utter violation
Of all sanitary rules.
Mr.. Ruub evidently takes me for an un
hung rebel. The word "color" appears
in his articles frequently; and some OF nv
expressions crack in his ear like the lash
Of the slave driver. Yes, it must be that
am regular Southern BnldOzer. But |
think that distinctly stated that served
three years IN the U. S. Army during the
late war, and that have in my possession
mn honorable discharge from said army.
I am proud oT my army history, and hold
myself ready to enlist again in the cnri.e
oI The Union AT the first tap Of the drum.
hold no man responsible for hi4 rational
ily or color. Bnt love America and her
institutions, and cannot see her over-run
with the scum of overpopulaled Asia with
any degree of complacency. Here are
hundreds OF thousands OF pngans, who are
IN the slriclest sense OF the wOrd--ilaves,
coming among us without The remoicst
ldea OF remaining with MS and becoming
citizens. They bring no families, build
nnihing, sp nd ns little ns possible with us
(inr nearly all they ea drink and wear il
shipped here by their own merchants from
China,) draining The country uf lis wealth,
giving us nothing in return but uu~killed
labur-lah"r that many Of the heads uf
white families Hre willing and anxious To-
perform, but CanpOt obtain because they
cannot compete with this oil and rice eat
ing creature who hus but one mouth 10
feed, aud who will work for one-half th,
wages that white mln can possible ext.
upon. What, ask the candid, thinking
reader, il the inevitable outcnme In Amer
ca il this ceastless, ever Increasing stream
OF pagans continues Why are the
doors OF all other nations closed against
them? And why, ii lett to the will Of the
people Of this coast, would America clos,
her ports against them ut once and forever.
In proof whereof / cite you to the great
demonstrations made by the people Of his
State fnVorlng the passage OF the bill late
ly before President HAYES, Tor the restrict
ion ol Chinese immigration. And it was
clearly shown during the excitement OF
that OCCASION that the balance OF trade |
between as and China is very largely in
favor Of the latter. And your custom
house reports amount to nothing, Mr.. |
Raub, but a trivial amount when the |
Chinese population on this coast Is taken |
inio consideration. Furthermore, this l. |
not II matter Of dollars and cents, but OF |
National SAFETY.
"Chinese have increased the value of |
in California S290,00O,0O0 hy
clearing of and reclaiming Marsh lands"
doubt the truth Of that statement. But |
admitting it To lie true, were they not paid |
Tor their labor? Could it not as we'll
have been done hy white men? Who re-
claimed the Black Swamp oil Northwestern
Ohio7 ChIuese2
You tell us Of certain Judge who
stated that in certain cuun when The
majority Of the population were Chinese,
there were ten while men indicted iur
crime to every Chinaman. What il the
Ohio reader to deduce from that slate.
ment? The natural, logical conclusion is
that the whites in that county commit
more than ten times the number of crimes
I hat the Chinese are guilty of. Now my
dear reader, MIR kaub could tell you WHY
more OF the Chinese are not indicted foi
crime. lie could tel you of the extreme
difficulty encountered in attempting 10
prove anything against one Chinamam hN
another They do not recognize our righl
to interfere IN any case OF crime what o.
ever, that may occur among themselves.